User:Eeeleeeennnaaa/Evaluate an Article

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(Provide a link to the article here.)Volleyball

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I chose it because I am interested in the topic of volleyball. Overall, this article is bery informative but has been flagged for including too much material that has not been referenced.

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The introduction, or lead section, is very informational and introduces the basics of volleyball. It mentions the main rules of volleyball, as well as the practicalities regarding the positioning of the teams. Moreover, information is properly cited.

Content-wise, this article does a decent job at addressing the significant aspects of the sport including its history, along with the rules, the skills, and the strategies that are important. The reference list is extensive and it combines older and more recent sources. The article also included a see also section which presents links to related topics and a section in which the different variations of the sport as briefly described.

There is use of many kinds of sources. The author(s) have used some academic sources such as academic journal articles but also non-academic sources such us newspapper publications. Due to the fact that this article is about a sport, there are certain information that are covered in websites rather than academic articles (such as rules of the game, strategies); however, I do not believe that it is an issue in this context due to the nature of the information. There does not seem to be any efforts to include a more diverse background of authors. Some of the links I checked still work. There is some information that still needs to be fact-checked.

The article is nicely organized with sections separating the topics discussed, as well as sub-headings within the sections that contribute to a more clear structure. It is written in proper, but easy to understand, English and it has no noticeable grammar or spelling mistakes.

There are plenty of images used that are supporting material to what the author is discussing in each section. The images are captioned appropriately and adhere to the copyright policies of Wikipedia.

The "Talk" page has three archives which contribute to the general discussion. Most of these comments are constructive feedback, additions, and corrections that have been incorporated in the article. The article is part of the project "WikiProject Volleyball."

The article is overall listed as C-class in terms of quality, meaning that there is much space for improvement. What's mostly lacking is better use of sources to back up the information presented. There are certain statements (rules, etc.) that are common sense for those that do play the sport amnd are aware of their truthfulness, but more reliable sources can increase the validity of the article to those who are not knowledgeable in the topic. Overall, the talk page has done a great job at imporving the competence of the article. i would say that the article is on the way to being well-developed.

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