User:KelilahRachel/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: (Bilingualism: Language and Cognition)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. It is applicable to both my course and my interests. I am planning on working with a similar topic of article and feel that practicing with this one is a good idea.

Lead
Guiding questions:


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? no
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? yes
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? too concise

Lead evaluation
While the lead gives decent basic information on the subject of the article, it actually gives more information than is contained within the body of the content. It also does not contain any lead-in to the information that is included in the content of the article.

Content
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? marginally
 * Is the content up-to-date? yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? yes - it is missing information on history of the journal as well as more information on what the journal covers

Content evaluation
The content is somewhat relevant, and is current, there is nothing about what the journal covers, which is mentioned in the Lead, or about anything other than what databases the journal is indexed in. Additionally, the information on the ranking of the "impact factor" does not seem to be relevant to anything else anywhere in the article.

Tone and Balance
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article neutral? yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? possibly
 * 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? no

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is unbiased, but also does not actually give enough information to be helpful to anyone looking to learn more about the journal, so it is difficult to check for bias and under representing or over representing viewpoints because there are no viewpoints contained in the article.

Sources and References
Guiding questions:


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? no
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? maybe
 * Are the sources current? somewhat
 * Check a few links. Do they work? yes, but the only external links are to the journal itself

Sources and references evaluation
The only facts that are backed up are the ranking of the impact factor of the journal. Nothing about the history or contents of the journal is back-up with evidence, and there is no reflection of literature, though it may be difficult to find literature about a journal. Links work, but all are for accessing the journal from the publisher itself.

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? no

Organization evaluation
It is clear and concise, and grammatically correct, but there is not much said about anything relevant. It is difficult to tell anything about organization when the contents of the lead and the contents of the body are different.

Images and Media
Guiding questions:


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? sort of, only picture is an image of the cover in the sidebar
 * Are images well-captioned? no
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? unclear
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? only picture is on the sidebar

Images and media evaluation
Again, there is not much to go on here. The only image is of the cover of the journal, in the sidebar containing basic information, and does not add toor support anything within the body.

Checking the talk page
Guiding questions:


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? no conversations on talk page
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Start
 * 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 happening on the talk page.

Overall impressions
Guiding questions:


 * What is the article's overall status? weak
 * What are the article's strengths? clear, unbiased
 * How can the article be improved? provide more information
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? incomplete

Overall evaluation
I would not say that this article is very good in its current state. It is lacking nearly any information relevant to someone wishing to learn more about this journal and does not connect from the lead the body.

Optional activity

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