User:NathanWanchulak/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: Recruitment Nathan Wanchulak Gurneet Randhawa Alex Marangoni
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * We have chosen this article as it has direct relation to the course of study, and in the first live sessions when asked about what we look forward to in this course this was part of our answer.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead of the article has a good introductory sentence giving the readers a brief yet concise overview of what is going to be talked about in the article. When stating what will talked about the lead has given us all the major topics that are going to be focused on and are highlighted in the contents table. The lead only includes items that will be talked in the article, it stays to the point and is not providing unneeded information. Overall we think the lead is very concise and to the point, no extra details or overly wordy details are being used.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Content evaluation
The contents of the article are related to the topic of recruitment as it talks about the processes and many methods involved within the system. The content does look to be up to date as it refers to using internet-based technologies which accomplishes a lot of the recruitment process, as well of speaking about the recruitment process and the many ways that recruitment can be done. All the needed content is there in some type of way describing the whole recruitment process or methods of. It touches on many points and methods that relate to recruitment and what ways it can be accomplished. This article does not deal with any equity gaps or historically underrepresented populations or topics, the article actually touches on the fact that there is policies in place to keep discrimination and equity gaps out of the question.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation

 * We believe that the article is written from a neutral stance, all wikipedia articles need to come from a neutral stance because we are not here to voice our opinions. None of the claims in this article are heavily biased, there could be a bias in recruitment of people for positions but as stated toward the end of the article there has been established guidelines made by government groups to prevent bias. As for over or under representation of topics we think that this article is quite well rounded and covers the bases that are needed.
 * No persuasion is seen in this article as it is mainly an informational article giving us the steps and what each step entails in the recruitment process.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
All facts in the article are backed up with a reliable source, there are several academic journals, oxford scholarly articles, UC news, an official US government website, and educational websites with information on recruitment and the hiring process listed in the references. The sources are thorough and provide information on several aspects of recruitment such as taxes, employee environment, and professionalism in the HR environment. The sources are written by a diverse spectrum, there are articles from published authors and students as well. The links are working.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
This article about recruitment is well written/organized in a way that makes it seamless for the reader to comprehend. All the topics are laid out in a proper way and well explained. From what we as a group can see the article looks like it properly spelled and grammatically correct, as wikipedia articles are vetted and edited by so many diverse individuals we think it's safe to say that everything is up to par. As previously stated the article is very well organized as most wikipedia articles are. They all give their topics and subtopics neatly laid out in the contents section, and throughout the article the topics are all covered.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The article does not use any type of images to represent or add to its contents. The article allows the well written and comprehensive paragraphs to do enough explaining for the reader to understand.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Talk page evaluation
There is only one conversation that has been closed, which was discussing the merging of the Recruitment and Recruitment Strategies page. This article is rated as a Start-Class and High-Importance on the project’s importance scale. The article is a part of Wikiproject business. We have not yet discussed recruitment in class since it is a future topic.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
The article status is rated a Start-Class. The strengthens are that the article touches on all the topics and methods of requitement and gives a good understanding about them. A weakness can be is in the talk page some believed that the article can be merged to a previous article due to the similarities that it has. As a group we believe the article is a complete but do to the start-class status there is room for improvement and to be developed more.

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