User:Mabre056/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: Dance therapy Talk:Dance therapy
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose to evaluate this article because i like dance and the psychology behind it, and i feel like this will provide some background in it.

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?
 * No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * Concise

Lead evaluation
Does a good job helping summarize and helping find things quickly

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Not really
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Nope
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Yes i feel like theres some stuff missing.

Content evaluation
Could be more organized and have more info, its full of people trying to edit for projects.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * None, highly neutral mostly facts
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * No

Tone and balance evaluation
Even tone overall

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * I'm not sure.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Somewhat.
 * Are the sources current?
 * Kind of, not really. Like 2013.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes.

Sources and references evaluation
Average/expected.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Kind of.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * No but does have some messy sentences i.e some letters not capitalized when they should be etc.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * The sections are random somewhat

Organization evaluation
Overall could be more organized.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


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

Images and media evaluation
no images in article

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Mostly about what to change or not.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is rated low importance and it is a part of wiki projects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * It does not differ alot

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Good but could be better
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * It has one really good section
 * How can the article be improved?
 * Adding content and images
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * Underdeveloped.

Overall evaluation
Needs work, has potential.

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