User:GraceK95/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: Environmental studies
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I like to stay up to date on information about the environment we live in and thought this would be an interesting read.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? It seems like the content could be expanded.

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 bad. But seems like the "intro" could be expanded a bit.
 * 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? Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? The oldest one is 2012; so yes pretty current
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

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? Yes
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? No, this part could be layed out better in this article

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Just one image; the world. Images could be better represented to help guide through this topic.
 * Are images well-captioned? No
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There is confusion of the difference between environmental studies vs environmental science.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Rated- Stub (needs more info); Yes its a part of a wikiproject.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? This article wasn't too informative; which is what we are trying to do- make people understand the topic more, where this article could have confused people more.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? This article is a high-importance article, just needs deeper explanations
 * What are the article's strengths? Good resources & citations
 * How can the article be improved? Make better subtitles & explain and show knowledge on the topics
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Underdeveloped

Optional activity

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