User:Loveyourlight/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Parcham

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article, with assistance from Prof. Goff, because of my interest in the Soviet-Afghan war and its lack of content. It is relevant to the course because its subject was a split faction of the People's Democratic Part of Afghanistan.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

- There is a good introductory sentence, but I feel like it is a bit dense/unclear.

- There are no sections in the article.

- Information in the intro is present in the article.

- The lead is too detailed.

Content

- The content is relevant to the topic.

- It is up to date as far as I understand. I must find more research in the topic to answer appropriately.

- I feel it needs more information; it is a very short article.

- I don't think a defunct political faction is necessarily underrepresented in the context of the question.

Tone and Balance

- The article is neutral.

- No.

- No.

- N/A

- No persuasion evident.

Sources and References

- No; further citations are needed.

- The sources used are through but I believe there are more available.

- They are mostly, relatively current to the topic.

- Yes

- References are appropriate but more are needed.

- The links work.

Organization and Writing Quality

- The writing quality needs improvement.

- No grammar or spelling issues.

- Badly organized, needs major work in that regard

Images and Media

- There are no images/media.

- There are no images/media.

- There are no images/media.

- There are no images/media.

Talk Page Discussion

- There are four talk post: two stating that the article is a part of a Wiki Education assignment, one explaining a citation, and one explaining the removal of an image of Afghanistan's national emblem.

- This is a "C" article. It is part of two projects: mine and a previous student of Prof. Goff's.

- N/A

Overall Impressions

- The article has lots of room for improvement.

- It is the only available article on the topic.

- The article is very short and needs a lot of organizational work.

- The article is poorly developed.