User:Justiceross 20/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Critical literacy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this because it is related to the class and discusses discrimination through the media. This matters because many ,messages get conveyed through media and affects people's perspectives on many different topics.

Evaluate the article

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * What else could be improved
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * 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?
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Everything in the article is relevant to the article topic. All of the topics discussed are related to critical literacy. There is nothing distracting me. This article was edited April 19 2022, this information is up-to-date. This article does have many different sources used from many years ago and up to 2022. There could be more added to the history section. The article does discuss equity gaps. It explains the relationship between oppression and critical literacy. This article does not underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations. This article is well organized and written well, one thing that could make it better is adding sources that are more current. The article also has a few statements that follows citations needed, so either adding the citations or finding other ones would be helpful to know that this is a reliable source.

The article is towards a certain position. It is biased towards the position of minorities, specifically talking about how schools teach and can transform the way they teach.

All of the citations used do work and you can see exactly where they are getting the information. The sources do support the claims in the article. When discussing information they gave the source in which they got it from and you could read more about it.

The facts are reference with a reliable source. Many of the sources are from websites and articles that you can click on. Some of these sources are in a particular position on who they think critical literacy affects. Mainly talking about minorities and the experiences with school education.

The sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications. You can look at all the references at the bottom and see the diverse amount of sources the author used. There are many conversations that have been held. One is talking about how short the history section is and how it needs to be expanded. Another person states how there are a few sources missing. A few people discuss how there was an Australian section added that needed more evidence and it was deleted from the article.

The way Wikipedia discusses this topic is different from the way we've talked about it because the teacher was not biased towards a position. Now, everyone in the class did have their opinions and we were asked to think about how literacy skills benefit the community and aid in social justice. I thought that because people have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and know what is going on in the world everyone can understand the difference in reliable and unreliable sources we all have and get the opportunity to actually know what is happening. Having the skills to seek out information and learning more about society is very beneficial.