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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: (link)Music education for young children
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. There is not much information for this article, and i have a love for music. The potential application of music into early-life education could be tremendous in terms of mental and emotional health.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? No.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? It does not completely describe the article's major sections.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is too concise.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content is relevant up to the 2015, which is the latest year of references archived.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is not enough information about the benefits and scientfic backing for those benefits, among sociological studies of the social effects from the topic.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? WhIle the article is mostly neutral, it does start to stray in favor of the topic through the informality of some sentences.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There are a few viewpoints that are underrepresented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? I do not believe the article is intentionally trying to sway the reader.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current? Most of the sources are from later than 2007, so I would say the sources are relatively current.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Half of the links are not accessible.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? The writing style is too informal in sections which does not support the validity of such an article.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? There are a couple grammatical errors. There could be better ways to phrase certain sentences 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 not well organized.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes.
 * Are images well-captioned? The images are not captioned.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? No.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes.

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 are mostly about how porrly done the article is.
 * 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? We have not talked about this topic in class.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? This is not a reliable article for educational purposes.
 * What are the article's strengths? The topic is introduces a study that can be beneficial to human development.
 * How can the article be improved? More in-depth information can be submitted to explain the benefits of music education at a young age with scientific background to support it. The article needs to be grammatically cleaned up and fact-checked.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? This article is underdeveloped in my opinion. There needs to be more references and backing for the statements made in the article.

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