User:Lmellen/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: Commodification of nature (Commodification of nature)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. This topic is very interesting to me as I am an environmental sustainability studies major and the commodification of nature is very prevalent in sustainability. As we treat nature like a commodity we allow people to degrade it by placing some value on it, thus ruining our planet further.

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

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? No, it is very inclusive

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * 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

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? I believe so
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Yes
 * 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
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not to my knowledge
 * 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? No
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? NO images
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No images

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 none
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is not
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It does not, it is very closely in line with how we spoke about it in class. Although we have not talked about this issue very much

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? It is very well developed and rather extensive. Most sections that can be spoken about were, some however could be expanded.
 * What are the article's strengths? It includes a large array of categories and subcategories
 * How can the article be improved? It has a lot of small categories, but may benefit from more developed large categories
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say it is right in the middle, if not more developed.

Optional activity

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