User:Cappiahkubi/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article: Detransition
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: (link)
 * Detransition
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I decided to evaluate this article because the topic seems highly interesting.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Lead evaluation
The Lead does include an introductory sentence that does not only clearly describe what detransitioning is, but also defines what transitioning means. The Lead also includes a brief description that clearly supports the article's main sections. The Lead does not have information that is not present within the article. The Lead was concise and did not include any unnecessary information.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Content evaluation
The article's content was relevant was to the topic. It did include a lot of primary sources and statistics. The content is up-to-date, and there did not seem to be any content that was missing or did not belong. The article did a good job at including a personal story from a person who has actually experienced detransitioning. There is not a lot of information on detransitioning worldwide, so the writer did a good job at collecting as much information as possible.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


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

Tone and balance evaluation
The article was neutral and provided a serious of facts. There was not any claims that seem biased. I feel as if the Occurrence section included too much information much many different sources. I feel as if the author should have chosen a fewer number of primary sources and really elaborated off of those. The article does seem to advocate to people who are considering transitioning that taking the time to research and truly considering this process is important before going through with any decisions.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Sources and references evaluation
All of the facts are backed by a secondary source of information. I would not classify them as reliable because there is not a lot of information on this topic in society. The sources are current, thorough, and the links do work.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Organization evaluation
The article was well written, but I wish they would have broken up the article in a few more sections. There did not seem to be any grammatical or spelling errors.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Images and media evaluation
The article did not include any images.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Talk page evaluation
The article is classified as needing more medical verification and relied too much on primary sources. We have not touched on this topic in class yet.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Overall evaluation
The article is good so far, but could surely use a few more improvements. The article's strengths is the personal story they included from a sportswriter. The article can be improved by removing some of the sources and elaborating on the ones that are most beneficial. The article is underdeveloped and still needs improvement. The author did a great job at creating a base for this topic.

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