User:Jtorresgonzalez91/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: Puerto Rican cuisine
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I am an anthropologist interested in food, culture, and identity. I focus on economic anthropology and its relationships to food production, exchange, and consumption. I chose to review this article to observe the contributions, conversations, and overlaps with the analysis of economic relations.

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? Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? No.

Content

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 * 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? No

Tone and Balance

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 * 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

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Yes
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

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? Not that I saw
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

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? A lot of conversation related to the accuracy of the information, and some political frictions between some of the users whom are adding content with regards to misinforming the public.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? WikiProject Puerto Rico WikiProject Food and drink
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? No comments.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? The last edit made to the article was in 2016 (Revision History). No further edits have been made.
 * What are the article's strengths? The article has a lot of strengths: a detailed chronology of the culinary history of Puerto Rico, the subtopic division by Ethnic groups, and also by the type of basic ingredients the dishes have. Also, I really liked the inclusion of cookbooks and photographs.
 * How can the article be improved? The article can be improved by fixing some of the translations of some of the ingredients. Other than that, it seems very well done, organized, and assessed. I will consider expanding the topic of foodtrucks and coffeeshops.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Well-developed.

~Jtorresgonzalez91

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