User:Nicole Lenz/Evaluate an Article

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 * Yoruba People: Yoruba people
 * I found the naturalism in some of their artwork to be astonishing. I wanted to see if what we learned in class lined up with the article.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

Yes, the lead is very concise and has a clear relationship with the topic of the article. They included everything from the population-size, demographics, language, but they didn't discuss religion or art in their lead. They also didn't mention food or fashion in the lead, but I'm not sure if this would have been necessary. They mentioned Itsekiri twice in the lead, but don't mention this area again in the article. I think the first paragraph in the lead is very concise.


 * 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 content is closely related to the topic. Most of their sources come from the 21st century, but I did notice quite a few of "citation needed" behind some of their information. and the only content I would have been interested in is the current relationship of Yoruba communities with other surrounding communities.


 * 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 is pretty neutral and non-biased.


 * 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

Not all facts are backed up. There are a lot of "citations needed" for some of the information. The talk page also mentions people editing and using false population figures, as well as unverifiable references. This is extremely concerning. However, I do notice a lot of the sources are current. The links I checked worked.


 * 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

For the most part, it's well-written. Some of the sentences which are just lists of different counties and groups can seem to run-on, but there's not much that can be done about that. Perhaps breaking it up into bullet points would make it easier on the eye?


 * 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

Yes, there are multiple images. I think the ones used to show different regions, artworks, foods, and fashion are extremely helpful. Most are captioned very well, but there are some which could use a little more description (for example: the one under the festivals section which only says "Eyo Olokun" or "Eyo figure in Lagos"). The only image which I found kind of confusing was the last one. It was far too small and I didn't really understand what it was illustrating without the caption. All images do adhere to the regulations and laid out in a visually appealing way.


 * 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

I'm not going to lie: I don't really understand how to read some of the posts in the talk page. I'm not familiar with talk-page conversation. It appears there are some posts on the history section, the infobox, paramaters, genetics, external links, etymology and so on. Some are asking about what are appropriate ways to refer to people from the Yoruba communities. There are also comments on how information on the page keep getting 'vandalized', which is troublesome. The page has a B-rating, and seems to be part of a wikiproject.

The page spoke a lot about the diaspora, which is something we haven't discussed as much in our class. We have mainly focused on the arts.


 * 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

I would say the overall status is pretty credible, but I just have an issue with some of the sources still being needed. I think the article did a great job discussing how all the Yoruba communities are split up and in different areas, and proving context for how this happened. They provided a lot of information on the arts and mentioned a lot of what I've learned in my class. I also like how they linked some information to other pages which gave a more in-depth look at certain topics. However, we learned about a concept of 'ori inu' and 'ori ode': the inner and outer head. I don't think this was ever mentioned in the article. I would say the article is practically complete, but could some sources need to be accounted for, as well as a few key concepts. The talk page made me realize there were some other issues with the page, so I think a B-rating is fair.


 * 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?

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