User:Jwright123/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: (link) Utah Jazz
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I Know a lot about the content, so I figured that it would make it easier to evaluate.

Lead

 * Guiding questions
 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes, it identifies the team, location, etc. Basic info.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No, not really.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No, not really.


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

Lead evaluation
Yes, the lead identifies the basics of the topic so that you know exactly what article you are looking at and within a sentence you can get the basics of the subject.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes. It even has some details/announcements that were made just two months ago. Also,  player was released last month and that has been updated.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No.

Content evaluation
The content was surprisingly up to date, even the recent announcement of the 2023 All-Star game/Stanton Kidd's release were on there. There is a great bit of depth to the article as well. It has an in depth review of every 'era' within the Jazz, breaking down the time's key players and how the roster was constructed. Very impressed.

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?

Tone and balance evaluation
Very matter-of-fact and objective. There wasn't any added opinion or insight that wasn't just straight reporting of facts. It doesn't feel like a fan wrote it either, even though it probably is Jazz fans who are contributing to it, but it feels like a neutral reporter who is out of market wrote it.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


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

Sources and references evaluation
For something like this, you aren't gonna be able to find academic/scholarly journals. But, all of the stats were cited to the NBA's official website, which I guess would be the leading authority on that sort of thing. All of the events and other information were sited to mostly articles written by local beat-writers on the local newspaper's website. Very good job with the sources.

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

Organization evaluation
Very organized. By looking at the menu that has a link to every part of the article, I would be able to quickly find any information I was seeking

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? kind of
 * 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? kind of

Images and media evaluation
This is probably where the article is lacking the most. The history of the Jazz, as a franchise, is broken down into several periods. But only 3 of them have pictures. I feel like it might be more consistent and visually appealing if they had more pictures for at least every 'era' of the franchise.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? arguing
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? B class, "wikiproject usa"
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
There is plenty of healthy debate on the 'talk' page. For instance, there is a lot of debate about whether or not the history of the Jazz franchise in New Orleans should be included, since the article is about the "Utah Jazz." Also, someone keeps including John Amaechi as a notable player on the article, for being the first openly gay NBA player. Other contributors disagree by saying that his contribution to the Jazz as a basketball player was minimal, therefor he shouldn't be included in the "notable player" area. All of these topics are worthy of debate, and its good that there is a talk page for this sort of thing.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
Overall, this article is very very well done. Everything is cited to a reputable source and is relevant. The organization is impressive, I could quickly find just about anything I wanted to find. The only thing that I would consider improving is the aesthetics of it. There could be a lot more pictures of former players, the arena, etc. Other than that, it is really well developed and is probably 99% complete.