User:Lilykatscott/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: Guarani mythology
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * We found it interesting and there are several gaps in the information of lack of enough information

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? The introductory sentence does not provide the correct content to describe what the Wiki article will be discussing.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? It just mentions where the people and the language originate.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes because the location of the people is not mentioned anywhere else in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? No

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? It is relevant but there could definetly e more detail.
 * Is the content up-to-date? They used sources from the early 20th century and only used three sources.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is not much detail to explain the mythology or culture.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? It is neutral and there does not seem to be bias.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There is just a lot of missing detail.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? All of the sources is in French so it is hard to say if they are reliable or not since neither of us can interpret French.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? They seem thorough in French.
 * Are the sources current? Nope
 * 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? The article is very short and depicts the information they feel is the most important to understand the Guarani's beliefs.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not from what we read.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? It could be better organized with subheadings.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? There is only one image and it does not help readers to understand the articles content.
 * Are images well-captioned? They are captioned poorly.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Not really because they did not cite all their information in the text.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? There is one small image and it does not look visually appealing at all.

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 aren't any conversations going on.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Mythology-start-class mid importance/ Argentina start-class low-importance/ Paraguay start-class low-importance
 * this was part of a Wiki Edu Foundation course assignment last winter.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't gone into depth in class.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Student developed
 * What are the article's strengths? It gives a nice overview of the topic.
 * How can the article be improved? More detail can be provided for each heading as well as the mythological creatures.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article definitely still needs some work and could use an aesthetics boost.

Overall evaluation

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