User:Fusionhonestduplex/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: Southampton Airport
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose this article by going to the C-Class Articles category, clicking aviation, and clicking around until I found an article that wasn't empty. I may want to do a wiki page on infrastructure.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes, it has basic information and an airport code.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * No, the Lead is not very correlated with the sections of the article.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * The Lead has information that is not present in the rest of the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * I think the lead is fairly concise and contains information that is relevant.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Surprisingly so; the page is active and was edited only a couple hours before I randomly found it. It also has a reference to the Coronavirus crisis and an sentence about an airline that ceased operations in March 2020.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * I would like to see more than two pictures in the article. I cannot find any content that does not belong.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Not that I can find.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * No.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * No; there is a paragraph in the History section about early refugees that has "Citation Needed" on it.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * The sources seem to be thorough and varied.
 * Are the sources current?
 * Many of the sources cannot be said to be recent, but they are up to date. A lot of information about one specific event comes from 2006 news articles.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * One link I found to the Heathrow Airport Holdings group was broken, but it had a Wayback Machine backup available.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Yes.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Not that I can find.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * Yes.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * There are three images in total, one being the title image.
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Yes.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * Yes, but there are so few that little action is required.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Until 2019 the article did not mention that Southampton Airport was in the UK. Other disagreements are about previous plans the airport seems to have delayed or cancelled.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is part of "Aviation/Airports, "Military History," and "Hampshire."
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * N/A

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * The article overall is a complete article.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * The article has a good amount of sources used.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * I think a wider variety of information is necessary for this article.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * Although the article could be considered sparse on information in comparison to a larger airport like Heathrow, I feel that it is well-developed.

Optional activity

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