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ARTICLE EVALUATION: Gymnasium (Germany)

Evaluating content

- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

-- I can't help but wonder if some sections of the article could have been consolidated under a single heading or separated into their own individual articles, since there were a lot of subsections (for example, creating a related article called Criticisms of Schooling in Germany)

- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

-- I don't know if there have been any recent developments about Gymnasien overall, but there doesn't seem to be many sources made after 2010.

- What else could be improved?

-- There are definitely some grammar issues the further down the article you go--mainly missing commas and weird sentence structure.

-- In the studies near the bottom of the article, usually only one result is given from a single study, rather than different results from different studies.

Evaluating tone

- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

-- Overall, the article seems neutral, but there are places where Gymnasien are criticized harshly.

- Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or underrepresented?

-- Not that I can discern.

Evaluating sources

- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

-- Some work, some lead to homepages, and some don't work; many of them can't be found on the web.

- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

-- Not every fact has a reference, but the majority of them are (obviously) German-language sources, so there could be difficulties in translation.

Checking the talk page

- What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

-- There's a lot of discussion on how to pluralize "Gymnasium" and how translate important terms into English that don't necessarily fit 1-1 with English.

- How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

-- It's rated as a C-Class, and it's part of the Germany WikiProject.

ARTICLE EVALUATION: Anselm Kiefer

Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Are some areas under- or over-developed?

--Most of the content seems relevant to the topic, although some details about his personal life are out of date. However, compared to the German-language version of the article, the development of the English-language one leads a lot to be desired.

Is it written neutrally?

-- Overall, it is written fairly neutrally.

Does each claim have a citation? Are the citations reliable?

--There are many citations from news websites such as The New York Times and The Guardian. More scholarly sources are needed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (for adding info to Anselm Kiefer (EN)):
* while German-language primary sources would be ideal, I don't see myself getting a hold of many of them here in Kansas City anytime soon.*

https://salzburg.orf.at/news/stories/2891139/ (Austrian citizenship)