User:Nbernal2020/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: Sustainability studies (Sustainability studies)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I've chosen to evaluate this article because I think it is a really important issue that we don't spend enough time talking about. I think it is very relate able to our lives and can make a huge impact on the future.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? It has a contents sections below the introductory sentence. There aren't many categories, but there are a few.
 * 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 concise because it gives a definition of what the article is about and then the goals of what sustainability studies focus on.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? No, the last time it was updated or worked on was in 2018.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? The content that it says it going to talk about it present in the article, but I think the article could do with some current events that are related to sustainability (it would make it more relate able and get people thinking about what is going on with sustainability today).

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The shift towards sustainability could have gone more into depth of what is happening now in the 21st century. As well with careers in sustainability, there should be a bit more detail that should have gone into that by giving examples of each job and how it's related to sustainability.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? The article mainly uses on source of outside information.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes.
 * Are the sources current? No, most date back to 2018.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Minimal grammar errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? There's really only one main section about sustainability, and it is well written with information and facts.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? 2 images (one of the earth, and one graph).
 * Are images well-captioned? Not really. (One image has a sentence under it and the other has nothing).
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? N/A
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? N/A
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't yet discussed this topic in class (but I do think it would be really interesting to be able to incorporate it into discussions dealing with social media because there are so many connections that could be made).

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? I think there is a fair amount of information.
 * What are the article's strengths? Strengths are that the article focuses directly on sustainability. The weaknesses are that I don't think the second section (careers in sustainability) has enough effort put into it, I feel like it needed to be more descriptive that what it showed.
 * How can the article be improved? More detail in job descriptions of sustainability, and more up to date pictures that show what sustainability is and how it is used in everyday life.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Overall, a bit underdeveloped. Just missing some detailed information that could enhance it.

Optional activity

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