User:Hedwig Li/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: Talk:Jane Eyre
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * This article talks one of my favorite novel, and this is a Rated C-class article within Wiki project.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * No in the talk page, but if people click the website in new link, there is a specific describes of the topic.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * I think the lead shows the description in the citation link, which is include in the fist section.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Yes, it talks a little bit about Charlotte Bronte's information, which didn't present below.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * Not quite detailed, I cannot find the connections between contents.

Lead evaluation
I think this lead part is a little bit confused for others when they first read, the leap could be describing the topic generally.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Some of the content relevant to the novel, but some talks don't.
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Yes, the last talk is posted at 21:22, 15 June 2020 (UTC).
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Yes, there is one talk who talked about Jane Brayan, does not belong to Jane Eyre.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?
 * I think is no, this article talks about the novel in 19 century and it's related to women writer in 19 century.

Content evaluation
There quite a few good content in this talk, I learned the specific details from this novel, but I think they could remove the content that doesn’t work for this topic.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * No, most of the content talks about the personal opinions.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No, even though people have their own views, there is no any heavily biased to a particular position.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented?
 * Yes, a few viewpoints are too general in this talk.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The talk try to be balanced when they discuss about their point of view.

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?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Most of the links work well.

Sources and references evaluation
Some of the content give very good references and citations, but a few of the resources are not clear.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * No, different people used different typesetting, which make the page a little bit mess.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * No, most of them were correctly.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * Yes, but I think some of the points were not necessary to separate into individual topics.

Organization evaluation
Not that well organized, they could work on the organization of the content.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Yes, there are some images from Jane Eyre.
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Yes, each image has a caption.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * No, I think there is no citation of images.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * Yes, the images laid out by the sequence of story development.

Images and media evaluation
Good image resources, but need more specific citation.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Yes, people were discussed on how to preforms the images on the page.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * Yes, this article has been rated as C-Class. And it is a part of WikiProject Yorkshire, WikiProject Novels / 19th century, and WikiProject Women writers.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * I think the most different thing is they discuss the topic by the way that's kind of mess, not too rigorous.

Talk page evaluation
The talk page is quite active, but I think it could be better in discussing of the novel itself.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Overall I learned some specific detail about Jane Eyre this novel, such as the criticism on this novel.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * It provided different opinions from others, and we could see the process of their discussion.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * Maybe delete the discussion that not relate to the topic could be better.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * I think this article is well developed.

Overall evaluation
Overall this talk worked very well, but still need to work on the content and lead.

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