User:Ljones110/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: (link)
 * Social perception
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I feel that this article offered a lot of information to evaluate and its important to communication and its processes

Lead
Guiding questions:


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * No
 * 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, offers a good bit of information that goes into further detail once you read the contents

Content
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Tone and Balance
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article neutral?
 * It seems neutral
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The only thing I would question is the use of examples that the author use for an example in the first paragraph it talks about physical influence and uses one study to make a claim about an unspecified general population
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * I feel like the author has variation in viewpoints from different scholars when speaking on each theory
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * I don't think so

Sources and References
Guiding questions:


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * I don't see many secondary sources of information
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Some sources are missing
 * Are the sources current?
 * I want to say some are
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * The links I checked worked and for the most part were scholarly journals

Organization
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * This article is easy to read, it does a good job of simply explaining concepts
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * I feel that some rewording could be done, but it is good on spelling
 * 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?
 * No
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * N/A
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * N/A
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * N/A

Checking the talk page
Guiding questions:


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Conversations of changes because the current page seems unstructured to people and is lacking information on specific topics talked about in the content area, also conversation of citations and clarification of specific theories
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article has been rated Start-class on quality scale and it is apart of a WikiProject Psychology
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * We haven't talked much about social perception specifically, but I feel that we have kind of general hit on the definition of it and its role in our communication processes

Overall impressions
Guiding questions:


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Still developing
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * Articles strengths include the simplistic style of explaining the theories
 * How can the article be improved?
 * Article can be improved by adding more sources and providing a variant of examples
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * I would rate this article as averagely developed. I believe its a great start and goes into some great concepts but it could use some more information in some concept areas

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 with four tildes ~


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