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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: Champagne Riots
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I have chosen to evaluate this article because I have a very large passion for wine, especially sparkling wines and champagnes. I thought it would be interesting to learn about sparkling wines when I saw this title. I then really wanted to learn what sort of issues could cause a riot over different champagnes in France.

Lead

 * Guiding questions
 * The lead in this article gives a strong introduction on what is going to be discussed and covered in the article in terms of information. It explains all of the articles major sections in a brief manner while including sufficient detail as well as various hyperlinks to give extra information on specific and significant words that someone may not understand or may want more info about. All of the information included in the lead is expanded on and explained in the article in great detail.I believe the lead is concise, not too detailed but simple and articulate.


 * 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

The content within this article is directly related to the topic at hand. The article explains many details about a bit of the history of champagne in France, what the relationships between growers and the places that housed the champagne, what went on during the riots and how they defined what was to be considered the champagne zone of France. The content of this article was last edited in early January of 2019 making it up to date as of this year however it has yet to be updated again in months. I would still consider this to be pretty up-to-date as the data has still been researched and corrected in this current year. Without having prior knowledge in this topic, it can't specifically be said what does not belong or what isn't missing, however, I didn't pick up on any information in this article that wasn't related to the topic or didn't connect to a related point made somewhere else in the article. I do think that some points could have been expanded on a little further, such as the relationship between growers and champagne houses, as well as the fire that occurred during the riot or even more about the owner of one of the champagne houses that got mentioned. Even the history of the Aubois when the creation of the champagne zone was discussed could have brought more light to their frustrations about why others thought they should not be included in the making of the zone.


 * 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
 * This article appears to be very neutral and not biased towards one side or another in any way. This article does a very good job of setting points of information as they are and not expressing and biases or deep opinions about what the author may have thought, agreed or disagreed with. I don't believe any points were over or under represented, all points were expressed as factual and did not appear to be persuasive.


 * 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
 * Most facts are backed up by what seems to be a reliable source of information with the exception of what appears to be one missing citation. It seems as though most of the sources used for this article were books, therefore it was hard to look up and see or check how legit the information really is. The sources seem to be thorough as they do offer sources regarding the topics and if found online could be made available to to those looking for them. The sources on this topic appear to be as late as 2006 and below, which doesn't offer the readers the most accurate and up to date information they could possibly have. The links when you click on them work and can be found through the wikipedia book find and then directed off of wikipedia to a source that the book can be read on or purchased at.


 * 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
 * Champagne Riots is a very straight forward article that is easy to follow and easy to read. It is very concise and delivers information that is not too detailed or compiled to be understood by some readers. There weren't any grammatical or errors in the spelling that I could find, it was well edited by the author and most likely a few others to ensure its quality in this department meets basic criteria. I believe for the author may have been trying to deliver which is a simple and basic article with some major details, it was broken down in the correct sections to efficiently deliver the information within the article properly and easily. Each major point was touched on in each section and the sections had decently good flow from one point to another.


 * 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
 * This article does include images for the reader to pair along with the readers to provide a more detailed and visual understanding. Although placed a bit off to the side, the images all line up with each topic being explained and have a solid caption explaining what each picture is depicting for each topic. I believe all images comply with the copyright regulations of wikipedia and are decently visually appealing. They are overall effective in enhancing this article.


 * 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
 * There doesn't appear to be any direct conversations happening behind the scenes on the talk page of this article, however, it is part of two wikipedia projects, Wikiproject Wine and Wikiproject France which is really neat and interesting to see pages behind this article support and to help improve the contents of this article though wine and the history fo France. It is however only rated as mid importance for Wikiproject Wine and of low importance to Wikiproject France. Overall, this article has been rated as a C-class project on their quality scale.


 * 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 I consider to be good. Not great or excellent but not bad or terrible. I feel like its a small short article that achieved what it wanted to and had spurts of good solid information to back up what was being said and discussed, however, it could of been made to be a much stronger article with much more detail and elaboration on some topics that were included. The articles strengths mostly consisted of strong points and good factual information but again didn't get elaborated on as much as they could have been. The article could then of course be improved by adding more information and content and elaborating on points that were mentioned all throughout. I would almost consider this article to be under-developed although the information provided was strong, there could have been more.


 * 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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