User:Lyrica2000/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: Renewable energy commercialization
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: This article was under the subcategory of Environmental Social Science, so I felt that it was relevant my Environmental Sociology course and specifically relevant to this week's readings and lecture because we discussed ways that environmental impacts play a role in capitalism.

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? Not that I noticed
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It's pretty detailed, could definitely use some revising so as to only include super necessary information

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, but most sections are a little too lengthy, subpages for certain sections might need to be made
 * Is the content up-to-date? No, the last time it was updated was February 2019
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes, the notification at the top states that there is a lot of trivia and promotional language
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? It does not, the article could address how having the resources to research and shift to renewable energy is something that only privileged countries have.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? For the most part yes, nothing stood out to me as overtly biased
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? None that i noticed
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? In the topic of "Rationale for renewables", more liberal ideas are represented than those that lean conservative
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? In general, the whole topic is slightly more liberal, but the article is not intensely persuasive

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, the article includes a lot of citations, one for each paragraph if not each sentence or so in some sections
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? No, the most recent sources are from 2016
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? Yes, a lot of authors are included but more variety for those that are marginalized is needed.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? I clicked on about 5 and 3 lead me to real websites but "page not found" notifactions

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Is it not concise by any means and is overwhelming to look at in the amount of information provided
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? None that I noticed
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, but each section is far too lengthy

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Somewhat, this area could use revision, not all images are necessary

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Yes, there have been revisions to the citations page but little conversation, the talk page is fairly limited considering the length of the article
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is part of 4 wikiprojects and is rated C-class for all 4
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? This topic is not approached from a sociological viewpoint as it might be in class

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? It was listed as a good article nominee in 2007-2008 and was delisted good article this year
 * What are the article's strengths? It has a strong lead and (was) well researched in its early years
 * How can the article be improved? Update, cut down on length, revise for necessary/relevant information
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It has the content and potential to be well developed with the information it already contains but needs updating

Optional activity

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