User:Cshell1254/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 Commision for Culture and the Arts (link) National Commission for Culture and the Arts
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I chose to evaluate this article because it is relevant to my topic. The NCAA is one of the most important organizations for heritage management in the Philippines.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes the lead contain a topic sentence that is relevant to the overall article. It briefly covers what the decree is about.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No, the lead is very short so it does not have a description of the articles major sections.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, the lead only covers information that is present.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is not very detailed and is concise, it only contains the necessary information

Lead evaluation
Overall the lead was straight to the point. It only stated the information necessary and was not cluttered. It was a very good lead.


 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the article's content contains relevent information to the topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, the content up-to-date and not undated.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No, the content that is there is needed, there is no content that does not belong.

Content evaluation
The content of the article was very good. There was no useless information. All the information was relevent.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes, there is not a strong bias. If there was a bias it is hard to detect.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, as I stated previously I was unable to detect a bias.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No the article is neutral in tone.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? Not at all. There was no bias.

Tone and balance evaluation
I was unable to detect a bias. The tone was neutral. Overall it is very well written.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? I would say most of the facts of backed up by reliable secondary sources.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes they do, the soources for the most part are good.
 * Are the sources current? Not really, some are from the 1990's. However a good amunt are from the past 5 years.
 * Check a few links. They worked for me

Sources and references evaluation
The sources section was not a strong point of this article. More recent sources need to be added.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? In my opinion the article was very well written. However due to the formatting certain sections are difficult to read.


 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? There are few, but overall it is not terribble.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, the article is well organized.

Organization evaluation
There is room for improvement in this department, but it was decent. There were a few spelling errors and certain parts could be written better.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Not really, there is only one. More should be added to better develop the article.
 * Are images well-captioned? No, the one image used has no caption
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? No it does not, there is no caption. But the source is cited
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Not at all, the image portion is not strong.

Images and media evaluation
Overall the worst section of this article. More images need to be added with captions.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?The use of ambiguous terms and names was being discussed in the past.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated start class.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? There seems to be rude undertones in the discussion. The posters need to be more respectful of each other.

Talk page evaluation
The talk page is not very active. According to the rating it was given, the article has major room for improvement.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Overall the article had some strong points. But the points that were weak, were substantially weak. So I believe it is an average article.
 * What are the article's strengths? The tone and balnce was the greatest strength of the article.
 * How can the article be improved? The sources, images, and talk page need major improvement.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I believe it is underdeveloped, the content that is on the page is not bad. But there are so many holes in the article.

Overall evaluation
Overall the article has room for improvement. But it was not terribble. The image section was the most underdeveloped. The best section was the tone.

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