User:Jdfisc3/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
White Ship

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because it is relevant to this course, as we talked about this event in class.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

The lead includes an introductory sentence that describes the articles main topic. The lead section is not overly detailed and includes information that relates to the main topic.

Content:

The articles content is relevant to the topic however the author includes references that are outdated and fails to acknowledge all perspectives. The content is up to date with the article last edited on January 2nd, 2022.

Tone and Balance:

This article is partially neutral. The minority and fringe viewpoints are not described due to the fact that we are not 100% sure on what exactly happened and the article does not give reference to that.

Sources and References:

The information in this article is backed up with a source related to the topic. The links to the references do work, however some sources prove to be unreliable. The article includes authors of references who are unreliable such as Dan Jones. The dates for the sources are out dates with some being recent.

Organizing and Writing Quality:

This article is well organized, easy to read with good transitions into each subtopic. The article is grammatically correct, however it is all translated and give no reference to the latin language.

Images and Media:

The articles images relevant to the topic however the images need a further explanation in the captions as well organizing them throughout the text so they are easier to follow along and notice.

Talk Page Discussion:

The conversation within the talk page includes minor edit with talks about additions to the article. This article is rated C- class and is used in 4 different wikiprojects.

Overall Impressions:

Overall, this article is decent. The up-to-date article includes many good in-text citations and inks to other wiki pages within the article. However, this article lacks good reliable sources and fails to describe the minority and fringe viewpoints. I feel like this article is under-developed and can include more context surrounding the topic as well as the use of secondary sources.