User:Jstnwoo/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: Field goal
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. Amongst my group we share a common interest in Football and we want to see if we can contribute anything to articles surrounding football.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes it does
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * No it doesn't outline or give a description of the major sections of the article.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * The lead includes information on the rules which really isn't touched upon later or given its own specific subsection later in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * The lead includes maybe too much information. The lead includes information like the rules that could be broken up into different subsections.

Lead evaluation
I think the lead does do a good job of presenting the article's topic, but I think it takes too much of an ambitious approach to it in that it outlines information that should be broken up into it's own section like the rules of completing a field goal and other rules regarding other football leagues.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, it presents a lot of information about the topic ranging from fun facts like longest field goal to as mentioned the rules surrounding the field goal
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * The content is fairly up-to-date, the sources used are predominantly from 2016 and older.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * The content seems all relevant

Content evaluation
The content itself seems pretty detailed about the history of the field goal regarding facts and the evolution of it within the game.

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
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * No

Tone and balance evaluation
The tone of the article seems pretty neutral based off how the topic is described within the article. It doesn't favor certain iterations or changes of the field goal and just simply states the changes of it overtime.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * No
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Some do, some aren't as thorough like the use of a youtube video of Sarah Ollie kicking a field goal as a source for her 44 yard field goal.
 * Are the sources current?
 * No, many of the articles are from 2016 or older and only a few 2016 or newer.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes

Sources and references evaluation
I think some of the sources are good, but many of them seem old or unreliable. A lot of the information in the article is said without any citation at all which is alarming.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * It's fairly easy to read but I think it could be formatted better with more subsections.
 * 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?
 * No, it could be better split up into different sub sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Yes, but there could be more
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Yes they are.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * No, some need to be cited.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * Somewhat

Images and media evaluation
Overall I think there are good images, but they need to be properly cited.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * The conversations going on definitely touch upon the fact that there isn't many citation for a lot of what is said in the article.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is in the WikiProjects and it is rated a C class article.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * In the talk page, the issues of the article are split up into their designated subsections to be clearly read and discussed.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * It is almost complete but it is still a C class article.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * It has a lot of information.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * A lot of the information should be cited, and put into more sub sections.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * I think the article overall is underdeveloped still but I think it has a lot of information already on it that still needs to be fact checked.

Overall evaluation
Overall, I think the article is definitely going in the right direction, and a lot of strides have been made to improve it. The main problem with the article is that it just doesn't have enough citation for its information.

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