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 * Name of article: Akan people
 * I have chosen to evaluate this article, due to its amount of information and length posing as a challenge to me. i believe that if I can correctly evaluate this article, it will greatly improve my evaluation skills.

Lead

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 * This leads introductory sentence presents a concise and comprehensible introductory sentence describing the Akan people. The lead briefly discusses the Akan peoples culture, decent, origin of language, and the sub-groups. Information presented is also mentioned within the article, along other extra pieces of information.

Content

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 * The articles content continuously related to the information presented about the topic. The articles information is up to date throughout the article in each portion of new information. There is a vast amount of information all throughout the article that was very thorough and covered all areas of the topic. The article addresses information among equity gaps, while also relating them to historical information solely based on the topic. Although, certain information presented in the Article contradicts itself, or is simply incorrect.

Tone and Balance

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 * This articles tone is completely neutral. There were no claims found that would have led me to presume that this author was biased either against or in favor the Akan People. The view point remains the same throughout the article, except for the Sub- Group portion of the article. It seemed rushed, and not as cared for as other portions when entering information. The article strictly only tries to inform the reader of the topic. There are no attempts to the persuade the reader at all.

Sources and References

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 * Facts presented in the article all have active links attached to them, but some are questionable for reliability and trustworthiness. The majority of sources although are thorough and completely support the facts provided. There are some outdated sources in the history and influence sections of the article, but again the majority are recent and currently addressed. The sources provided are all written from a similar perspective, but a different array of authors who are all familiar with the subject topic. The links provided do work.

Organization

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 * The entire article is very well written, very concise, and comprehensible throughout. The article does not have any spelling or grammatical errors although there are few areas where the word choice and vocabulary is lacking. This occurs in the History, Origin, and influence portions of the article. The article is very well organized into categories that address major points of information about the topic.

Images and Media

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 * The images provided within the article do suffice to the understanding of the information provided. The pictures for the majority are captioned well, besides one picture that is not captioned at all. The images do adhere to the copyright regulations of wikipedia. The images are organized in an appealing manner as well.

Checking the talk page

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 * The conversations behind the scenes are all focused on the incorrect information provided in the article. The article is rated as a C-class rating, while being a part of the ethnic wikiproject group. The way wikipedia discusses this article, would be described as critically negative as opposed to our positive inferences made in class.

Overall impressions

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 * The articles overall status was a C- rating. When overlooking the article it looks fantastic and passes the eye test, but fails to meet certain requirements such as correct information, source citing, and picture captioning. The articles strengths are organization, vocabulary usage, and the great amount of correct information compared to incorrect information. This article can be improved by better and more dense information being provided, a stricter use of sources and fact checking, and keeping certain portions of information concise and to the point. The article in my opinion is developed well to a certain extent. Certain aspects and portions of the article are very well written and correctly formatted, while others show a poor lack of effort, honesty, and accuracy.

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