User:Lela2210/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: (Language documentation)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. In class we have talked about basic Linguistics, the International Phonetic Alphabet, and transcription. I chose this article because it is very related to what we have talked about in class.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The Lead includes a concise and clear introductory sentence, but it does not describe what I as the audience expected when encountering the term "language documentation." The article's topic is documenting, or recording the grammar and language uses, instead of just "describing" what the language does. The Lead does not really include a brief description of the article's major sections. The Lead does not include information that is not present in the article. The Lead is concise.


 * 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

The article's content is relevant to the topic. The content is up-to-date. The article could talk more about the relations between language documentation and language revitalization, the importance of language documentation to certain communities or extinct languages, and notable projects about this topic. There is no content that does not belong.


 * 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

The article is neutral and there are no claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position. The "claims about the structure of the language" in the Lead are pretty underrepresented. The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another.


 * 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

All facts in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information. The sources are thorough and current. One of the links does not work.


 * 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 concise, clear, and easy to read. The article does not have any grammatical or spelling errors. The article is well-organized and broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topics.


 * 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

The article does not include images that enhance understanding of the topic.


 * 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

There is one update since the article has been written, which is about the new link for one of the sources. The article is rated Stub-class, High-importance. The article is a part of three WikiProjects: WikiLinguistics, Languages, and Endangered Languages. This article mentions more terms and organizations involved with this topic.


 * 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 article's overall status is Stub-class, which means it only covers very basic information about the topic and needs to be edited by more people. The article's strengths are being concise, easy to read, and citing sites that are related to the topic. The article can be improved by relating the concept of language documentation to other linguistics or linguistics anthropology concepts and by introducing images and explanation of on-site documentation. The article is 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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