User:MeganERenz/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.


 * Climate change denial
 * This article is related to the topic of study and interest's me.

Lead

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 * The lead begins with a very thorough description of climate change denial.
 * The lead does not list exactly what topics will be discussed but gives a nice introduction into the rest of the article.
 * I did not find any random or misplaced information.

Content

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 * The content went into a nice depth of the topic without getting off track.
 * The content on the page shows that it was lasted edited February 17th, 2020.

Tone and Balance

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 * The tone of the article trended towards a neutral tone, focused on giving information.
 * The article did a nice job of including arguments from both sides of believing in climate change or not.
 * I did not feel persuaded on one opinion or the other but rather more informed about the perspective of why a person might deny climate change.

Sources and References

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 * I found that everything was well sourced with appropriate sources. I found no problems with the links.

Organization

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 * This was a well written, organized and informative article.

Images and Media

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 * This article included videos, pictures and charts related to the content to help reader understand clearly.
 * Every link connected to the article included a clear and effective caption.
 * These images are all on the right side of the page hiding from all of the words, it would be nice to include those pictures within the writing to break it up and make it easier on the eyes.

Checking the talk page

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I am a little confused about this part...


 * 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

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 * This article is overall very nice. It is well written, organized, updated and includes pictures and videos. The sources and information are non bias and give out great facts.

Optional activity

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