User:Cheyenne3208/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: Grand Canyon
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. This is the article I will be editing for my class later on.

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 concise.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? It appears to be more historical data, but otherwise yes.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I think the content that is there is useful but more information could be added.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The native american section could have more representation compared to the european arrival and settlement section.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * 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.
 * Are the sources current? Not many from the past few years, but majority from last decade.
 * 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? Yes.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I saw.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes.

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? I think so.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Sure.

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? Some things that were in article did not have good sources and were not completely proven facts.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? level-3 vital article and B-class. It is part of Geography and United States/American Old West/Arizona wikiprojects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? More about geology, geography, and biology than the way it has been affected or managed.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Could use some work and more relevant topics to the park as a whole.
 * What are the article's strengths? Is neutral and describes the topics well.
 * How can the article be improved? Sources need to be worked on and based on our class could use more environmental subjects.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It is pretty well developed, still has lots that could be done with it and appears to not have had an big edits in a while.

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