User:Cmoyer1/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: Housing estate
 * I am interested in this article because I want to know more about urban housing.

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? I think it is relatively concise.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, relatively.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? The article is organized housing types and then by geographic location. The portion of the article that focused on geographic specificity is missing many countries.

Tone and Balance

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 * 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? Within Asia, only Hong Kong and Pakistan have details. Within Europe, only the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK and Ireland have details, so I'd say lots is missing from the conversation. But, I think that this just shows that more information regarding more countries needs to be included rather than this page showing bias towards those countries.
 * 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... at times there aren't citations but they are after more general statements.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? There could definitely be more references... There are only 11 listed. I think that the topic of "housing estates" and "urban housing" is so broad that perhaps more detailed pages exist with more references.
 * Are the sources current? Yes. They range from 1996 to 2020.
 * 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?
 * 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?

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? Umm... I believe so.
 * 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? Some people want to merge the page with "Housing development" because the term "housing estate" is specific to Britain. Another comment brought up why the Czech Republic and Slovakia are specifically noted under Europe.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I'm not sure how the project is rated... but it is part of the "architecture," "home living," and "urban studies and planning" wiki projects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Not directly answering this question, but interesting to see a comment from 2012 noting that there are many "point of view" notes on this page rather than facts. I suppose I can look further into how this page has been updated since 2012 to address this!

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Ok...
 * What are the article's strengths? Seems to have a good concise introduction.
 * How can the article be improved? The content seems geographically limited. And I wish there were more links to related content.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say that is it underdeveloped.

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