User:Cahillxx77/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) Agathe Aladin
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I wanted to learn more about a 20th Century Contemporary female artist. Specifically an artist that uses paint as their main medium.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? - Yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? - Yes, it describes her main choices of mediums as well as her painting focuses.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? - No, everything in the lead is mentioned at least once again throughout the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?- Concise, not overly detailed.

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?- No, the article gives a good description of the artists early life and how she began her painting career and follows up with talking about her work.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, the article really just focuses on her life and her career. Not really a lot of opinions stated from the author.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, not a whole lot of extra information in this article.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, the article has many references that they got their information from.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes.
 * Are the sources current? Yes.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? It is well-written. It is not a super long article, but it gives enough information about the artists early life followed by her career and becoming an artist.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, it is organized by category.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, no images.
 * Are images well-captioned? No images.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? No images.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No images.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? No conversations seem to be going on in this article. Just information about the artist.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Start-Class.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think we go a little bit more in depth in class than Wikipedia did on this topic.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? The article is still being edited. The last edit was made Jan 3, 2020.
 * What are the article's strengths? Addressing her early life and her famous works.
 * How can the article be improved? Going more in depth about her art work and maybe bringing some images of her work into the article.
 * 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 a little under developed in the sense that it does not have a whole lot of in depth information. It is all broad statements/facts. Overall, it does give information about her life and her work. Just not enough to get a good idea of what her work looks like or is inspired by.

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