User:LiamW5/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: WikiProject Solar System/Taskforces/Jupiter --- Jupiter
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose to evaluate this because not only do I find space incredibly fascinating but I believe research and new findings about our solar system, in this case the largest planet on our solar system, can only be beneficial in furthering our knowledge about this vast infinite emptiness we live in.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it states multiple concise facts about Jupiter.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No it does not.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, the article contains more information.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is very concise, only three sentences.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? No it is not.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Seems to be fairly up to date, I have no new knowledge of Jupiter.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No all the content is relevant or correlates to Jupiter.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? No, the article is correlated to space.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes, it only states facts about Jupiter.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, there doesn't seem to be any bias.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, mass and structure is discussed, as well as atmosphere, cloud layers, orbit and rotation, composition, etc.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, it's totally neutral.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? The article's work's cited page has 184 secondary sources.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? I would say so, the article has an immense amount of literature with information.
 * Are the sources current? Yes
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? Yes, it is a diverse spectrum of sources, in this article specifically NASA and individuals who work for NASA are cited many times.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, they do.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, all of the above.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I couldn't spot out any grammatical errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, it is broken down in numerous sections of important information regarding Jupiter.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Images and videos to enhance the article.
 * Are images well-captioned? Every image is captioned, some even have multiple sentences to caption the picture.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? They're pictures taken in space, so for me they're visually appealing.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? They are none.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I originally found this jupiter article from the Jupiter Taskforce of Wikiproject Solar System.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It's hard to say since this article is about jupiter so there is a ridiculous amount of information on it. It is structured similarly to how we discussed it to be.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? It was featured on wiki project.
 * What are the article's strengths? This article strength is its vast amount of information. If you throughly read this article you will be forever informed on Jupiter. It also is very visually appealing through its picture quality and placement.
 * How can the article be improved? This article clearly took a long time to make and has had extensive amounts of work/information put into it. I truly can't say I would know how to improve this article.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Incredibly well-developed.

Optional activity

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