User:Natinat0519/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: Global warming
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I have chosen this article because it pertains to my digital campaign perfectly. My digital campaign is about global warming. Reading this article will make me have a further understanding of the topic I will be discussing.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The introductory sentence completely summarizes what the whole article is about. it gives a good explanation about global warming without going too in depth. The lead did a great job introducing all of the article's major sections. It gave a brief description of every topic that is discussed in the article. These sections include: observed temperature rise, physical drivers of recent climate change, climate change feedback, models, projection & carbon budget, effects (of global warming), responses, society and culture, history of the science, and terminology. The lead did not include a lot of information about the history of global warming or how the term global warming was adapted. The lead was very concise and gave a great explanation on what global warming was without going too in depth.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The article content is relevant to the topic. The article never strays off topic and all the main points are discussed. Many of the sources used for the article were from late 2019 meaning the article is up-to-date. Everything discussed in the article was relevant to the topic and necessary to thoroughly explain global warming, so there was no missing information or content that did not belong.


 * 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?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article remained neutral over all. No opinions were given and it did not bias any particular positions. The article does talk about opposing views and how there are people that do not believe it exists, but the overall tone was neutral. Since the article was about global warming, the viewpoint points more towards those that believe that global warming exists. This does not mean that the article underrepresented the opposite views. It was gives information on the topic of global warming and backs up its points with factual information. In a way, the article does attempt to persuade the reader to favor a position and this is because it gives all the information to back up that global warming does in fact exist.


 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

All the facts are backed up by secondary and primary reliable sources of information. The sources include a plethora of information on global warming and come from credited sources. The sources are from multiple years but the majority come from late 2019 so they are current. The links work when attempting to access them.


 * 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?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is very well written. It is easy to follow and very clear on what is is discussing. There are no spelling or grammatical errors present throughout the article. The topic is broken down into many sections that talk about different things. This was done very well because it kept it very well organized.


 * 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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

Many images are included throughout the article. This helps enhance the understanding of the topic. Many graphs are included and this is crucial for interpreting the information given in the article. The images are well captioned because they are very clear and straight to the point. If more information were to be given in the captions of the images, the reader would not want to read it and get confused. All images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. They are all cited and come from a reliable source. The images are placed in a visually appealing way, meaning there are not too many and they are all evenly spaced out.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

A large conversation going on about the article is about changing the title to just climate change. There is a WikiProject involving climate change, which has to do with global warming. It is also mentioned that the article is of interest to many WikiProjects. The article is rated as a featured article. We have not spoken about global warming in class. The way we discuss topics though is similar to the way that Wikipedia does. There are discussions that go on and people can reply to each other.


 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

Overall, the article is very well put together. It talk about everything that it needs to and addresses global warming very well. The strengths of the article would have to be the amount of information given, the data provided in pictures as well as in text, and its wide variety of sources. The article could be improved by adding more charts and graphs to describe the data because that really helps with interpreting the information. The article seems complete. There is not much information that needs to be added. It was developed very well.


 * 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?

Optional activity

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