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Cross Cultural Communications
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Cross-cultural communication
 * The communication across and between different cultures is an interesting and important concept.

Lead
Guiding questions:


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes. The opening sentence gives a definition with a source.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No. Below the Lead is the box labeled "contents" with headers of major sections included.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes. In the definition is states "people from different cultural background" but there is no section in the article that gives information of what that means.I would like to see cultural groups listed.
 * 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? The most recent source is from 2015 so although the information may be accurate, it can definitely be updated.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I think that there is content missing. There are so many theories on cross cultural communications that are not listed. I think that there should be sections representing different cultural groups to give better understanding of topic.

Tone and Balance
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article neutral? No. The article is heavily based on cross cultural communications in a academic setting, there is much more depth to this topic than just that.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Yes all of the information is based primarily on insight from the United States. There are no world views represented.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? All viewpoints from other cultures are under represented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? Yes. It only discusses the United States and briefly mentions Canada and the UK. How can the reader make an opinion or learn cultural communications when the rest of the world is not represented.

Sources and References
Guiding questions:


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? The top of the page says that citations need verification, so no.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes.
 * Are the sources current? Not all of them.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? I checked two links and they did work.

Organization
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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? What is there is concise.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I did find a couple errors but nothing major.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The thing about this article is that I feel like these are not major points that need to be explained within this topic.

Images and Media
Guiding questions:


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? One and it is a bit questionable.
 * Are images well-captioned? Decent.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Although the image is connected to a link, there is no reference for the image.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No.

Checking the talk page
Guiding questions:


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There was a discussion to merge cross cultural communcaiton with intercultural communcation. There was also something about the lack of theorists and those mentioned had little sources verified.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? it says that This article is within the scope of WikiProject Culture, a project which is currently considered to be defunct.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Often when talking about this topic, different cultures are discussed which this article does not do.

Overall impressions
Guiding questions:


 * What is the article's overall status? It is not completed.
 * What are the article's strengths? Incorporation into college programs has a lot of info in it.
 * How can the article be improved? There needs to be more information added and more verifiable sources added. Pictures would be nice too.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think that it is underdeveloped. There is not enough information for the topic.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes ~


 * Link to feedback: Talk:Cross-cultural communication