User:Jrproductions16/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: Interpersonal communication
 * I chose this article because the class focusing on this topic was one of the first Communication classes I took.

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?- No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?- No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?- Overly detailed, sometimes says the same things multiple times.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?- Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?- Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?- From what I remember about the class, everything seems to belong there.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


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

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?- Not all, the article says that 6 citations are still needed
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?- Yes
 * Are the sources current?- There are a few outliers, but most of them are from this century
 * Check a few links. Do they work?- They do

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?- 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 and they include captions that aid it, but they're all near the top of the page
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?- Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?- Not entirely, they're all shifted to the right side of the page

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?- Not much activity has happened in the past few months, but prior to September 2019, editors who worked on the page were trying to make sure everything was as accurate as possible. One conversation from this past September involved someone making "copyedits" (many small changes) and someone else getting annoyed by it.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?- C-rated, yes: Linguistics, Sociology, and Psychology
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?- We haven't discussed this particular topic a TON in class but it doesn't seem to differ much from it. The editors here seem to care about the content they're putting forward and are committed to making sure they understand everything that they're publishing in it.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?- Not very good, according to the notice at the top of the page.
 * What are the article's strengths?- It's educational and practical, as it has been used in multiple Wikipedia Education courses
 * How can the article be improved?- Looking through all the subsections and making sure that not only is all of the information presented in them correct, but up to date and accurately representative of the topic/theory/idea they discuss.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?- I think it's well-developed. It breaks down the large topic of interpersonal communication and breaks it into identifiable and detailed subsections.

Optional activity

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