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 * Name of article: (link)Ghosts in Polynesian culture
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.I have always been interested in peoples beliefs about ghosts. I thought it would be fun to see how other cultures look at them as well.

Lead

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, right off the bat it goes into two words that they refer to the ghosts as. Followed by some symbols and legends about the ghosts which gives a good opening into what they talk about later. The last paragraph concludes with how the Polynesian people view the ghosts.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, the longest section is about the legends about the ghosts which is in fact mentioned in the opening of the article.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, the legends, influences, and arts cover all the topics that were talked about in the Lead.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is pretty concise. It gives the information provided for the reader to understand why they're getting told that.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?Yes, the article is about the ghosts in the Polynesian culture and you do get told information about this topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? For the most part yes, There are a lot of articles from the 2000's up to 202 but there are also some from 1995.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? The last two sections could use more information to them.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? No, everything is pretty consistent and the articles used are from many different years so there is a lot of data collected from different periods.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes, all it is doing is providing the information to the one reading it.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, there are examples being told form people having experiences with ghosts but I don't think that's bias its just showing interactions with the ghosts.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The sections about the Legends and Art are very underrepresented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? All this article is doing is informing us about the stories that the Polynesians have with ghosts. I guess this could come off as persuasion to believe in ghosts but I don't think that's how this was intended.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, there are a lot of books cited so that gives some more credibility to it.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes, the sources provided do back up what is shown.
 * Are the sources current? Most of them are yes.
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? Yes, when I clicked on each source there were multiple sources from different people but a certain book did show up about two or three times.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, they all work.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, except two topics just need more information.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? None that I can find.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, the legends further explains what was talked about in the Lead and the Arts topic reflects on the symbols portion that was talked about in the beginning.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? One image is provided.
 * Are images well-captioned? The one image shown is captioned to explain what is going on.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, the title, author, and date is provided and the link attached does work.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? The only image is placed at the top so you can't miss it which I guess is a good thing.

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? Just about how there needs to be more information added.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is part of the Polynesian and New Zealand projects. Rated start-class on quality scale and low-important on importance scale.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It is discussed in a very poor way and that comes off to me as an article that is not very good.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? I would say it is decent.
 * What are the article's strengths? Starting off with a strong opening to describe what I would be reading later.
 * How can the article be improved? More pictures and information added to the last two topics.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Poorly developed.

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