User:LBurris89/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: (Jury instructions)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose to evaluate the page on jury instructions because it is relevant to current class material.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The lead is very short, and only provides a good introduction sentence to what the lead should eventually discuss, but is already labeled as something that may not effectively brief the topics included on the page. The description lacks an overview of the main sections of the article.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

All content in the article is relevant to the topic of Jury Instructions. The most recent citation is from 2016, and there is a chance that more recent work has been published that is relevant to the topic. There is at least one instance that has been superscripted, "WHO?" to indicate that the the writer was too vague in their use of the word, "they" and perhaps this points to missing information or just poor wording.


 * 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?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

Language in the article appears to be a neutral relay of the available facts, with no attempts to persuade.


 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

The links provided for this topic work, though as mentioned above, the most recent link provided is from 2016 and the topic could stand to be updated with any new studies that are available regarding juror comprehension.


 * 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?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is mostly easy to read, while in some cases may not be as concise as possible. No severe grammatical errors, and no spelling errors to note. The heading, "Use" could be edited to be more relevant, but the organization of the subsections on the page flows appropriately.


 * 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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

There are no images on this article.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

This article is rated as a start page on the WikiProject Law page with a High level importance. It has been assigned to multiple Wiki Education assignments with student editors, it does not have a very active talk page, although there are some posts about edits to the page, additional links, and older discussions about qualifying it as a stub. In class we've discussed a good number of the topics available on the page, but covered more breadth and had better discussions, the talk page points out the limited coverage of the topic and states that it is barely enough to be considered a discussion of jury instructions.


 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The headings that are available on the page are not sufficient to discuss the topic at an appropriate length, but what is there right now is well-worded and mostly well supported. With more links, the article could be expanded to an appropriate discussion, but as of now it seems underdeveloped.


 * 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?

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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