User:Kristenmullane/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an Article


 * Name of Article: Sustainable development
 * I chose this subject because it is related to class and something I am interested in learning more about as an Urban Planning major.

Evaluating Lead:


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describe the article's topic? It's okay
 * Does the Lead include brief description of the article's major sections? Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or it is overly detailed? It is pretty long but its a big topic

Evaluating Content:


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Yes it's relevant, not distracting
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Last sources were from 1971-2017 so it could use updating
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article under-represent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations? I feel like in the history section they could've at least mentioned a little about Native American and ancient practices of using agricultural land properly and it needing time to recover
 * What else could be improved? I think the politics section could be added to

Evaluating Tone:


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? "The insubstantial stretching of the term" could use work and additional viewpoints, seems a little biased about sustainability
 * Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or underrepresented? Not that I can see or think of

Evaluating Sources:


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? Yes
 * 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? They seem alright but there are so many to check
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications? Yes

Talk Page:


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? A few of the sources had problems and talk about whether it should be deleted for not following guidelines with sources and bias
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? rated level 4 vital and C-class, it is of interest in multiple wikiprojects
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It goes into a lot more detail since we've only briefly discussed it in class