User:Mautianm/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: 2007 Kenyan general election
 * The class is African Politics and the tutorial instructed me to pick an article related to my class.

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 (Elections for the President, National Assembly, and local councils)
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Yes, there really isn't much talk about local council elections
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * It may be overly detail oriented. The rest of the article could have done that.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Yes. All it covers is the 2007 elections
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * No

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Yes, it doesn't lean heavily for either parties.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No, claims remain pretty neutral
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * No
 * 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. There are a robust amount of references (62 to be exact).
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Yes, a lot of it is actual data or news stories.
 * Are the sources current?
 * Yes, they're mainly 2007 sources.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Yes, it provides a thorough perspective on the 2007 elections
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Not that I found.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * Some of the paragraphs could have been broken down further. There are a few oversized blocks of information.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * There could have been more images. The only current images are the presidential candidates (main 2), picture of Kenya and it's political divides, and the Kenyan coat of arms.
 * 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?
 * Yes

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * It's really easy to accidentally become biased when it comes to politics, so they probably discussed what was the best way to avoid that and catch it early on.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * C-class rating
 * it's part of WikiProject Africa, WikiProject Kenya, and WikiProject Elections and Referendums
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Less opinionated than how we'd discuss topics

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * It's of mid-importance according to Wikipedia
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * It has a lot of quantitative data
 * How can the article be improved?
 * There should be detailed accounts of some local council elections, or at the very least an overall account of them
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * Although it was a given a C-class, I believe the article is relatively thorough and would probably have given it a B-class if it was up to me.

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