User:AviSOCL/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: (link)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * No, it only starts with describing history, not the actual content
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * It does describe the sections basically overall, and does not go into too much detail
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Not really.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * I think it relys on too much history to begin with then it should.

Lead evaluation
Overall, the lead could be improved dramatically to give a better idea of liberal arts education and the concept of liberal arts, without diving in too deeply to history or going into details.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, it is relevant tot liberal arts education
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Some parts are showing their age as education in the US has small changes due to improvements over the last 10 years
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * There is a lot of content missing that could better explain liberal arts education around the world, and have a less of a biased view. Possibly content that shows any research into this type of education.

Content evaluation
The content could be updated to reflect the modern education system, be be blessed bias

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * I felt like since their was no discussion on benefits of liberal arts education, their was no bias there, but some sections, such as the US sections made claims that did not seem all that accurate or well referenced.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Stating other forms of education and the comparison to liberal arts should have been included.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * I did not feel like it did do a decent job to stay neutral, and seemed to lean towards the positive aspects of education for liberal arts.

Tone and balance evaluation
Overall a fair evaluation.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * No, a lot of the United States sections, and Europeaon section seemed like their claims came off of personal experience.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * I felt like the inclusion of sources from the web linking to university webpages to show programs was a great addition, as well as the inclusion of books for historical references.
 * Are the sources current?
 * Some sources such as 41 are outdated,
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Checked
 * Broken:
 * "Berlin's sturdiest ivory tower". Expatica.com. Retrieved 26 August2013.

Sources and references evaluation
Some sources are outdated and some links are broken.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * For the most part, yes it was.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * None that stand out blatantly.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * No, the article should have been broken down into points that describe the categories of liberal arts education, as many of the sections included regional definitions, which should have been under one section with different subsections.

Organization evaluation
The article has an OK organization, typical of what is expected of Wikipedia. The article could have included deeper levels of organization, and some grammar style points and abbreviations could be explained.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * The images are primarily of historical nature and not of anything modern, but
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Some images could have more detail to explain the relevancy to the article.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Yes, CC
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * Their laid to one side, and their is none in the last sections

Images and media evaluation
Nothing stellar here, just decent images that do an OK job.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * a lot of the conversation included missing pieces and issues related to the regional aspects of liberal arts education
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * C-Class:
 * WikiProject Literature show(Rated C-class, High-importance)  WikiProject Mathematics show(Rated C-class, High-importance) WikiProject Philosophy show(Rated C-class, High-importance)  WikiProject Science show(Rated C-class, High-importance)  WikiProject Universities show(Rated C-class)
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * It seems to be similar

Talk page evaluation
Overall the talk page is similar to my evaluates and view of the article.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Overall the article can be given a grade of B-
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * It is strong in proving a comprehensive and detailed historical view of the topic
 * How can the article be improved?
 * Including more sections related to liberal arts evaluation, be made overall unbiased in some places.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * It is underdeveloped overall.

Overall evaluation
A good start, but could be improved on in some ways