User:Luke Toebben/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) Kickapoo people
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I have choose this article to evaluate because after briefly looking at the page it looks like a lot of information cane be provided about this group and i want to learn more. Plus the name of the people is kind of interesting and i want to find out where they got that name from.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

This article lays out and explains everything that you would need to know about the Kickapoo people. In this article there is five major sections that are discussed. First they briefly introduce the Kickapoo people, talking about how they came to be, where they are located, and how many tribes of Kickapoo people are all over the world. The next section talks about the history of the Kickapoo people where the migration of the people is explained and the hardships they faced going all over the world. Also in the history section it talks about the different wars that these people were apart and how they had to rebuild after the devastating loses that came with it. Another interesting thing that i found out about the Kickapoo people was that they lived really close to us in Ohio and they took part in the Treaty of Greenville which took place in Ohio in 1795


 * 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

After reading this article i feel that a lot of the content in this article is relevant to the topic. I feel that a few things in this article could have a little more detail and explain what they are talking about just a little more. At the same time i feel that the article goes into to much detail and it takes away from what they are talking about. The content is up to date as the article was updated 8 days ago. I feel that all the content in this article is good where its at and for the most part its not missing anything.


 * 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

Yes i feel that this article is neutral in the sense that its only purpose is to explain the history of the Kickapoo people and how they came to be. I don't see any claims that are heavily biased towards a particular position. I think all the viewpoints are explained thoroughly except the history one, i feel that this could have more detail and information about how the Kickapoo people came to be and things like that. No i don't think the author is trying to persuade the reader because he is only trying to explain the facts about the Kickapoo people


 * 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

Yes all the facts are backed up by a reliable source. For the most part all of of the sources are thorough some more than others. One or two of them are a bit questionable. yes all of the sources are current and all of them provide up to date information about the Kickapoo people. All of the sources that i clicked on sent me to a reliable website with reliable information, so from first glance i would say that all of the sources are up to date and good to use.


 * 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

Yes this article is concise and concise. Everything is laid out in way that it flows and makes it easy to read. The article does not have any grammatical or spelling errors that i saw after reading it the first time. Yes the article is broken down into 5 sections with each one flowing in the correct order. All of the information in each section is clear and makes sense the way it is written


 * 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

The article includes several pictures. The pictures are well captioned and each is explained thoroughly as to what is going on in the picture. Yes all the pictures adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. Yes all the pictures are laid out in different locations across the article so that they are not to compact and separated making it look nice.


 * 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

I see a a few conversations talking about how the article could be made better and all the new information that is being presented about the Kickapoo people. The article has a C rating meaning that is good in some areas and needs improvements in others. Yes it is about if the WikiProjects. It doesn't differ in that may ways. It just goes into greater detail in some areas compared to us in class.


 * 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 overall status of this article is that it is good for the most part. It does a good job of laying out 5 sections and explaining each one. The article could be improved in trying to go into greater detail in the history section and a dew other subsections. I would say the article is fairly complete and doesn't need a whole more besides a little bit more detail in some areas to make it more complete.


 * 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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