User:KaylaSankovich/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.


 * Annie Law
 * This article was chosen due to my field of study being biology, and I am interested in scientists who have discovered what we know about biology and cells today.

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 for this article does not include a whole lot of information. It is only one sentence long, with very little information. It talks about Annie Law's husband and links to an article about him, but it is not the right man. It does not really describe what the article is about, and needs a lot more information.

Content

 * 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
In the article, there are many links to other articles that do not exist. The article feels like you need those links to understand more, but there is nothing on the other end.

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
This article remained neutral throughout. There is not really a lot of content in this article to allow for there to be bias.

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
The majority of the links in the references, are links to buy the books that were used. The links also make you leave the current page, instead of opening a new tab which I feel is more beneficial as a reader. All of the sources used were from the 1800s, which is understandable since Annie Law was an old scientist, but there should be some newer up-to-date information on her somewhere that could have been used. The little information used seems to be accurate, but it was hard to tell since the links were broken and there was nothing available to read to prove them right.

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
There were no spelling issues in the article. There were only two categories for this article, and the second category used too many pronouns when referring to Annie Law. It did not feel like it was written to inform.

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 were no images used to supplement the article, which would have been nice, especially since the topic of the article has several opportunities to use photos.

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
There is nothing going on on this article's Talk page, but I do feel it would be beneficial for more people to use it. It would help this article grow and have more information.

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, the article did not seem to have a lot of thought or time put into it due to the lack of information, and links that did not lead anywhere. To improve this article, there needs to be more research done on the topic, images added, and links to actual pages. It is easy to understand however.

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