User:Jzhang152/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: Alabama Theatre(link)Alabama Theatre
 * I choose this article because I'm in Alabama. Although I never been to this theatre, but I've heard about it.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead sentence introduces this theatre's location, who built it and time of build. With the capacity, and purpose of use. And it also clarifies the difference between Bama Theatre. Also, it includes a brief description of the article's major sections which are history and organ.


 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
The content of this article is relatively short comparing to other Wikipedia articles. It introduces the history in 19th century of this theatre, and the organ that use to be a big part of this place. But there's no description of how this theatre is being used in the present century.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
Overall, I didn't see any claims or opinions that are not neutral. And there's a lack of viewpoints in this article as it is just introducing this place.

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
Although this article only talks about last century, but the sources and references are relatively new. Most of them were published in the last ten years. And the six references are coming from five difference publishers.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
This article, in my opinion is very well-written. It includes two main sections, and a clear introduction. And each section also reflect the main points of the topic.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


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

Images and media evaluation
There are four images, one of them shows how the theatre looks like from the outside, two pictures present the hall way, and the last one shows the reader how the stage looks like. And each images falls in to different sections, to make it looks appealing. Also, under each image, there is a brief introduction as well.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Talk page evaluation
This article is a part of WikiProject Film, WikiProject Alabama, and WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. All rated in C-class. And it talks about some errors that this article may have and modified the errors.

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 well organized and very detailed about the history of this theatre. But in my opinion, there could be another section talks about how this theatre is functioned in recent years.

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