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 * Name of article: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
 * My partner, Savannah & I chose this article because it was one of my childhood favorite shows.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead does include a clear and concise introduction sentence about Suite life of Zack & Cody as a series that aired on Disney channel. As an audience/reader, we know that they're going to talk more in-depth about this television show. The lead does include brief descriptions of the article's sections throughout the second paragraph with links to each section within the article. However, the lead does not present/include all of the information that is presented in the article. For instance, it mentions Disney XD as if it is going to be a section that will be provided within the article when there is not a section about Disney XD necessarily. Overall, the lead is straight to the point about all of the characters within the show and which other television shows go along with the Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
The detailed outlines of episodes, characters, and plot, show that the article's content is relevant to the topic of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. It talks about the production of the show itself as well as their awards, episodes, and plot. There could be a little more information talked about the episode, especially the most popular episodes and a description of the crossover episodes. The he article did not provide a cross-episode of Camp-Knock--A-Number with the Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The content should merge with the new show The Suite Life on Deck, which is based on a continuation of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. It seems that the content is up to dare, since the show was last aired in 2008.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is neutral, there are not necessarily any claims that are heavily biased. The article mainly balances the focus upon the cast, setting, and the production of the show, not actually the episodes themselves but the show as a whole and its cast. The portrayal of the characters are neutral, each character from the cast gets their own individual paragraphs so overall pretty neutral. However, the paragraph about Kim Rhodes who plays Carey Martin, her paragraph is much small and not as in-depth as the other characters of the show. Perhaps a lack of importance. The article does not persuade any claims.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
The facts in the article are successfully linked to other sources, many of which I clicked on were reliable. However, the majority of the sources are just thinking to the actor’s information. This article talks mostly about the casts, awards, setting, and not as much about the plot and the content of the show itself and all of the sources are up to date and current. The links do work, however for some sources they do not provide any links to the original source. They only provide links back to their own article. For example, in reference #4 and #5 and such. Additionally, in reference #42 they do provide a wikipedia link to a newspaper wikipedia article titled, "The Daily Telegraph" and from what I remember on the modules wikipedia publisher's should avoid using media/news articles.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
The organization of the article is clear and concise in the beginning since it goes from introduction/lead, to plot, cast and characters, to character appearances, episodes, and to settings. However, towards the end it gets a bit tricky with the "Other Media" and does not specify as thoroughly. Additionally, the “soundtrack” section of this article could have been placed right under the “theme song and opening sequence” section since they complement one another. Additionally, the underneath the “Awards and Nominations” section is followed by another section titled, “Indian Adoption” and this portion was randomly placed and does not seem consistent with the flow of the article.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The article could definitely use more images to help describe the show. There is plenty of written content but only two images to help guide understanding of the show. One of the two images are captioned, which it labels what characters are shown in the image. The photos do adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations, as I clicked on each image it says, "fair use". However, I noticed in the "Talk" tab that one of the png files violated copyright rules within Wikipedia. All in all, Images are laid out in a visually appealing way, but the article needs more images especially to give the readers a better visual and understanding of the content in the article.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
This article has many conversations in the "Talk" tab on how to improve the content, as well as making the content more relevant to the conversation. Many of the Wiki users are suggesting that some of the topics are to be merged together, like the Tipton Hotel be in the same Wiki page as The Suite Like of Zack and Cody. The article is rated C-class low importance on WikiProject television and C-class high importance on WikiProject Disney. The way Wikipedia discusses this topic differs from the way we've talked about in class, is that it's very specific on details. Some episodes even have constructive feedback on how to better describe the episodes on the talk page as well as a few copyright issues.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
Overall, the article's status is at C-class low importance in WikiProject Television and high importance in WikiProject Disney. The articles strengths are making its content match and flow with the lead and topic. It contains many specific details regarding the casts/characters. The article does provide a couple reliable sources as well that were click-able links. The article can be improved by providing more links to back up their references aside from their own wiki article as well as more images and visuals. The article can also improve on its organization and where specific sections should be places and well as the section headings. I would assess this article as underdeveloped at its current state.

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