User:Lavie123/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an Article


 * Equant
 * I have chosen this article to evaluate because it has helped me better understand the materials that we have been dealing with in this course.

Lead

 * The lead included an introductory sentence that is concise and clear that describes the concept, who coined the idea and when it was found.
 * The lead included an outline of the major sections in the introduction but did not include a brief description.
 * The lead did not include information that is not present in the rest of the article.
 * The lead is concise but repeated information could be found throughout the article.

Content

 * The content provided is relevant to the topic since it explained about the placement of the equant, the formula, criticism, and discovery and use.
 * The content is somewhat up to date because it was edited it back in November 2019.
 * There are no missing content

Tone and Balance

 * The article is somewhat bias, it did not cover astronomers that agreed with the equant but rather only in regard to those that opposed.
 * The different views among astronomers are covered equally.
 * The viewpoints are underrepresented, it simply stated that other astronomers had different views but only mentioned about Nicolaus Copernicus.
 * The article did not attempt to persuade the reader but rather it was presented in a factual manner

Sources and References

 * The facts in the article are backed up by a good selection of sources majorly from journals.
 * The sources are current because it was all edited within this year.
 * The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors since it is linked to other concepts such as epicycles. There is no detectable evidence that included historically marginalized individuals
 * One of the link provided did not work

Organization

 * The article is fairly well written and easy to read.
 * There is no evidence of grammatical error.
 * The article is well organized, however, it would flow better to place the discovery section after the introduction instead of it being the last section.

Images and Media

 * The article include an image that enhanced my understanding of the topic.
 * The image is well captioned, it explained every detail represented in the imagine.
 * The image adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations
 * The image is laid out in a visually appealing way that catches the readers attention.

Checking the talk page

 * There are on-going conversations regarding problem with the article, history of the equant, relevant equant research sources, and external links modify.
 * The article is a part of WikiProject Astronomy and WikiProject History of Science.
 * The way Wikipedia discusses this topic is not much different from the way we have talked in class. The talk page mostly offer more ways to make this article better rather than disputing with the facts provided.

Overall impressions

 * The article is rated as start-class, low importance.
 * The article strengths is that it is able to capture the usage of the equant.
 * The article can be improved by providing more secondary sources.
 * The article is fairly well developed with no major revision needed but could cover other information could be added to strengthen the article including more information on history of the equant