User:Dentalmars/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bogeyman

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Im evaluating this article because the title sounds familiar to my childhood. My friends when I was younger would always talk about "the bogeyman" and I was interested in what this really meant.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

The first sentence in this article includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes what The Bogeyman means. The lead is straightforward and gives more detail about how the bogeyman looks and how it became to be for children all around the world.

Content:

The article explains the many different Bogeyman's in different places of the world. It does connect to what the term bogeyman means, because it's different in every culture and looks different as well. The content that I viewed was both up to date, but also some references were from 2005. I don't see any content that doesn't belong or is missing.

Tone and Balance:

Yes, I believe the article is neutral. There are no claims that are weighted more towards a particular position. There are no view points that are overrepresented or unrepresented, this article included many different types of Bogeyman's. Yes there are viewpoints that are accurate. No, the article doesn't want the reader to favor on topic over another.

Sources and References:

From the links I have clicked on, they all seem to be working just fine. I believe there are more peer-reviewed articles that could be used in places of news coverage. Yes, the sources were written by a diverse spectrum of authors. Some of the sources are current, while others date back to 2005. Some of the sources are backed up by an additional source, while others only have one.

Organization and Writing Quality:

The article can need some help with writing. I feel as though I was reading this article in blocks. There are a few grammatical errors. Yes, the article is well-organized and breaks down into sections so that the viewer can understand what they are looking at/ reading.

Images and Media:

This article only has 3 images. The 3 images gives the reader as much information as 3 images can give. It gives you understanding of what that image correlates too. I believe there should be more since this article talks about the different bogeyman in varies parts of the world. It would be great to have more images on what they look like in different places. The images are well captioned. Yes, the images are laid out in a visually appealing way.

Talk Page Discussion:

Some viewed the article as poorly sourced. The article could be written better. The way this is discussion is different from what we have talked about in class is the honesty in what could be better. In class, I feel as though everyone is trying to be as nice as possible, meanwhile, on wiki, its just honesty.

Overall Impressions:

I believe this article needs more help like any other article. More information could be added and of course more sources. More images would be nice to help clarify topics. The articles strengths is their variety of information of the bogeyman. This article could be improved with more grammatical correct sentences. More sources with back up additional sources will improve this article.This article is on its way to being well-developed, but could still use more help.