User:Lrichar/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: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. It is my article for my project

Lead

 * Guiding questions

Yes, but the rest of the introduction is wildly disorganized and piecemeal.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The content is relevant, but it mainly uses three sources, one of which is from the 1940s, and while Antonia Fraser is certainly an authority on this period, that one of the most up-to-date sources if from a biography of Charles II and not her, the subject of the article is problematic and should be fixed to at least include more information from others. Nothing there is irrelevant, but it is missing a lot.


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

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

Its decently neutral, tone and balance aren't really a problem with this article. The information would need to be more coherent to have a guiding viewpoint.


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

I can't speak for the Gilmour book, but its from the 1940s, and I can see from some of the facts cited from it that it is not up to date. The other major source is Antonia Fraser, but thats a given with Restoration figures. 2002 is still current I guess. The links work.


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

No. Grammar is fine though.


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

Yes


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

Its a C-class article. Very little conversation on it. All of the information is very to the point, but not organized in a way that makes that much sense or shows any care. It reads less like a wikipedia article and more like a jumble of facts.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The article needs vast improvements, its woefully inept, and needs reorganizing if it wants to competently make sense. Outside the basic facts of who her family is and what others have said about her, there's very little substance written about the actual events of her life.


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

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