User:Erdi Hida/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.


 * Financial Technology: (Financial technology)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I have chosen this article because Financial Technology is a relatively new genre of technology that intertwines the world of technology and finance. As things become more reliant and made easier with technology the work that goes into developing them is under appreciated.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The lead of the article does a great job of getting the main ideas across about what FinTech is and the areas it covers but does not describe all the major sections of the article. All things mentioned in the Lead are later discussed in the article with more detail. The lead is as coincise as it should be and covers everything the reader should know to grasp the idea of Financial Technology.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The content in this article is all relevant to the topic and serves good purpose to allow readers to fully understand this topic. The content is all up to date along with references that are recent. The article contains all content that belongs and doesn't miss any angles of this topic.


 * 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?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article seems to be mostly neutral as it simply provides information and facts pertaining to the topic. The article does not persuade in favor of any position but may be lacking in information about potential risks of financial technology as it only briefly mentions software risks. There are many individuals who see a lot of risk in financial technology and they are under represented in this article.


 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

The facts in this article are from reliable and current resources. All links i checked worked properly and brought me to the intended page.


 * 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?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is well organized with sections placed in a way that they flow into eachother. The authors have made it easy for anyone to read and understand.


 * 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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

The article doesn't contain any photos that assist the reader with understanding the topic, but the photos that it contains are properly captioned. The photos follow regulations but are not laid in the most visually appealing way, they seem to be crushed to the right side of the article.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

This article is of interest to 3 wikiprojects. There is talk of what the actual definition is on the talk page and also another potential reference with more information on the topic is being discussed.


 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The article is well developed and covers most of the major ideas related to this topic. This article could improve by adding informative and related photos. It should also better discuss the risks that come along with FinTech.


 * 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?

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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