User:Hjk91117/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: Nematomorpha
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I was just searching through my parasitology book and was searching for articles that needed work done to them, and one of the articles that I found was about horseworms.

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? There is a content box that includes the major sections that is has so far.
 * 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

 * 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? There could be more content and information added to the page.

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 over represented, or underrepresented? No
 * 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? Yes
 * 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? No
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes it is broken down into sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? It only has 2 images on the page.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * 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? Overall the questions are about the worms and trying to add information to enhance the pages material.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes it is part of a WikiProject and it is rated as a start class page (has some information/some reliable sources, but readers are going to need more information).
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't really talked about this topic in class yet besides the grasshopper example.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? it was rated as a start class
 * What are the article's strengths? It has accurate information on the parasite.
 * How can the article be improved? It needs: pictures, citations, importance on why they are making a page about this parasite and just more information.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Underdeveloped

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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 * Link to feedback: Talk page