User:Loneflash/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: (Hacker culture)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * this is a topic of interest to me and I saw on the talk page it has some issues I could potentially help solve

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? No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Overly detailed

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? A lot of the sources and citations are from the 1980s and 90s and 2000s. There is one source from 2014
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is definitely content that doesn't belong. Having "warez d00dz" in an article doesn't seem too professional
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? No

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Kind of
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article talks a lot about hacker culture being primarily positive, which is not always the case
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I would say the negative side to hacking is underrepresented
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? I personally kind of felt like the article was trying to say hacker culture was a good thing for society which isn't always the case for some people

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * 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 a lot of them
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? There was one source that was used to heavily write one section of the article
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Not all of them

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? Yes
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? For the most part

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? A few
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? No
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Controversies about certain phrasing of some sections, as well as author's context to their original sources compared to what the user wrote
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It's apart of 2 WikiProjects: Computing and Sociology. For Computing it is rated a start-class, low-importance. For Sociology it is rated start-class, high-importance
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It's kind of messy and isn't generalized in a good way

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? It has a lot of problems
 * What are the article's strengths? Good older sources
 * How can the article be improved? The writing could be cleaned up and more could be talked about the negative connotation of hacking culture, as well as people's perception of hacking
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think it has a good start, but is definitely underdeveloped

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

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Hacker culture