User:Isabelmullens/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 results of migration
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I chose to evaluate this article because it is relevant to my research topic and it seemed to be at stage where it had substantial content, but also needed work.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead consists of a single, simplistic sentence that does not give much more information than the title of the article. It does not include information not present in the article, but it also does not include any description of the article's major sections. It does not cultivate much interest, other than by being so vague that one may be inclined to read further for clarification. On a more positive note, it is written in a neutral point of view.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
While the content that is included is mostly relevant to the topic, there is a lot that is missing and the economics seems a bit vague and imprecise. Most importantly the article only includes a section about the United States, meaning it is missing content about many places in the world, in particular Europe, as they have accepted many refugees. It is also missing explanations about the effect of migration on unemployment and the labor market. However, the information that is included does seem relatively up to date.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is neutral, but it sometimes sounds like the author is trying to tell a story. There also seems to be a bias towards the immigration being a very good thing, with little focus on any negative sides. Another way the article is imbalanced is that it includes a section about the United States, but no other country.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
All facts in the article seem to be backed up by reliable secondary sources, in fact the article excessively explicitly cites 'Research' and 'Surveys, such as 'Research suggests' or 'A survey shows'. However the sources that are cited are not current, most are from 2012 or 2013 with a couple in 2016. The few links that I checked did work.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
The article is not incredibly well written, again there is a slight story-telling voice to some of it. I did not find any spelling errors, but some of the language is choppy and does not flow well. I like how it is broken into sections each describing a different thing that immigration could effect, but it does not make sense that the United States has a section.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The article does not include any images. Including some images, a map or a diagram with statistics could be very beneficial.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
The article is rated as 'Start-Class' and is part of three WikiProjects: Economics, Sociology and Politics. Behind the scenes people have been discussing how this article needs a lot of work, as it currently sound like an undergraduate essay and overlooks many factors that migration effects. People have also been complaining about a user named 'Snooganssnoogans'.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
Overall the article is underdeveloped- it is a good start, but it needs work. It includes a lot of data from various research and surveys, but it need more current information. It also good a job of breaking impact into sections, but needs more information on other areas. Saying all this, the topic of the of the article is very broad so I admire the work that has been done.

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