User:JLeonard01/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: (New Perspective on Paul)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: It was easy to find and The New Perspectives Movement has been of interest to me for some time.

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

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? I think it could be updated but I don't know enough to do so.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There seems to be several camps in NPP that are not well described here. There is New Perspecitves, Radical New Perspectievs, and then Paul within Judiasm. There are several new works (such as Paula Fredriksen's Paul the Pagans Apostle which advocate for an even more radical position on Paul).

Content evaluation

 * There seems to be several camps in the New Perspectives Movement here that are not well described. I know them as New Perspectives, Radical New Perspectives, and then Paul within Judiasm. There are several new works (such as Paula Fredriksen's Paul the Pagans Apostle which advocate for an even more radical position on Paul). But those distinctions may only be colloquial.

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
It does seem to be pretty even keeled. However I think there could be some work done to make sure that the article doesn't trade an anti-Semitism for an anti-Lutheranism or an anti-Catholicism. While it is true that most of western scholarship has traditionally read Paul through the lens of Augustine through Luther that there seems to be a slight polemic peeking through in the way that is perceived.

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
There seems to be a need for more citations and to fix current citations. Also, while E.P Sanders is the Big name in New Perspectives there has been more work since his books in the 80's the articles sources do tend to lean older.

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
Overall the content does seem to make sense. There is a seeming desire to focus on the theology of Paul but, in my reading of the New Perspective Movement (limited as that may be) the theology is always linked to convictions about tension in early communities of Jesus followers between those of Jewish ethnicity and those of gentile ethnicity. That entire point seems to be missing from the page.

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 one image there is fine. Could use some 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?
 * 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 has no current conversations on the page and while there have been edits there seems to be no substantial conversation. the article is rated C-class and is part of the Wiki Bible and Wiki Christianity groups.

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
The article does seem to have access to the big names in the New Perspectives movement. But it seems so focused on justification that the other nuances get lost in the mix. I think a re-structuring and the addition of new main ideas in NPP would be helpful in raising the status of the page.

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