User:Juliaml12/Evaluate an Article

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 * Name of article: Rice Cultivation in Arkansas
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen this article because I live in the middle of a bunch of farm land, with rice fields. We need to thank farmers more for our good food given.

Lead

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, because it goes into detail about rice cultivation in arkansas and several details of why it is important
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No, the brief description goes over the preparation and going through the actual steps of rice growing
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? no, their is more information in the article itself then the lead
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? it is concise and stays to the point on what the article is going to be about

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Most to all of the information Is relative, it talks about all the steps of rice cultivation and stays on topic
 * Is the content up-to-date? No the content could be updated and added too so that the readers can understand
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? You could add more information on rice itself and harvest instead of pests

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? The article is neutral. It only goes over information about rice cultivation itself and only facts instead of saying “farming rice is the best” it goes over the steps and preparing only.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? It talks about rice farming contributes 6 billion dollars and 25,000 jobs which shows it is a little bias on the farming economy that rice is producing the most, but does not specifically say this.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, the article talks mostly toward the steps and preparing, but does lean toward rice is the best farming.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, it stays toward helping the reader learn their own perspectives on the fact that rice cultivation is good.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, all topics have resources to click on a other source for backing up their information.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Most is common and on the topic, some information is older and needs to be updated but overall, reflects the available literature on the topic of rice cultivation.
 * Are the sources current? Most are older sources but I do not believe the topic has changed much over the years in the fact that tractors have updated but farming is an older status that will Mostly stay the same.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? The ones that are actually hyperlinked yes but some are not hyperlinked on the resources page.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, the article is in a good structure and helps you pick out what you are mainly looking for if you do not want to read the whole thing you can pin point a certain topic quickly.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I do not recall seeing a few to any grammar errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes it is broken up into the topics it is going over to help you stay organized and understand what you are reading about.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, there is only two, or three photos in the whole article that do not mean anything toward helping understanding information better.
 * Are images well-captioned? The photos that are available, are captioned well letting us know what we are reading about.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, all pictures are in the public domain and available to use freely.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? The photos on the article are, although their should be more photos relevant to learning more on the topic of rice cultivation and understanding better. We need to add more appealing photos to the article.

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? No conversations are behind the scenes in the talk section.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? C low importance yes it is in the Wikiprojects of Arkansas and agriculture
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? it does not, it stays the same from the way we talked about it in class.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? C article, low importance
 * What are the article's strengths? It is structured well and has information on almost all of the topics in rice cultivation to help someone learn well on the topic.
 * How can the article be improved? The article needs length, it needs to go further into detail regarding the topics and needs more pictures and descriptions to help further learning on the topic.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It is poorly developed, and needs work. It has good information and good sources although it lacks the amount of knowledge it needs to be a well developed article or class b or A

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