User:MedLife4/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Catfish: The TV Show

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose this article based on the content of a brief overview of Catfish: The TV Show, the show is observe as a pass time of mine that I take pleasure in viewing. Catfish: The TV Show can take the form of being an entertainment/ informative reality show, that shows the ins and outs of online dating and the possible deception that can take place online. Upon first viewing and reading the article, it provides informative information of the bases of the television show.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The article provides a clear and concise introduction sentence depicting the topic of the article, that the reader can understand. Though brief, the description that can be found in the lead does a good job discussing the major sections; of note, the information regarding a pause that occurred before the filming of season 7 is not further mentioned in the article. Overall the lead section of the article is clear and concise.

Content The content of the article is related to the topic and up -to- date regarding the television series. The content does a great job of informing the reader of the topic, the article does not have any missing content, though there are direct quotes that are in the article that could be removed. This article does not address any historical or an underrepresented populations.

Tone and Balance

The article is presented in a neutral point of view, there does not appear to be any heavy bias present on particular positions in the article. The article does not seem to persuade the reader to any one position, nor are there any underrepresented or overrepresented viewpoints.

Sources and References

Some sources that were used in the article are neither reliable nor credible such as, Twitter, Youtube, Entertainment News websites. The links provided do work for this article. Peer-review articles on the topic may not be available since it is a reality show and most coverage of it will be found on random websites and entertainment news sites.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is well organized and easy to navigate, the writing is clear and concise, making the article flow easily. No grammatical or spelling errors were found.

Images and Media

There is one image that is located in the article which is of the logo.There are no captions, the image does not seem to provide where the image is located from, and the image is visually appealing in the way it is laid out on the page.

Talk Page Discussion

On the talk page there are discussion threads that are present discussing the the topic of the article including the realism of the television series, to how the term catfish is discussed and who coined the term. This article is part of WikiProjects and is rated under C-class.

Overall Impressions

The overall status of the article is C-class. The strengths of the article includes the tone and balance, structure of the article, and the overall flow of the article. Improvements that could be made include more credible sources that support the facts and claims. The article seems halfway developed, once suggested improvements have been made the article will be well-developed.