User:Jn3600/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) Portillo's Restaurants
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. - I chose this article because this is where I have a part time job.

Lead
Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc.[4] is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in the Chicago area that specializes in serving Chicago-style food such as hot dogs, Maxwell Street Polish, and Italian Beef. The company was founded by Dick Portillo on April 9, 1963 in Villa Park, Illinois under the name "The Dog House".

Outside of Chicagoland and Northern Illinois, the chain also encompasses three locations each in central Illinois, the Indianapolis metropolitan area, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area; two locations each in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, Phoenix metropolitan area, Southern California, and the Tampa metropolitan area; and one location each in the Madison, Wisconsin metropolitan area, South Bend metropolitan area, and the Quad Cities.


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 * 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? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is concise.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content appears up to date, but because of coronavirus they do not list when their new location will open.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? It does not have a lot information about their extension of the company with Barnelli's.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? It appears to be neutal.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, it just tells facts about the company and it's history.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Some of the information only comes from Portillos.com and can't be found anywhere else. But there are other sources that can be found on mulitple websites.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Not all of them.
 * Are the sources current? Some sources used years ago are no longer current, but do have accurate information up until the date it was written. And many others are current.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Most of them, but a couple don't work anymore.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? There appears to be no grammatical or spelling errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? It appears to be well organized.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, there was only one picture, and it didn't really help give the reader an overview. It could have used a lot more pictures to enhance visual understanding of the topic.
 * Are images well-captioned? It has a simple caption for that one picture.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? I'm not sure.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? For the one picture it was placed randomly.

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? There are no recent conversations in the TALK section.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? (Rated Start-class, Low-importance), and yes it's part of a few WikiProjects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? N/A

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? (Low-importance)
 * What are the article's strengths? It is very factual.
 * How can the article be improved? Add more information about their Barnelli's extension of the restaurant.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It's well-developed overall, but could use some extra details on a few things.

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