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Article Evaluation
National Civil War Museum

•Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? -Everything in the article is relevant to the topic at hand.

•Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? -The article is neutral. The museum was embroiled in a corruption controversy several years ago, so this is one way that the article could be biased, but there is no mention of this at all in the article.

•Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? -No (see above).

•Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? -The links do work and support the claims in the article.

•Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? -Not every section or paragraph has a citation. Some citations (official website) are appropriate, but others are not (press release).

•Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? -In the mid-2010s, the museum became embroiled corruption scandal when it was discovered that the founder of the museum, who was also the mayor of Harrisburg (the city where the museum is located), was involved in bribery, theft, and other illegal business proceedings. The article does not deal with this at all and only mentions that the mayor acquired most of the museum's artifacts in the 1990s.

•Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? -There are no conversations about this topic.

•How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? -It is rated in the Start-Class and is part of 3 WikiProjects: Military history, museums, and PA.

•How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? -It is not a critical evaluation of the museum; it is merely descriptive.