User:Arhpuppylove/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Talk:The Lorax (film)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I enjoy the movie and am interested in animation.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? No, it does not have a lead sentence.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? It has a Table of Contents that lists nine categories.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No there is no information in the lead.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? No.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes as it is talking about both the old but mostly the 2012 remake of the movie.
 * Is the content up-to-date? It has been updated a little but not with recent information.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? A lot of content is missing and very little details about the movies.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? The article for the most part is neutral, what there is of it.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There are no viewpoints that are overrepresented, in-fact there is very little in terms of any viewpoints.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? In the last paragraph, they were deciding who the singing voice was for Cy The O'Hare Delivery Guy.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? There are few links that lead you to more about the movies but for the most part it is just from the Talk section of Wikipedia.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? No, they waited 5 years to say one thing that wasn't really important.
 * Are the sources current? No.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? IMDb link works as well as links to other wikipedia articles works. Links to the users who used the Talk page works as well.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? No, it is all over the place and not in any logical order.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? There were grammar issues back in 2012 and someone in the Talk page pointed out the grammar mistake regarding Ed Helms as the Once-ler.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? No, it is not.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, there are no images.
 * Are images well-captioned? No.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? No.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? This article mostly consists of conversations from the Talk page.  They talk about grammar issues or what they think about the Lorax.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated C-class.  It is part of three WikiProjects: Film, Animation, and Taylor Swift.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? There is no detail, inconsistent in the way they lay out facts, there is very little content to begin with,

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Rated C-class in the project's quality scale.
 * What are the article's strengths? There are few fun facts but for the most part there is very little detail about the movies.
 * How can the article be improved? Needs more detail and be organized so people can follow along.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is poorly developed and it is incomplete.  It needs more people in the Talk page to get the article where is needs to be.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:The_Lorax_(film)&action=edit . I had read a long time ago about there being a sequel in the early 2010's but it has never happened and it is now 2020. — Arhpuppylove (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2020 (UTC)