User:Mmoore.2914/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.


 * Lion’s Mane Jellyfish Talk:Lion's mane jellyfish
 * This article is in need of more work, as well as being an interesting topic to learn about while improving it.

Lead

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 * The lead does not include much about what it is going to talk about in the article. It gets straight to the points it is trying to make without much explanation. It asks a couple of questions that are confusing and misleading.
 * There is a table of contents that shows what the article will be talking about, yet it just goes right into explaining the jellyfish.
 * The lead just includes quotes and questions which doesn’t really make the article easy to understand.
 * There is a lot of irrelevant information in the beginning of the article.

Content

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 * There is some information that has to do with the topic of the article, but also some irrelevant information. Also, the information is dragged out and very biased.
 * The content is back in the early 2000’s which is not up to date.
 * There is some information that does not belong, like a section on a TV quiz show, and RedOrbit.com which makes this biased.

Tone and Balance

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 * No the article is very biased and heavily opinionated.
 * Claims about other sources giving out incorrect information about the Jellyfish.
 * There are a lot of viewpoints in the article that explain a lot of mistakes that other sources have made about the animal, and little information about the animal itself.
 * The article tends to persuade people to believe that other sources are not being honest and sharing the correct information.

Sources and References

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 * Not all sources look creditable or reliable with good information.
 * The sources do not seem to be literature based on the topic that the article is suppose to be discussing.
 * No most of the sources are out dated.
 * Yes. The links that I’ve checked do work.

Organization

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 * No the article is very difficult to read and understand. It does not appear to be written in a way that provides the information clearly and effectively.
 * Yes, I have noticed several grammatical and spelling mistakes.
 * The article is broken into sections that the article is suppose to talk about, yet some of the sections do not explain information that is relevant or important to the topic.

Images and Media

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 * Yes there are several images that show the Jellyfish.
 * No the images are not captioned.
 * No they do not.
 * No the images are linked so they are not seen without clicking on the link.

Checking the talk page

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 * That people misunderstand the jellyfish.
 * This project is rated a C and it part of a Wikipedia project.
 * They include a lot of factual information and less biased.

Overall impressions

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 * It needs a lot of improvement on the information, clarity, and the structure.
 * There are some good facts within the article.
 * The certain information can be improved and the ideas discussed.
 * The article is underdeveloped and could use more information. Also, the information needs to be clearer.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Why would you include a TV quiz show as a source?