User:Ebootjones42/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: Pragmatics
 * This is page for the subject of this class so I figure it's the most relevant.

Lead evaluation
The lead is a good summary of what pragmatics is and what will follow in the article.

Content evaluation
The content was good and up to date, and had many links to other articles that go deeper into subjects related to pragmatics. Some parts of the article however need additional citations in order to verify.

Tone and balance evaluation
The article seems neutral for the most part, I didn't notice anything that was biased towards any particular position. I did notice that the Origins of the field section could probably be added to as it was short and there was only one citation.

Sources and references evaluation
Most of the facts presented in the article are well backed up with secondary source information, though some sections could use more secondary sources to make the arguments stronger. There is a lot of literature based around the topic with older literature as well as more current literature.

Organization evaluation
The article is well written and easy to read, I didn't notice any spelling or grammatical errors jump out at me. It is organized very well.

Images and media evaluation
The article only has one image, a chart explaining effective communication.

Talk page evaluation
Some of the conversation is debating how much of a sub field of pragmatics is linguistics. Mostly what certain terms mean and whether it is linguistic or philosophical or something else.

Overall evaluation
It is rated as a C in several different categories, philosophy, psychology, education, and linguistics. It does have a lot of information with good sources, but it could be improved upon. Some sections need more work than others. It could use more images as well.

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