User:Isabella Pham/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: Creative writing
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I am a Professional Writing major, and therefore interested in the subject.

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? Yes.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is 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? No.

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 overrepresented, 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, they are all from the last 15 years or so.
 * 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.

Images and Media
Guiding questions:


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, there are no images.
 * Are images well-captioned? There are no images.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? There are no images.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? There are more images.

Checking the talk page
Guiding questions:


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? The most recent set of discussions is from 2016. There are some conversations about changing the titles of sections, phrasing, removing dangling quotes, etc.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is part of WikiProject Literature, and rated as Start-Class on the quality scale and High-importance on the importance scale.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It's more technical.

Overall impressions
Guiding questions:


 * What is the article's overall status? It seems to still be a work in progress, as the last edit was in July 2019.
 * What are the article's strengths? It provides helpful links to pages that have information on the many different elements of creative writing.
 * How can the article be improved? I'm not sure.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Although it's a fairly short article, I feel like all of the necessary information is there.

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 with four tildes ~


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