User:CStudent17/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) Caribbean art Caribbean art
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. we chose this article because it was the kind of article that had many different avenues of research that it could disply so it would be a great article to evaluate.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The article begins with a clear introductory sentence explaining what Caribbean art consists of. In the first paragraph the main points are briefly discussed but each individual point isn't made clear. For example, immigration influence is mentioned in the first paragraph and in the first main section, but, it isn't clear in the first paragraph that the immigration influence will be further explored in the first main section. Although each section of the article isn't made clear in the first paragraph, all of the information is present in the major sections of the article.The lead is not overly detailed and fairly concise, it leaves enough out of the introduction to be expanded later in the article.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

the articles content is not very relevant to the topic, it focuses more on the history of the Caribbean that the art of it. the content is not at all up to date, most of it only focuses on the history of the Caribbean and has no modern data. The sources also only range from 1933 - 2007 so it could be brought up to date better. The content on the history does not really belong in the article. If the content had more context to the art it would be more relevant. The article is missing content on the actual art in the different sections. For each major section the emphasis is placed mostly on history than the actual art, so more content on the art is much needed.


 * 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?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

the article is neutral and unbiased, it shows mostly facts and doesn't have any claims of any particular position.


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

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

There aren't many sources for this article, but most of the sources cited appear to be reliable, almost all of them are books. The sources, however, do not reflect the available literature on the topic because there are only five sources. the few sources that are cited are not at all up to date the latest source is from 2007. the external links all work but they are from very unreliable sources.


 * 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?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is written well from the information given while being pretty simple to read. However, the article didn't give very much detail over the Caribbean art while only having three contents sections over the Caribbean arts. The article has no grammatical or spelling errors. The articles organization is simply not put together that well within having a lack of information provided that would lead you to learn nothing about the Caribbean art in the last hundreds of years.


 * 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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

The article includes three images that could enhance the understanding of the topic if there was more reference to the image in the article, for that would educate the reader what the image has to do with Caribbean art. The images captions are captioned well with a short description of what the image is, however; the caption is the only relevant text to the image since throughout the article the images are not discussed. All three images adhere to wikipedias copyright regulations. The images are not laid out in a visually appealing way since they are all towards the bottom of the page at the same size. the images should be depicted large and next to the information in the article that regards to the image.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

The conversations that are going on behind the scenes of the article found on the talk page throw shade towards this article since most of the article was talking about the history of Caribbean art instead of really expressing what Caribbean art is. The article is rated as a C-Class for the projects quality scale being that it is a WikiProject. It discusses the topic through the talk page which demonstrates what is wrong with the article whereas in class we discuss in person over the topic.


 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The overall status of the article is shown as something that needs work and needs more description over the Caribbean art instead of just information that provides the introduction to its history. The article's strength is only the talking point of the early history of the Caribbean art, however; it doesn't have very many references to include it as being logical. More information over the Art and the way it is used in past and present would help improve the article. The article is poorly developed since it doesn't seem finished and excludes important information.


 * 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?

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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