User:Impliedsign/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
WikiProject Anime and manga

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Naruto

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I decided to choose this article because it was something of interest to me. I genuinely didn't know Wikipedia even had Wikiproject pages dedicated to specific interests on wikipedia. I found this really interesting thus, I chose a project page that I'm interested in the most.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

When first scrolling through the article, users are greeted by a very pleasant page. The lead section included an introductory paragraph informing readers of the content of the page and its purpose. The purpose of the page was to unite readers with a common goal of improving the coverage of anime/manga-related topics on Wikipedia. The lead does include a brief description/list of the article’s major sections. This includes media, persons, and organizations. The lead does not include information that is not currently present in the article. It is completely up to date with new information being added daily. The lead is not overly detailed at all instead, it offers a brief description of what the readers should be expecting while exploring the page. Along with the many topics that the page covers.

Content:

Regarding the content, the article is completely up-to-date and relevant to the topic. It covers many aspects of the topic of anime/manga including media platforms, persons, and organizations affiliated with anime/manga culture. The main purpose of the Wikiproject is to address the underrepresentation of anime/manga coverage on Wikipedia. The article achieves this by allowing many users to have the ability to upload relevant news regarding the anime/manga community, and bringing more coverage on it to the platform.

Tone and balance:

The article is neutral, as the purpose behind it is for the betterment of the representation of anime/manga culture on the platform as a whole. There are no claims in this article that appear heavily biased toward a particular position. The Wikiproject is a neutral space in which content regarding anime/manga works originally from japan can be brought recognition on the page. The main viewpoints that are represented are always manga/anime related since it’s the purpose of the page it doesn’t dive too much into any other topic beyond that. The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or the other as it is just for updates on the current pop culture regarding manga. Every article that is published on the page is edited by users who are apart of the Wikiproject.

Sources and References:

Almost all facts on the article and the Wikiproject page are backed by reliable secondary sources of information since they are based on stories from anime/manga culture. Almost all the sources that are used on the articles under the Wikiproject use primary sources since they’re again, based on stories. They reflect the most up to date information on the stories available. The sources are written typically by the author but when it comes to secondary sources they can have multiple authors behind them. Especially when on the topic of anime/manga there’s a lot of nuance when it comes to the stories.

Organization and writing quality:

Reading through one of the articles under the Wikiproject page titled, “Naruto” it has all the qualities of a proper wikipedia article. It has a good flow from beginning to end and is more than concise, clear, and easy to read. Reading through the article, it has been peer edited and is always updated with any new forms of information as the anime in question is currently still running. The article is broken down into sections which all describe certain parts of the major plot in the story. The anime follows an arc to arc format which is comprised of many smaller stories which all build up to one main plot/storyline.

Images and Media:

The article does include images that help with the understanding of the topic (naruto). It shows a main cover panel of the originally released manga. The image is well captioned giving information about the name, its genre, author, and date it was published and written. It adheres to Wikipedia’s copyright regulations as it uses an image that is within the public domain at this point due to its age. The image is laid out at the top of the article to give readers an idea of what the article will be about.

Talk page discussion:

The types of conversations that have been going on behind the scenes regarding the article have been strictly about names of certain aspects of the show and how they are formatted in the article. They want the most accurate representation of the different terms as stated in the article. The article is rated as a featured article being identified as one of the best articles produced by the wikipedia community. It is apart of the Wikiproject titled “Anime and manga”.

Overall impressions:

The article holds a level-5 in vital article in arts. The article’s strengths are its accuracy to the story. The article as I see it cannot be improved any further as it has been published for quite some time and has gone over numerous amounts of peer editing that it is completely accurate to the story as a whole. I believe that the article is well developed and requires no more work to be completed.