User:Bnl11/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: Moana (2016 film)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: Practice as part of a course assignment

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, but could be more informative.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, but not all sections
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? I don't think so
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise

Lead evaluation
Very concise, I though could do a better job introducing all aspects of the article but is a good overview.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Doesn't seem like it to me.. Maybe could add a list of the song titles in the "Music and soundtrack" section under "Production" with timestamps of when the songs occur in the film? and possibly hyperlink to audio/video recording of the songs (YouTube?) (also, the"s" in soundtrack could be capitalized too)

Content evaluation
The rest of the content is good, but I also think that there are some sections that stray from the main topic, such as referencing comparisons/information about other recent Disney films (particularly in the "Production" and "Reception" sections)

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes, it appears so to me
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, I don't think so
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, I don't think so
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Tone and balance evaluation
Overall it seems pretty neutral and "fact" based

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? I think so
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes, a lot are from media outlets, some are from direct comments from participants in the movie's production
 * Are the sources current? Yes, only a few pre-date the movies release, but they give some more background context
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Sources and references evaluation
Looks good to me, though I am still a little bit wary of what is fully considered a "reliable source."

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Mostly, but sometimes it seems to stray off-topic
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I noticed
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, but within these sections, some of the information sometimes seems a little more unrelevant than others

Organization evaluation
"Skeleton" of the article is well organized, "flow" of each section is a little less easy to follow.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Not many, I think it could include a lot more releant images that more directly reference/show the movie, not just indirect reference of people and things that are related
 * Are images well-captioned? sort-of
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, I think so
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Not really, they are all pretty small

Images and media evaluation
I don't think the images really do a good job at all at enhancing the article (both in terms of appearance and representing/highlighting information)

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Hard to tell, but I think conersations about what should be contributed?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes: Film, Animation/American/Films, Disney, Polynesia, United States/American Amination/American Cinema. Rated "C-Class" in all parts.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We have discussed representation of Indigenous Peoples on Wikipedia in class, but this article doesn't do much of that. Other than that, we have not discussed Moana in class.

Talk page evaluation
A bit hard to follow, but I think that some parts have more relevant information to be added to the article than others.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Pretty good shape, a lot of information included
 * What are the article's strengths? A lot of in-depth information, neutral viewpoint
 * How can the article be improved? I think it contains some unnecessary/impertinent information that distracts from the main topic, andmore information could be added about the main topic (more aspects of the movie itself)
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think it is well developed with contributions from a variety of authors referencing a variety of sources.

Overall evaluation
Good, but could be more centered on the specific topic of the movies with more directly related informations (and less indirectly related information), but it does a good job mostly with the wide spread of topics discussed.

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