User:Mcbrijo/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: Obergurgl
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose to evaluate this article for a few reasons. Firstly, I love skiing. I have skied since I was very young and I have had the privilege to ski all over the world. Furthermore I have skied in Obergurgl and I want to learn more about the ski area in general in terms of its geographical features including temperature and snowfall.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The Lead does include an introductory sentence that clearly lays out what the articles topic is. The topic is Obergurgl and the sentence describes the town in terms of physical and demographic features. The lead is very concise consisting of a few sentences. The lead includes a few stats that are relevant to the article.


 * 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 included is relevant to describing the mountain town. There are statistics included which provide key data points. The data is a little out data for the temperature because it only measures averages and records from 1971-2000 and temperatures may have increased on average since then. This also goes for snowfall data. There is no content missing and there is no irrelevant data. The article doesn't deal with any issues but that is not the purpose of the article, it is just to give a brief overview of a town.


 * 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?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article is completely neutral because it is stating facts and statistics. It does not address any subjective topics only objective facts. Due to this, there are no claims that support or critique a certain stance or view point. Perhaps there are a few facts that are underrepresented such as the quality of snow or the skiing. However those areas are unnecessary to the article. The article does not try to persuade anyone to come or to do a particular thing.


 * 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 of the facts and statistics are backed up by reliable and verifiable secondary sources. The ones that are not directly sourced such as the distance above sea level is easily verifiable by any reader so it seems fine that it is not included. The sources are not very current being about 20 years old. This is an issue because atmospheric averages and patterns have been changing in the last 2-3 decades so the data might be outdated. The links do in fact work however one takes you to a new page where it is unlikely for a reader to find the data presented in the Wiki article.


 * 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?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is concise and clear covering the basics and giving the reader a good idea of what Obergurgl is. It appears that there is one error in the article where the author writes out the average snow fall. It states that there are 476 inches of snowfall yearly on average. However it then gives that number in centimeters as (188). This is wrong and the two values are switched. The article is structured into. paragraphs making it easy to read.


 * 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

The article includes two pictures of the town which enhances the understanding of the topic. The town can be visualized by the reader. It would be better if there were a few pictures illustrating the town during the winter. Furthermore, if there were pictures that showed tourist activities such as skiing, the article may give the reader a better understanding that the town is really a tourist town. The images are well-captioned and give the reader a description of what they are looking at. The images do adhere to copyright laws. The images are orientated at the right side of the page which is visually appealing.


 * 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 are only two posts in the Talk page detailing one fact about the town and then another detailing how the article was written. It is part of the WikiProject Austria and it helps to build a comprehensive list on Austria. The article was rated as Stub-Class. The article is very basic but it doesn't need to be more complex.


 * 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 article excels in providing basic information about the town. It can be improved heavily if more content was added to what goes on in the town and general information. The article is written in a clear and fine way however it is very underdeveloped and lacks information.


 * 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?

Optional activity

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