User:Lisa Diez/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Article Evaluation
Lead
 * Name of article: Chromesthesia
 * I chose this article to evaluate because I want to edit it for the assignment. It is a start-class article on a topic that I am vey interested in.
 * 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? No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It's concise

Content
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Not all of it
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? A description of the specific sound-color associations is missing (and differences in individuals), discussion of controversies in the psychology and neuroscience communities is missing, some sections do not have appropriate citations.

Tone and Balance
 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * 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

Sources and References
 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Not all of them
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Organization
 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not any that I notice
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, but could be improved

Images and Media
 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Only one
 * Are images well-captioned? Could be improved
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes (Public domain)
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

Checking the talk page
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Most conversations are old, from 2012 to 2015, and only touch on a few mistakes in the article.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Start-class article. WikiProyect Medicine
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't talked about this topic in class

Overall impressions
 * What is the article's overall status? It's missing a lot of information and could be improved
 * What are the article's strengths? It has a good overview of Chromesthesia and the Definitional Bias section is very strong
 * How can the article be improved? Adding relevant sections, editing some sentences and sections, adding correct citations and removing irrelevant or uncited information
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is underdeveloped