User:Cheymjohnson.7/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) Medieval music
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I had very little to no knowledge on this music and I saw that this would be a topic that we discuss, so I felt that this would be a good way for me to get some more information on this era of music.

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 a little overly detailed, but not too much that it makes the article a little frustrating.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, I do feel that this is a topic that would be hard to not be up to do as not a lot of new information is being discovered, since this era occurred so long ago.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes, although I do think this topic would be hard to be biased when writing about it.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No.
 * 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, I believe so.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes.
 * Are the sources current? The sources are current.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes they do.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes this article was clear and easy to read, but I feel that it was not as concise as it could have been.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I found.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, it is.

Images and Media

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 * 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.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes, although I do wish some of the pictures were a little bigger.

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 are many conversations that are happening behind the scenes of this article. Most of the conversations show little ways that the article could improve. There were also suggestions on how to improve their citations.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated as a C class article and it is a part of 4 different Wikiprojects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Level 4 Vital Article
 * What are the article's strengths? It explains a lot of topics that are pertinent to Medieval music.
 * How can the article be improved? This article could be a little shorter, as it is very lengthy.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think this article is well-developed.

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