User:DaltonSchultz/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: Social science
 * I have chosen this article because it includes one of my majors

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The article does lead with an introductory statement that explains what the article is about since the article is a multitude of things. The introduction explains what is included in social science and then gives a guide to the different fields in social science. In other words, it seems to do what an introduction is supposed to do.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The article goes through what the categories that it said was included in social science and explains each one of them. If we take sociology, it explains what the word means and the history behind it up to what it has become to be know as today. As far as I know it is up to date with its research.


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article seems to remain neutral in it ability to explain what social science is and does not have any real biases in it to one side or another.


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

From all the links that i tried in the article none did not word so all of them worded and directed me to where it was supposed to. They used reliable sources to fund the information that is on the page as of 10/28/2019.


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

From my perspective it is easy to read ans straight forward with the information, and I did not see any grammatical errors. The article is also broken down to easy to read points and easy to find the specific topic you need.


 * 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

 * Guiding questions

Since the article is about social science there is little pictures that you can use to help the understanding of the article. The best pictures, which ere used, were pictures of the people that they mention in the article.


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

The types of conversations that are going on in the talk page is about edits to the article to improve it. The article is part of multiple wikiprojects and is rated a c-class.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The article does a good job for what is has now, but it can improve itself with more information, The articles strength lies in the sociology part of it since it has the most information about it.


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

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

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 * Link to feedback:Talk:Social science