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 * Name of article: (link) Abubakar Shekau
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I choose this article because it has to do with a little of what we are learning in class.

Lead

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it describes where Abubakar was born and what town he came from. In addition, in the introductory sentence it states that his exact date of birth is unknown.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Sort of, it gives a lot of information on what he did and how he was respected as a leader at the begining but at the same time there is not a lot of information on his early years. It just says the basics and does not really go into detail on what he did or what he was like as a child.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, it gives the reader a sense on what is going to be talked about in the rest of the article. In a sense, it starts off by explaining what Abubakar did and how he refused to take the advice in the letter that al- qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? At the beginning, it is very concise and skips a lot of information leaving the reader with gaps. However, later on it becomes very detailed and you are able to understand more on what is going on and how is that person.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, it is very relevant to the topic. The writer never goes off to talk about another topic but rather explains how his group was mostly together with a few conflicts, or course.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, last edited was on September 19th, 2019 at 12:44.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? The contact that is missing is his childhood and of course there is not a lot of information about how he was as child. Rather it skips right into his college years and what he studied.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? It is perhaps underrepresented due to the lack of information that they have in the article.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, but his death, according to the article is a mystery because it almost seems as if he can never die. It says that he dies and than he doesn't. It is just shocking to know that he will later on make videos to claim that he is not dead and release to the public.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, this writer even includes many news articles that talks about the subject.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes, all of the sources reflect the article and there are no sources that do not.
 * Are the sources current? Yes, the most current one is from 2018 which is titled "US warns of growing African terror threat".
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, all of the links work.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Sort of, it is easy to read but there is just so much information thrown at you all  at once that it does not give the reader a time to understand what is going on.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No, grammatical errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Although it is very well organized it only has about 3-4 sections that is being talked about. In addition, one of the sections has a lot of information which means that the other sections lacks information.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, the article just includes a picture of him in one of his videos but it does not include anything else.
 * Are images well-captioned? No, the one image that is presented in the article just has a sentence to represent a caption. It does not give the reader a lot of information about the picture.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, everything seems nicely labeled.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No, the image seems like a scary image and does not really represent what is being talked in the article.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Not really a conversation stated in this article.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This is not part of a Wikipedia project.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The article does give good information but it gives it all at one time. It does not lay it out and explain what is happening.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? This article does a good job explaining what he did during his time in the military and why he did. Although one might think it very shocking to do what he did. For example, he kidnapped over 200 school girls so that they can get converted into Islam. Nevertheless, the article lacks information in his early childhood.
 * What are the article's strengths? They do provide a lot information while he was at duty.
 * How can the article be improved? The article can be improved by providing more information in the beginning and at the end. For example, the reader still does not know if he is dead yet.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It is well - developed article although there is always time for improvement.

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