User:Mei Tsurumaru/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)Visual communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because I am interested in communication studies and visual communication sounds like the topic we are not covered in the class. We basically learn verbal communication, so this topic sounds new and interesting.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

・Lead section

The first sentence describes the definition of this topic. Also, the lead shows each of this article’s major section. It does not have the information that is not described in this article. The lead is in detail, but not too much, and it is moderate.

・Content

The content is related to this topic, and the amount of information in each section is equal. The latest edit was done on February in 2023, so the content is up-to-date. There is no content missing. Also, the content does not include Wikipedia’s equity gaps.

・Tone and Balance

This article is neutral and not biased. Therefore, this article just explains about this topic, and it does not attempt to persuade the reader in one position. It does not overrepresented or underrepresented this topic. It uses a lot of sources, so the information is reliable.

・Sources and References

All of the information in this article are from reliable sources. Most of the sources are current, but some of them are the information more than ten years ago, so it needs to improve the information. The sources are from various authors, but some articles do not have authors’ name. The links worked.

・Organization and writing quality

This article is written by professional and academic words. It does not have grammatically mistakes or spelling errors. It does not include not-related- information, so it is clear and easy to read. Also, this divides into some section, and each section is bolded, so this is well-organized.

・Images and Media

This article includes two images, and it makes the reader easy to imagine the topic. Those images include a little explanation of the images, so they are well-captioned. Also, they are not copyrighted. They are colorful and easy to see.

・Talk page discussion

They basically talk about the lack of information. For example, the sources are good or bad, or the need of more examples about one topic. This article is a part of some WikiProjects, and it is rated as level-5, and the start-class by WikiProject Vital Articles. In the talk page, they use academic words not like casual words.

・Overall impressions

This article talks about "Visual communication" by relating some other topics. The strength of this article is that it gives some examples of how it is used in various fields. However, it includes some uncertain statement; for instance, in the section of politics, it describes that "This may be due to the increased use of televisions." It is not clear, so I thought it needs to use more sources. Overall, this article is well-developed, but it needs to be improved more.