User:Gingyrael/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.


 * Visual Communication
 * I chose this article to evaluate, because visual communication is a very important part of Digital Storytelling and I have some prior knowledge on certain facets of it, so I think I can give some decent feedback from reviewing it.

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 briefly explains the article's topic and goes on to talk about the different subsections of Visual Communications. The lead is very brief and concise and the information referenced is used later 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
The content contained within the article is relevant to the overarching topic and is up-to-date. Everything seemed relevant to the topic, and I don't think there was anything missing.

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 has a neutral tone and doesn't appear to be bias toward any claim. The article is on a very broad topic that doesn't really cover anything that appears to attempt to persuade the viewer in favor of.

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
Everything is backed up by a source of information within the article and all the sources are current and work; however, one of the sources used is a blog post and I'm not sure how reliable that would be considered for this topic.

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
This article is easy to read and well organized. It doesn't appear to have any spelling errors; however, it does have a few missing commas, which can be especially seen in the lead and sprinkled a little bit through the article.

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 images used are well-chosen and the captions make sense. The images are all under the creative commons licence. All of the images are towards the top right of the article and to be more visually appealing, they could be spread out more and on different sides of the screen.

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
There isn't a lot of conversation going on behind the scenes of this page; however, the conversation does revolve around how to improve and add certain sections to the article. The article is part of a few WikiProjects and overall, it has been rated a Start-Class and that is of High-Importance.

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
The article is well-structured and is concise, yet informative. The article could be improved by replacing some sources with more reliable ones and reformatting the images throughout. I think that the article is well-developed; however, I think it could expand more on some of the subsections within the article.

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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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Visual communication