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Article Evaluation

'''Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?''' This article was very thorough and everything was relevant to the topic. It covered exactly how the government functioned. '''Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?''' This article seems biased against the system that was the Athenian Democracy. There is a entire section included about criticism of the Athenian Democracy. This would be a good part of the article if it also showed arguments for the Athenian democracy. Along with this at the end the article seems to imply that Athenian Democracy had no effect on modern Democracy which is impossible to prove. Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The criticism of the Athenian democracy was overrepresented. This may be due to the fact that, as the article points out, the greek philosophers who wrote down commentary on society that we still have today, did not approve of the democracy. Therefore there is historical criticism from those living under the democracy. '''Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?''' There are working citations that seem to support the information. '''Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?''' All the facts have appropriate sources from sources such as history books and research from Universities. The sources are neutral due to most of them being history. There are however, some instances where the claims are simply the authors opinion and analysis rather than factual evidence. '''Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?''' There are a few claims that are missing citations. '''Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?''' There is some talk about adding sections such as the importance of Hoplites. There is also talk about clarifying on part as a pronoun was used rather than a name causing confusion. Along with this is a criticism about bias. '''How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?''' It is rated Start class and is part of WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome and WikiProject Politics. How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? In class we learned the basics of the Athenian Democracy. This article does a very good job at explaining all the fine details that are known. It also offers historical commentary on the Athenian democracy.