User:Henny2shoes/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: Economic History, (Editing or putting a section into consumerism about
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article to evaluate because my class mainly focuses on consumerism and I think economic history could explain the the upward and downward trend of consumerism. I wanted to do an article that either focuses on sports or Africa specifically.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? For me, I want to focus on sports consumerism or consumerism in Africa in general. From the articles/resources I found, they do have a introductory sentence that describes the articles topic.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? From the economic studies wikipage the lead includes the historical methods, stats methods and the application of economic theory. For my second idea I wanted to add a section to the consumerism wiki page about sports or African; so I would have to add it to the introduction.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is very concise

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes it is relevant to the topic because it discusses the economic history which also deals with how consumerism has affected that economic history. Also with the outside articles because they deal with consumerism.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes it is up to date, checking the history last time it was updates/revised was sept 11 2020. For the consumerism page I want to add to, it was last revised sept 28th 2020.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? I dont think they address underrepresented populations or topics that is why I am interested in adding a sports or Africa section.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes both articles seem neutral. From the articles I want to pull information from they look like sources that could be fact checked.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? For the Wikipages I didn't see any bias due to the fact Wikipedia pages aren't suppose to be biased, it seems like these pages are pretty well edited.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? For the consumerism page, I think the viewpoint of consumerism in different continents is a little underrepresented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No they do not

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes most of them include sources within the articles
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Up to date? It depends on the sources some sources are from the 1900s and some from the 200s
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? Yes the information from the articles comes from a variety of authors which makes it interesting and insightful.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes they do

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Articles are easy to read, it uses very clear and precise language that gets the ideas across easily.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Very organized and follows a certain pattern.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? I think the images are kind of boring and don't really enhance the topic, I feel like they are just there to be there.
 * Are images well-captioned? The images do have some very descriptive information which do make the images more intriguing then they are.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes they do
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? I wouldn't say they are laid out in an appealing way because every Wiki page is laid out like that.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Questions about a "criticism" piece, cited works and notes.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated a C-class. It is a part of the WikiProject Business, WikiProject Economics, WikiProject Marketing & Advertising, WikiProject Philosophy, and WikiProject Sociology.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I feel like wiki gives me more aspects and different type of information that we don't get in class.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Both articles are pretty well written and very well structured.
 * What are the article's strengths? Both articles tend to refer to history a lot which helps a lot because it shows a course of history and tells you how the information develops.
 * How can the article be improved? The pictures could be improved with a lot more enticing ones and I would like a little more information about different countries. More diversity.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say they are both well developed, it has a lot of information that is important but I would love to add a section that discusses consuming in a different country or sports.

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