User:Bs104/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Margaret Clapp

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

My group was assigned this article. This article is important since it is related to our college. My preliminary impression of it was that the article is quite short and seems to be an article that needs some editing.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section

 * only one sentence long
 * lacks information
 * no brief description of the major sections
 * too short, doesn't give a good overview

Content

 * content is relevant
 * seems up-to-date
 * some content is missing on other aspects about Margaret Clapp
 * I would say that this is an article related to a historically unrepresented population since Margaret Clapp was a scholarly woman. Women in the academic field were often less represented than men.

Tone and Balance

 * article is neutral
 * no claims that seem particularly biased towards one position
 * no viewpoints are overrepresented or underrepresented and there aren't really any fringe/minority viewpoints since there is fairly little content in the article
 * the article doesn't seem to be promoting one position or dissuading another

Sources and References

 * facts are backed up by secondary source of reliable information
 * sources seem quite thorough
 * sources are on the older end, but this might be because she lived quite a number of years ago
 * authors seem pretty diverse, includes women writers as well
 * sources look pretty good overall, many of the peer-reviewed articles I found are already being used
 * tried a few links and they all worked

Organization and Writing Quality

 * article is well-written
 * did not find any grammatical or spelling mistakes
 * article only has two sections (biography and books); for these sections, it has a good flow and organization
 * would be good to have more sections that discuss other main topics on Margaret Clapp

Images and Media

 * article includes only one image
 * this image does enhance understanding of the article, but it would be helpful to have more images


 * library image caption is brief and clear
 * adheres to copyright regulations and is listed as public domain under permission details
 * image isn't in the best place, it sits in the middle of text and text wraps around it oddly

Talk page discussion

 * not really any discussion, only one comment from someone who worked on the page
 * rated as start-class, part of a few wiki-projects
 * we have not really discussed Margaret Clapp in class, but the things discussed are a bit different from a normal class discussion
 * centers on open editing and review, instead of a back and forth conversation of our thoughts/opinions

Overall Impressions

 * overall status is portions are completed, but needs additional information
 * article's strength is in the brief, concise description
 * the article can be improved by adding other aspects about Margaret Clapp, so that we can have a more well-rounded overview
 * I think it is underdeveloped. There is a lot more information that we can find out about Margaret Clapp to describe her and inform readers about.