User:Biancaassenza/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: Social work
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. This article stood out to me because it relates to psychology. Many people who major in psychology go into social work and this is a profession that I do not know much about.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it explains in the first sentence what exactly social work is and gives you an idea of what will be discussed further in detail.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, the lead starts off explaining what social work is, what it applies, and what it practices. The rest of the article talks about it into more detail and divides up into different headings/topics.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? It seems as if everything discussed in the lead is discussed again in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is concise and covers all the basic and important things to know about social work.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The content is very relevant to the topic and did not go off topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I do not believe so

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? All viewpoints are well presented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No because the articles main focus was to explain what social work was by including definitions, background, professions, etc.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, there were many references.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes, I believe the sources are thorough.
 * Are the sources current? Yes. Majority of them are within the past 5-6 years with an addition of a few falling within the past 10.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, all of the above. Headings were helpful and easy to follow.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I am aware of
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, multiple sections and clearly labeled.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? no. there was one table shown but just about authors that I did not think was that important.
 * Are images well-captioned? not many photos
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? n/a
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? n/a

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Basically just rating the article and giving feedback
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It was rated in the B class from wikiprojects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I have not learned much about social work in any of my classes

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? good
 * What are the article's strengths? Had a good lead and touched on important topics
 * How can the article be improved? It could go into more discussions, show pictures or more tables.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? well developed but it couldn't hurt for more to be added

Optional activity

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