User:Jadejjjade/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: Xiamen
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

I chose this article because Xiamen is my home town city and has become one of the most famous tourist city in China. However, this article is lack of some recent information.

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? Yes, some of the districts in this city are not specifically introduced in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It's detailed, but not concise in that there are too much irrelavant of repeated information.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the content are relavant to the topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? No, some of the contents are too old and needed some recent update.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No. the contents are all relavant.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes, the information are neutral.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, the claims are subjective.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, they are subjective.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, the tone is neutral.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, some of the source are from the news website.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes.
 * Are the sources current? No, 2/3 of the sources are not current.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, they work.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Some of the contents are a little bit hard to read because it includes another language.
 * 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? Yes, but I don't think there are enough.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No, some of them are not.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? People arguing about how to pronounce the name of the city, which is very important.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This article is c-class. No.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Some of the wikipidians talks in informal or hate language.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? The overall status is great.
 * What are the article's strengths? The strengths is long.
 * How can the article be improved? The article can be updated to a more recent status.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? This article is well-developed.

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

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 * Link to feedback:Talk:Xiamen