User:DeadlineBreaking/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the article Cape Breton fiddling.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to do this article because it seemed most relevant to our current course. It matters to research because I think it's important to know that Cape Breton fiddling can be really different to other styles of fiddling. Originally I didn't really notice much of a difference until I started this course and started to hear the differences between this style of fiddling and other styles of Celtic-based fiddling.

Evaluate the article
Introduction

- The introduction sentence is well-written.

- I don't notice a description of the main topics within the article.

- I don't see any information that was listed that isn't present in the article, aside from the topics that link to outside articles.

- The lead is concise to the article it is describing.

Opinions

- The article remains neutral with no opinions being stated.

Since the article is about a style of fiddling, I don't think there's much room to persuade the viewer into taking stance on one opinion over another. As I read, it was clear that this was the case as well.

Sources

The sources are very limited and don't have much to back them up with. In fact, when I read the references page, I noticed that there was only one reference that had been used in the entire article. When I clicked on the link to check it, it only took me to a page that said "Coming soon" on it instead of leading me to the exact reference that had been used.

- There was literally only one citation in the whole article, and the only thing that it listed said "who?" because it was missing a citation.

- The reference says it was published in 2013, with the last retrieval date being 2017.

Main Topics

- The article is broken down into major topics that are easy to follow.

- The article does not have that much information on it, being as it only drew from one reference.

Media

The article only used one image on the whole page, with no other use of media whatsoever. The image it used was of the Big Fiddle, which to me doesn't really suit the topic that the article is describing.

Talk Page

- The article is listed as low importance on WikiProject Canada.

- It's listed as "Start-class" on the content assessment scale on WikiProject Canada.

- The article is also supported by WikiProjects Nova Scotia and Canadian music.

The conversations going on on the talk page are very few, with only 3 comments made in total. 2 of which were actual people, the third being a Wikipedia bot. The only comments are about edits, with the topmost comment seeming to be a very angry person ranting about Cape Breton tune timing. I couldn't find the date on the top comment, but the comment underneath it was written in 2010.

Overall

- The article overall seems to be treated with low importance, as it was listed.

- It does a good job of describing Cape Breton fiddling.

- More references could definitely be used, and more media as well. I would like to see more images of people actually playing the fiddle, as well as possibly some audio, locations, and particular song names and maybe even lists of events that Cape Breton fiddling is known for being played at.

I would personally assess this article as being very incomplete. It needs much more work and description and needs to be drawn from way more sources, and needs to be cited more properly for reading. It however is off to a good start and could definitely be built off of easily.