User:Boyramrel/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Redistricting in the United States

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because this is something that we were learning about earlier in the semester, and I would like to see what similarities and/or differences the Wikipedia article may have with what we’ve learned.

Evaluate the article
= Evaluating content =


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Everything in the article appears to be relevant to the topic.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Everything appears to be up to date as far as I am aware.
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * No. On the contrary, the section on Gerrymandering makes note of the potential political controversy of the subject.
 * What else could be improved?
 * The subsection State in Legislative representatives is only two sentences long, perhaps that can have more depth to it.

= Evaluating tone =


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The only part of the article that might appear semi-biased is the section on Gerrymandering, and even then it only presents well-established facts on the subject.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * As I said before, the State subsection might use a bit more depth. Other than that, it seems fairly evened out.

= Evaluating sources =


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * The 3rd reference link only takes me to a “page not found”, the 4th link does not take me to the labeled article, and the 7th has no link at all. The other five all work.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * After a very brief look, the five reference links that work all appear to be neutral.
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications?
 * Yes, they do.

= Checking the talk page = Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * The conversations all appear to be about what information is relevant to the topic, and where they should each be placed.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is rated Start-Class, and is a part of the WikiProjects “WikiProject Politics” and “WikiProject Elections and Referendums”.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * This article is more straight-to-the-point and less in-depth than what we talked about in class.