User:Charlotte001/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 Museum of the Philippines
 * I chose it randomly and also because I like biology.

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 is very concise.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes. The sources are recent.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I don't think so. The comment I left on the talk page was about including a discussion of the western origins of museums, so I think that could be included. But it might be too much of a biased view.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes. Although it seems a little bit pro-museum.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? An underrepresented viewpoint would be that the museum doesn't really try to give anything back to the indigenous people.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? It seems a bit like they're trying to show how awesome the museum is.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes. Although there were seldom sources that criticized the museum.
 * Are the sources current? Yes.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? The links do work.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes. It is easy to read.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? It is well organized and broken down effectively.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes! Many images.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes, every single one.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? I think so. Otherwise they would have been flagged or removed by now?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes.

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? There is a conversation about a photo on the page being nominated for deletion.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? WikiProject Tambayan Philippines, Wikiproject Southeast Asia, and WikiProject Museums. It is rated as start class and high importance.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It doesn't talk about the fact that museums keep things for themselves and for spectacle purposes instead of sharing found cultural artifacts with the indigenous people of the nation. We talked about that a lot in class.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Quite good.
 * What are the article's strengths? It is concise and detailed and only contains relevant information.
 * How can the article be improved? It can benefit from some critical points of view.
 * 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 very well developed.

Optional activity

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 * Link to feedback: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:National_Museum_of_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=2