User:DaniellePorto/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: Environmental and Energy Study Institute
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen this article because it has a decent amount of sources cited that I can evaluate.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Lead evaluation
The lead of this article contains a succinct, clear description of what the EESI does and what their goal is. The lead could indicate a bit clearers what the rest of the article explains. The lead briefly mentions the score given to the institute by a non-profit evaluator, but this is score is never elaborated on later in the article.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Content evaluation
This article is relatively short, but all of the information involved is relevant to the topic. The article was last updated in December, so it is still fairly up to date. There seems to not be much information about what the institute has actually accomplished, but ti is possible that is because the institute hasn't done much.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Tone and balance evaluation
There isn't a great deal of opinionated content in the article, but it does seem likee everything in the article is mostly positive, which makes me wonder if anything that was more critical was just removed.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Sources and references evaluation
The article does reference a couple sources several times, such as greatnonprofits.org as well as the actual EESI website, which could explain why there is no criticism in the entire article. A couple of the works either don't work or are linked to archived pages that haven't been updated.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Organization evaluation
The article is organized well. It has few smelling ro grammatical errors and is organized into relevant sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Images and media evaluation
This article does not have any images.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Talk page evaluation
The talk page of this article is empty, although it is part of 3 different WIkiProjects: environment, climate change, and energy.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Overall evaluation
Through the WikiProjects this article is related to, it has been rate as Stub-Class, meaning it is very basic. The article does a good job at explaining what information is there, but it is still lacking a lot of other information. The article could use a greater variety of sources. I would say the article is under-developed, and could be improved greatly.

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