User:IssacLovesNews/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: (link) Talk:2018 Google data breach
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. - I decided to choose this article because I feel like it can relate to similar articles that I have been reading. Also I want to learn more about the subject and what hopefully find out what happened to the accounts that were released to the "public".

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? - Yes, but it does not tell you everything that is being talked about in the article.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? - Yes, but not about all points made in the article.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? - No, it gives information about the whole topic and what is discussed.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? - I think the lead is written pretty well it gives information but maybe a little too much, they jumped in and gave all the information at first.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? - Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? - Yes everything from 2018/2019
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? - I would just say add a little more information regarding the accounts that got leaked.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? - Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? - No, just information on what happened.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? - I feel like there should of been more emphasis on what happened to the peoples accounts.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? - I would say no.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? - Yes with a variety of different sources for example books and articles.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? - I would say the sources are pretty thorough I went through 6 of the possible
 * Are the sources current? - Yes they are all from 2018/2019
 * Check a few links. Do they work? - Yes, some links took me to websites of books, while others took me to websites from the articles.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? - I would say the article is well written, did not stumble reading the article.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? - I did not find any, I even ran some parts through the website Grammarly.com
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? - I would say it is, it gives you information on the whole story, from there it gives you information on what the program itself is and what it was meant for.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


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

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? - I would ask more questions about the Google account holders that had their information leaked.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? - The article was rated a B and no it is not on WiKiProjects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?- Although it is similar to some of the articles, this one is about a specific situation.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? - I think the status of the article is good. I feel like it is missing some stuff but overall it is pretty good.
 * What are the article's strengths? - I like how the article tells you a good amount of background information and how it leads up to the end of the
 * How can the article be improved? - I would like to see some images of maybe the amount
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? - I think the article is well-developed because I feel like it needs information on the actual peoples accounts and maybe some pictures.

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