User:FaceTheRaven12/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: (link) English Studies
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article to evaluate because I am an English major in college.

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
The lead is short but does not do a good job of informing the reader what is going to be in the article. It does not include a description of the articles main sections and is overly detailed in the amount of information it gives. It is not necessary to list what the study of English includes and what a detailed list of what college courses may be offered. It would be more helpful to give a brief description of the study of English and save most of the detail for the body of the article. The lead also also has too many subjects that are not talk about in the article.

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
Most of the article's content is relevant. However, the article is unbalanced. Most of the article is about the history and study of English at the college level. There is not a lot about the study of English at other levels or in other countries. The lead mentions the study of English in primary and secondary school but the main body of the article only mentions the study of high school English in Britain. There is a list of fields in the body of the article but none of them are further explained.

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 is very neutral. There is not a heavy bias on any of the information given. The article does not attempt to persuade readers to pursue study in English. The article states mostly facts and figures.

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
Hardly any information in the article is cited. There is a list of references at the end but only a few sentences in the article are cited. The article has a lot of links to other Wikipedia pages that all appear to work. However the lack of citation makes the article appear less credible.

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 way the article is organised is disjointed. The fields of study come first, then the college history, then the brief mention of high school English. The big list of different fields takes away from the following information about the history and study of English at a college level. There do not appear to be any grammatical errors. However, some sentences are too wordy and hard to understand.

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
The one image in the article is easy to ignore. It is plain and off to the side to it is not eye catching. It does not add anything useful to the article. Accompanying the image are more links to subjects that already appear in the article. The image appears to follow all copyright laws.

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
This article is a part of Wikiprojects Education and Wikiprojects Literature. Most of the comments on the Talk page agree that the article need serious revisions. There are several off topic comments. Most users agree that this page and the page for English Major should be combined.

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
This is an article that needs serious revision. The lead and main article need a more focused approach. The main article needs more content added and to be put in a more logical organization. Most of the content needs to be cited.

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