User:Kwinterrowd/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: Hunger in the United States
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I choose to choose this article for evaluation because genuine hunger, starvation, and food insecurity/sacristy is a massive problem in the United States and it needs addressed.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * The Lead introduces the topic and importance of the articles main point of hunger in the United Sates affecting millions of US citizens.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Their is a contents breakdown offered within the summary that give the general sense of the articles points
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * The lead is concise.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes it is, the article does a nice group of tieing it to the populations it chooses. The populations could be expanded to include more, as well as some additional information could be added for the populations already given.
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * The information is from 2011/2012 so the information could be updated, with new research and information.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * It isn't so much as content that is missing so much as an over generalization of some of the information regarding populations.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Their is some language that the authors has chosen that demonstrates some underlying tone and opinion.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No
 * 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

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Yes, could find more recent articles
 * Are the sources current?
 * Some
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Some not all

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?
 * Not that I realized
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * Yes

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Few not a lot
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Some could be better explained.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * No?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * Yes.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * On the talk page their is conversations about updating information, fact check some of the information as well as with removing some author tone bias back in April with no new conversations, with last edits being in Oct. 23 of 2019 adding some information about history.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is rated as class c mid importance
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * In class we haven't really discussed hunger but classifying it as a social problem one could drawl similarities with health, education, and homing/housing.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Class C, mid importance
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * The article does a good job at analysis history and food insecurity.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * The article could address more on hunger itself then food insecurity. It could better look at the effects on people. Additional neutrality would improve the article with updated new information.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * It has aspects that are well developed and aspects that are underdeveloped, the article could expanded more on hunger itself and its effects as well as looking at people rates of people going hungry, as well as having some better sources regarding hunger itself. The article could also break down its population page a lot more in depth. The article I would say is close to finish but truly needs updated and some additional information.

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