User:HannahNRogers19/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)Wicked (musical)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I really enjoy the musical wicked, and so I thought it would be fun to evaluate a page over it.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The lead is short and concise. It reads very nicely and all of its contents are true and reliable. You get a good sense of what the article is about from reading it, but you do not feel as though the information is too revealing on what is to come. I really like the way it tells of how the musical came to be, and gives references to both the novel wicked and to the novel The Wizard of Oz. It was nicely played. However I would say that the one major flaw with this lead is that it doesn't cover the main topics of the whole article. It only tells of the books it came from.


 * 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 articles content is clean and it is perfectly relevant to the topic. It even references things that happened with the musical last year, so it does pretty well in that regard. And as for the content I feel like it is perfectly on topic, and very widespread. I learned a lot from reading this.


 * 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
 * Typically when talking about any theatrical production it can be very tempting to lean in the liberal direction. However I do think this article did a nice job of presenting the information fairly objectively. I do not think it is possible to be completely neutral in every way, but this article did it fairly well.


 * 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
 * All of the facts are very well sourced. I was easily able to go to all of the links I clicked on, and I assume it is probably the same for all of the other ones although I can't say that for sure. I also felt that the sources were current, and thorough. The things that were sourced were from as close as 2019, and every topic that could be covered about the musical was. It was nicely done.


 * 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

I really enjoyed reading this article because I could do it with ease. The words and topics were organized nicely, and I understood all of the points they conveyed. It was great.


 * 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

I did enjoy the images, however I did think that that was probably the weakest part of the article. There are so many cool pictures you could put on here about wicked, and they're not on here. That would be the biggest needed improvement. As for the images that they do have displayed here they are captioned well, and sourced well.


 * 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

People are mostly talking about spinoffs of wicked. Its a lot of superfans. The two talk pages are Wikiprojectoz and wikiprojectmusicaltheatre. They are fans talking about the show and potential spinoffs of wicked. They're cool. I'll probably join. The way Wikipedia addresses Wicked is different because its very neutral. Normally people get very political when addressing this topic.


 * 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

This wikipedia article is overall very strong. It addresses the musical in both acts, the orgins of the musical, the writer of the musical, spinoffs, and the future of Wicked. It was well done in mostly every way, except for the pictures which could definitely be improved.


 * 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?

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