User:Baongocn/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Name of article: Fourth Estate
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate : Explains the introduction and meaning of the Fourth Estate, explaining it's background and influence regarding politics and political powers.

Lead
Lead evaluation:

The lead provides a clear explanation of the article's topic, clearly describing the meaning of the Fourth Estate, and the background behind it's impact. However it only explains the definition and and basic concepts, and have not introduced the important sections that will appear in the article. It is very concise however and provide a direct definition which is easy to understand.

Content
Content evaluation:

The article consists of basic understandings and the origin of the topic, explaining how the concept first emerged and how it acquired it's influence. Therefore it is relevant in terms of definition and origin.The content is however focused heavily on the earlier impacts of the Fourth Estate, and not so much modern examples, hence the content might not be up to date.

Tone and Balance

 * Tone and balance evaluation:

As this article is purely informational, the content is purely facts and the article is unbiased. There are no viewpoints that are mentioned.

Sources and References

 * Sources and references evaluation:

Most of the sources are dictionary definitions, therefore it is realiable. I have also tested the links and they do work, however, they are studies from a long time ago so the information might not be up to date.

Organization

 * Organization evaluation:

The article is well written. It is separated into clear sections and subsections, therefore making it easy to locate and understand the information and it's context.

Images and Media

 * Images and media evaluation:

The article only features one picture, a painting of a strike in Italy that reflects 'the mob' as the Fourth Estate in older days. The picture's caption demonstrates the concept of the Fourth Estate, also giving examples of its origin, therefore it is relevant to the topic.

Checking the talk page

 * Talk page evaluation:

The article is only rated C in terms of quality. Whereas there are many complains of the article being poorly written and the citations are off, I think these issues have been fixed, and there have been no current discussions recently. It can be seen that Wikipedia users are focused on correct usage of citations and referencing, also quotations. Whereas in class we are more focused on theory and the content.

Overall impressions

 * Overall evaluation:

Overall, I think that the article was well written, in terms of its ability to define the Fourth Estate and trace back to its origin. I would improve the article by adding modern examples of this issue, to give a more up to date perspective on the concept, and to understand the concept in the context of our modern world.