User:Krisch53/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: Quantum Teleportation
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: The topic is of interest to me. Furthermore, it is easily misunderstood as the classic "science fiction teleportation" but, although not that, is just as exciting. This makes it important to have a clear, understandable article.

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
Overall the Lead is concise and well written. It contains an appropriate opening sentence and a brief overview of some main results. It does contain information about the record teleportation length (1,400 km into space) which is not mentioned elsewhere in the relevant content section of the article.

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?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Content evaluation
The article's content is all on topic, although there are a number of sections that could use more fleshing out. This is especially true of the "Alternative notions" and "Local explanations" sections which could use significant fleshing. One particular area that could use improvement is a detailed description of the quantum circuit process. The rest of the article assumes all measurements are done in Bell Basis and the quantum circuit picture provides a physically realizable method using the Computational Basis. Based on the dates of the citations the information is essentially up to date. Moreover, this is an algorithm and so is not expected to change drastically with time.

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
The article is neutral, and being a highly technical topic, it is devoid of biases and persuasive arguments, exactly as it should be.

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?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
The article contains a few locations where more in-line sourcing is necessary, and one location where there is an unsourced speculation that either needs sourcing or deletion. Otherwise the sources are current and he links work. There are, however, a few sources from newspapers (New York Times, Huff Post) would benefit from updating to original peer-review journal articles.

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
The article is broken down clearly and follows a reasonable flow. Unfortunately there are a number of simple grammatical errors as well as a few instances where the sentence ordering obscures flow and meaning.

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 are three well placed and well captioned images all of which adhere to copyright regulations. Although somewhat abstract and technical, these images do aid in the visualization of certain processes, especially the quantum circuit. There is one additional "image" created using the text editor, that is neither particularly helpful nor captioned. This "image" is meant to help present a topic that would greatly benefit from a visual aid, so adding a more descriptive image with a caption would improve this section.

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
This article is a C-Class article of high importance in Physics. The conversions behind the scenes are primarily about how to present the material as clearly (and un-misleadingly) as possible. This is particularly pertinent with this topic which is easily misunderstood. There is also an interesting discussion about a topic that was repeated added to the article in a poorly sourced way under questionable circumstances and so was repeatedly removed. The main difference between the Wikipedia discussion and my classroom discussion is Wikipedia's focus on the Bell Basis as opposed to the Computational Basis.

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 this article is mid-way developed. It has good content that touches all major areas but requires a reasonable amount of further explication and general cleanup. The main strength of this article is its easy to follow derivation of the teleportation protocol. This section is clear and shows directly how the state is teleported. The main weakness is its somewhat muddled section attempting to explain the phenomenon non-technically. This section could be significantly improved by clarifying many of the statements and avoiding many technical terms.

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