User:Nautigate/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: (link) History of glass
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I used to work at the Corning Museum of Glass as and Explainer. After going through a six-month training program, I would be stationed at a cart within the museum, in order to answer any questions about glass. Because the museum covered a large variety of glass topics, I had to be prepared to answer questions about the history of glass, glass science and technology, art glass through different centuries, etc.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * "The history of glass-making dates back to at least 3,600 BCE in Mesopotamia, however some claim they may have been producing copies of glass objects from Egypt."
 * Dives straight into the the time range of glass-making, which is a good place to start, since this is a history page. It might be interesting to add another fact about the latter end of the history, like mentioning some kind of important events that happened within that time period of then to now.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Gives a brief description of some of the major sections
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Not that I could see
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * ...it almost isn't concise enough. It seem pretty vague and it's "summaries/brief descriptions" talk more about the excavation of the history by archaeologists instead of the actually history of the glass in that time period.

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?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

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?

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?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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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