User:Madsngo/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: Business informatics (link)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I have chosen this article because my though my major is Communications, I have a business focus, minoring in Entrepreneurship with a Certificate in Professional Sales. I believe that this specific Wikipedia article merges both the Wikipedia assignment and my career aspirations together.

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?
 * Yes.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * It is concise, more information could be used in the article.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * In a way, the last edit was December 12, 2019. There are other smaller edits throughout the years, but the article does not seem to be active much.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * I believe there is missing information and information that should be added to give more "meat" to the article pertaining to such a discipline.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Yes, the article is neutral.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Yes, it is mentioned that there are hurdles within the IT and Business Informatics discipline, it seems lightly personal.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * No.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Yes, peer-reviewed and academic articles.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * There are only 5 sources cited within the article. They are academia literature on the topic, but information seems to be only pulled from those two sources primarily.
 * Are the sources current?
 * No, the sources date back 2007-2009.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes, the links do work.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Yes, everything is easy to read primarily because it does not carry a ton of information in the article.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * No, but writing style deems slightly unprofessional for an article.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * Yes, but there should be more subcategories and sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * There are no images in the article.
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * There are no images in the article.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * There are no images in the article.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * There are no images in the 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?
 * Primarily editing conversations. There is a slight explanation of the four kinds of informatics between two people.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The rating is stub-class on the quality scale and low importance.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Not that I know of.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Underdeveloped.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * Viable information on the basics of business informatics.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * Adding more content to the article.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * Underdeveloped.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Business informatics