User:Lily.rodgers/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: Pictorialism
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose this article because we have just read an article about Pictorialism in class.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * Concise
 * Not overly detailed

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Yes. The page was last edited on December 19, 2019
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * There is some information about Intercontinental travel and commerce that maybe does not need to be there.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No
 * There is a lot of information coming from many different viewpoints including Pictorialism by different countries.
 * 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
 * This article is purely informational but does produce the importance of Pictorialism moving into Modernism.

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 and there are many different sources that have come from books.
 * Are the sources current?
 * No. Some of the sources are from books.
 * For example, "Anderson, Paul L. The Fine Art of Photography. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1919."
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Yes very informational and concise. I found myself enjoying it because there were a lot of paragraphs provided as well as lists to keep me interested.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * No
 * 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?
 * Yes. After reading many articles on Alfred Stieglitz, I was glad to see a section in this article, devoted to him.
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Yes. The include the title, the artist, and the date.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * Some of them could be placed in a more appealing way. Most of them are squished on the right side of the text which can be disorienting but I enjoy the layout of some of them.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There are no conversations going on in this topic. It is only one person.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * Rated B-Class
 * Project: WikiProject Photography/History
 * Project: WikiProject Visual Arts
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * The topic of Pictorialism discusses this topic a lot more in depth than the way we talked about it in class. The section includes the viewpoints from different countries on the topic which was refreshing and gave information from many different sides of the spectrum.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * I really enjoyed this article but I do think that it would be nice for more people to be apart of it to help guide the original editor creatively.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * The article's strengths are the inclusion of many different sources.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * The visual appeal of the article could be improved.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * The article looks very well-developed.

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