User:Davidto2001/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: (link) Indigenous movements in the Americas
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. Since this topic encompasses multiple countries, I wanted to see if the article did a good job following Wikipedia guidelines.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * The Lead does not have the best intro sentence since it started to talk about a particular issue rather than introducing the article
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Yes it takes a two paragraphs to give examples of movements in the Americas
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * No.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * The Lead is not overly detailed

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Since the page was last edited four months ago, the content should be up to date. However the most recent citations were cited about three years ago, so there is a possibility that the content may be outdated
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * No
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?
 * Since the article is about the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, it discusses the constant fight for their rights.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * The article is meant to address the movements that Indigenous peoples have led so it is hard to be biased by stating facts, but certain language will suggest that some points are more important than others
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * The movements in Brazil were more represented than for any other country
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * Not exactly but the language suggests that some movements for certain countries were more important than others

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * No
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Yes
 * Are the sources current?
 * Some sources are nearly twenty years old whereas other sources are from within the last few years
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * There is not really a big range of authors, there is a Brazilian article cited, but other than that, the sources are from either encyclopedias or from well known news outlets
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * The article especially in the Lead is not the best written professionally wise, but it does get the point across
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Some choppy/incomplete sentences
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * the article jumps from writing in paragraphs to bullet points then back to paragraphs. The author talked about only one country in a paragraph while all the other countries are in bullet points

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * No
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * N/A
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * N/A
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * N/A

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * N/A
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * No
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * It does not discuss the topics in its completion, but it mostly acknowledges the existence of the different movements

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * The article is a bit underdeveloped
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * The Trans-national movements section of the article was the best part of the article since it has a lot of information about the topic
 * How can the article be improved?
 * If the article wants to touch on a really wide topic such as discussing Indigenous rights in the Americas, it needs to choose a few countries to write about to give the article more space to develop.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * The article is not developed enough

Optional activity

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