User:Gracebrown98/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) Helena of Egypt
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. It was about ancient women artists and I thought it sounded like an interesting article that was relevant to what I am studying.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

There was a good introductory sentence that made it clear who the article was about and who she was. There are no major sections in the article. It is very short. The lead is most of the article. It is concise.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The article's content is all relevant to the topic. It seems up to date. It may be either missing information or there just is not much research that has been done on this ancient artist.


 * 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?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article is neutral. No opinions are stated by whoever wrote it. There are no heavily biased statements. All viewpoints are underrepresented because there is next to no information given. There was no persuasion used in this article whatsoever.


 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

There are three sources listed at the bottom of the page. The sources are not current. There is one from 1870, one from 1971, and one from 2008. Maybe this is all the available literature that could be found on the topic. All of the references appear to be books and I had a difficult time pulling up the one that had some kind of link.


 * 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?

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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions
 * There are no images.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

There is only one comment in the talk page. It is from February 2017 and it only says that a sentence could be worded differently. It seems to be part of four wikiprojects? Which makes sense because there's basically no information here at all.


 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions
 * It says that it is a Start-class of Low-importance. The article needs to have more added to it in some way. Right now, it's barely even two paragraphs. The paragraphs are super short and not detailed. An article strength is that it is neutral. The article is not developed at all and that's the thing that could be improved the most.


 * 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?

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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