User:Catbiscuits/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: National Register of Historic Places
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I am pretty passionate about history. Whenever I see a landmark that has a plaque that says that it's on the National Register I always try to stop and read it, and learn more about that landmark and the area it's in

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
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It's a large Lead, so it could be shortened a bit.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? For the most part yes.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is a part of the article where it addresses the Department of Transportation Act that does seem out of place, even though it claims that that particular act addresses historical preservation.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? As far as I can tell, no.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Not really.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, it remains neutral throughout.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? There are a bunch of academic and news sources, so yes, but there are also a bunch of links in the references to the National Parks Service and such, and I'm not sure if that counts as a conflict of interest.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? From what I can tell, yes, but the articles from the NPS may be iffy as they're promoting the Service and Register.
 * Are the sources current? For the most part, yes. There are two sources dating back to 2017,.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, the editors took care in making specific categories on the topic.
 * 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, as mentioned previously, the sections appear to be concise.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, and I found one that was considered public domain.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There are a bunch of questions, and lengthy discussions about edits and why they were made, as well as fixing things like dead links.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes, it is part of WikiProjects. That's how I found it.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The article has a lot to do with history and the process of ensuring that a landmark is historic. We are writing articles about present day organizations and need to find the newest information possible on them, to see if there are any recent changes.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Well-written and organized.
 * What are the article's strengths? The amount of information provided to the readers.
 * How can the article be improved? Maybe go through and see if it can possibly be updated in any way, or rewrite some paragraphs so that they're not too long.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think that the article is well-developed.

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