User:Bihleo/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) Sámi people
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. Our group has chosen this article because it sounded like an interesting group of people and because it had enough information on it to complete the assignment.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Short and Sweet.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The content branches off in certain areas, for the most part it's consistent.
 * Is the content up-to-date? This article was recently updated as of last week, so yes, it's up to date.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is more than enough information.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Nearly every topic is covered in the article.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? No.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? The article does not persuade, it's very factual.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Plenty of literature on the article.
 * Are the sources current? Yes, like stated above they are recently updated.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, the first 5 I clicked on worked.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? It's a little bit spread out, points turn from one to another quite quickly.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not to my knowledge.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, the article does a good job of that.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes, they include dates as well.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Again, to my knowledge.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes they are.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? None.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? No.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It goes into a lot more detail.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? C-class article, lots of citations.
 * What are the article's strengths? Lots of resources, includes credible sources.
 * How can the article be improved? Every article can have adjustments made to it, this one could use a few touch ups on the amount of information.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Very well developed, whoever started this article put some serious time into it.

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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