User:KNHUNT/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Visual communication) The article that I choose to evaluate is titled, "Visual Communication."

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) I chose to evaluate the article, "Visual Communication," because of my pre-existing curiosity and interest in the subject. Visual Communication is an extremely important aspect of the world of communication, as it is a very popular form of communication that surrounds us daily. Essentially, what people see every day, can have a drastic effect on their attitudes and mindsets, as visual communication is not to be underestimated. Overall, I had a very positive impression of this article. I found the topic to be intriguing and very descriptive.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section

The lead section of "Visual Communication" includes a strong introductory sentences that clearly descibes the articles topic. The lead is a good length, as it gives a brief overview of the topic, while it also includes examples and clarifying details. Staying focused on the topic, the lead does not stray from the discussion of visual communication. Strong and clear, the lead of this article was very well written.

Content

Nothing in this article distracted me or caused me any confusion. I felt that this article stayed focused on the topic of visual communication throughout its entirety! I did notice that some aspects of the article were out of date, especially this article's section on social media. With the recent additions to social media platforms, the artilce made no mention of apps such as TikTok or new features such as Instagram reels. While the article is long and makes many connections between visual communication and other topics such as politics and culture, I do not feel that this article brings up any content that does not belong.

Tone

This article seems to remain fairly neutral. While I did recognize an often very passionate tone, it didn't present itself as a bias to me. This article's main goal is to inform, the writer is not taking a stance or starting any sort of argument. There were no viewpoints that stood out as overrepresented or underrepresented to me.

Sources

After checking several of this article's citations, I can confidently say that each one I tested did work. Along with this, each source I checked appeared to correlate to the topic of visual communication in one way or another. For this article, the reference page is quite long, as there is quite an array of sources. While unfortunately some of this article's sources were over a decade old and some sources seemd outdated, there were many recent and reliable sources. This article could definitely stand to update its references page and access a better variety of sources, but I do feel like most of the current references are reliable.

Writing and organization

This article is well written, as the writers use a concise and clear vocabulary. I did not notice any major spelling or grammatical errors. This article is broken down into sections and uses bullet points within each section. I felt the organizaied sections helped me to better understand the topic, as the writing is deferentially organized and has a clear flow.

Images/ Media

This article does a good job of including images to enhance understanding. I noticed two images within this article that were well captioned and tied directly back to the topic of visual communication. The images are appealing and add clarification, and while I enjoyed them, I do feel it's important to note that they definitely could have included more. Both images adhere to Wikipedias copyright regulations.

Talk Page

There doesn't seem to be much negative discussion surrounding the article, just many suggestions on how to improve it! There are comments that discuss the need for more images and better examples of visual communication, as well as comments that discus a need for better refrences. This article has been listed as a level 5 article in Society. This article has also been rated as Start-Class.

Overall

Overall, I enjoyed this article. I thought the writing was organized and detailed. I enjoyed how focused and clear the article was as well. While I definitely can see room for improvement when it comes to this article's sources and use of images and media I don't think this hindered its strength. With a little polishing, I believe this article could be extremely insightful and useful to many readers!!