User:Dpipe002/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: (Queen (band))
 * Because I'm a big fan of music and Queen.

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
Overall a good lead that get's to the point and clearly describes what "Queen" is.

Answers to each question in order of appearance:

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. No

4. It's a bit overly detailed

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
''Good content within the article. Up to date as well.''

 Answers to each question in order of appearance:

1. Yes

2. Yes, the last source is from May of 2019.

''3. Not that I can tell as of now. The article is quite large but for the most part it is complete.''

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
''The article has a good overall tone to it. There aren't really any points where the authors over represented''

''how successful Queen was. They focused purely on the facts of the group and their story. Not once did I see any point where an author wrote something along the lines of,''

"Queen is the best rock band of all-time!"

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
''Yes the article is backed up properly by its sources. Every link I clicked on worked fine.''

''The latest source of information about Queen used in the article was a book about them from 1992. Most sources''

are from the early 2000's and on.

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 grammar within the article is good. The way it is written is clear and too the point.''

''The organization of the article and what topics are covered first could use some work though. If someone''

''didn't know who Queen was the information they'd want to read first shouldn't be towards the end like it is. But the''

organization within each sub section is well done.

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
''There are enough visual aids within the article. The captions for them are well done too. The only complaint I would have about''

them is that the images do seem to be a little bit small.

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
There was one really short conversation about adding one piece of information about the bands early life.

''The information brought forward was shut down by other editors. And yes, the article is apart of a few other WikiProjects.''

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
''The articles overall status is rated as a B. So it could use some work. Where it could use that work is in it's organization, range of coverage, and''

''written a bit better. It's strengths are in its references and reasonably defined structure. With a bit more it could make the A status. The article Queen is "mostly complete".''

Optional activity

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