User:Mlewi13/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: Little Red Riding Hood (1997 film)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I have chosen to evaluate this article because it is an assignment in my current Academic Inquiry and Writing class in college. I had to watch the film in response to one of my assignments.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?The lead does include an introductory sentence that describes what the article is going to be generally about.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?The lead does not include a brief description of the article's sections within the article itself. The lead only summarizes the film as a whole and makes a short comparison to other versions on the same story.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?In the lead it talks about how the film is related to the Italian "La finite nonna" but this is the only time it is mentioned throughout the entire article. There is no section farther down that goes into further detail about this.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?I would stretch to say that the lead is even less than concise. The amount of detail in the lead is very minimal, it talks more about the background of the film rather than what was going to be talked about in the article.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?The content in the article is relevant to the topic of David Kaplan's film, Little Red Riding Hood, which is the topic of the article.
 * Is the content up-to-date?The content of the article is up to date but the article hasn't been edited and nothing has been added to it since last year.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?I wouldn't say that there is anything missing from the article but I would say that there should be more information added about the film as what's in the article is very minimal.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral?The article isn't neutral as in the section titled Plot, there is some information about the film that can come off as being seen as someone's personal opinion.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?A claim that seems biased towards a particular position is in the Plot section when it says that Little Red Riding Hood is portrayed as being "less than innocent."
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?I would say that it is neither because there really isn't a lot of information in the article about the film.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?I personally don't think that the article persuades the reader in favor of any position about the film. Overall, the article has a general point of view on the topic.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?All the facts in the article are not backed up by a reliable secondary source. The only source that is listed within the article is the film itself.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?The one source that's there is only thorough because of the fact that it's the film. There should be more sources to back up the information written in the article.
 * Are the sources current?The sources really are not current because there is only one and the article hasn't been edited since last year.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?The link does work.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?Even though there isn't a lot of information within the article, what was written, was written very clearly and it was easy to read. The authors of the article made sure that the information within the article was straight to the point and that there wasn't any extra information to interrupt what they were trying to convey.


 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?There were no grammatical or spelling errors that I picked up on within the article.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?The article is well-organized as it was split up into different sections that reflected major points of the topic. I do think though that more topics should be added to the article so the readers of the article could soak up even more information.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?The only picture that's within the article is the movie poster for the film itself.
 * Are images well-captioned? The image does not have any caption at all.It just says that the photo is an image of the film poster.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?The image adheres to the copyright guidelines of Wikipedia.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?The image isn't put in a visually appealing spot of the article as it is in the upper right corner of the article.

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?There are no topics going on about this article within the talk page. The only comment that is on the talk page is from someone stating that there are no sources backing up the information within the article.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?The article has been rated as Start-Class on the project quality scale. The article is a part of WikiProject Film.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?The difference between how Wikipedia discusses the film in the article and how we talk about the film in class is very different. Wikipedia doesn't really talk about the film as there is very little information within the article. In class we have looked through the film in depth and had several different conversations regarding what certain things may or may not be represented within the film.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status?This article is not listed with the "good article" standings on Wikipedia.
 * What are the article's strengths?A strength within this article is that it gives off its information straight to the point and in a precise way. It doesn't take a long to completely grasp the concepts that the information is trying to tell you.
 * How can the article be improved?A way that the article can be improved is for more information to be added to it as a whole. Adding more information would make the article a more reliable source.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?I would say that the article is poorly developed as it seems like not much time was put into researching the topic. A lot more information could be added to help convey the material it's meant to.