User:Megan.stonerock/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: Texarkana Moonlight Murders
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.                                                                                                                                                                        I chose this article to evaluate because I thought the topic was very interesting, its also based on a true story as well.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? The article does have a introductory sentence that explains that there are unsolved murders called the "Texarkana moonlight Murders" it also explains that the murder was unidentified and was called the "Phantom slayer".
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? The article does have a brief description explaining what its mostly about at the top of the page. When you start to read the main portion it gives more detain and breaks down more information.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? I would say that the article explains a lot about the texarkana moonlight murders and if there was information out it would have to be small details.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? I would say the article is explained in great detain but not too much that it is overly detailed.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes, all of the information that is on the page relates to the topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? yes, in the article it updates us on the investigators and police officers that was involved in the Texarkana moonlight murders, Showing a picture of there head stone and explaining how and when they died.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? They was related information, talking about murders or things that happened making people believe that it was the phantoms doing but it is said to this day that they didn't know if it was him or not.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes, I would say that the article it talking in a neutral tone. It explained the information in a way for you to understand what happened.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No I did not see any heavy bias in any part of the the article.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented?There is a little bit of information that I believe should not be added. Information that just sounds like its stretching out that paragraph.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, the article doesn't try to persuade the reader. I tjust shows you what happened wit the murders.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? In the work sited there are only two article to go by but there are many articles I the references.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? yes, the articles that they went from are just talking about the topic.
 * Are the sources current? The two sources that I could look at were from 2013 and 2004 although the murders happened in 1964 I do believe they have updated information.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, the links under external links work perfect but the two links under work cited have a ISBN code and when you click on them they do not pop up.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? I would say the article is vary well written although I'm not the best at writing I believe who ever pitched in to make this did a great job.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Again I'm not the best at writing but to my knowledge I don't think so.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, the article is broken down to first, second, and third murder and also broken down by each topic.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? yes, each picture was explained but also was in the right spot for that paragraph.
 * Are images well-captioned? Although the pictures are older I do believe they show a decent picture.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, they all go by the Wikipedia standard.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes, all pictures were laid out on the right side and evenly spaced out.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? The conversations on the talk page are how to better the article but also how to fix some portions and make it easer to read for others.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I do not see how it is rates but it is part of the Wilkiprojects which was stated at the bottom of the page.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? They go more in detail of the subject but also in class we were the one who had to look it up.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? To me the over all states would be its a 100% great article and who ever helped work on it did a great job.
 * What are the article's strengths? The strengths would be how the talked about the murders but also how they went into detail.
 * How can the article be improved? to improve it I would say add more to the work cited.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say it is a well developed article and it has great potential.

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