User:NiqueMallory/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) Human Mating strategies
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

I went through the academic disciplines, and just followed what came to mind.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? No, but it defines mating strategies
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Very concise

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? I wouldn't say so because it doesn't talk about Rape or sex trafficking etc.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is repetition of content, and lack of information about infidelity
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? I don't believe so, because the way in which humans mate has been studied by psychologist.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?No
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Not bias per say, but their thoughts do come through.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I think the aspect of religion and family is underrepresented
 * 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? Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Not really because they missing important content related to mating, meaning they missed that research too. But, they do have a bunch of sources.
 * Are the sources current? Fairly closest to date is in 2015
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? yes
 * 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? It's concise and easy to read but some areas like dating and match making can be extended,
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? None that I came across
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes just missing key sections for instance rape.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? It has one image and that image just barely represents the topic.
 * Are images well-captioned? Not to my standards
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes as an attention getter, but there needs to be more images.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Not really a conversation, more of a plea for more research.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It's in a 6 wiki projects one being Wiki project psychology, and it's rated B mid to low importance.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I guess I should have choose something more related to technology.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? C it needs to be improved greatly.
 * What are the article's strengths? It seems to have good source information and the information they do have seems pretty accurate in a skim read.
 * How can the article be improved? This article can improve by adding images related to the topic, update the subheading to depict more recents aspects of mating like how Social Media hinders one on one connection, or how predators use it to sniff out little girls etc. I just feel the article doesn't hit all the aspects of mating.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think that this article is underdeveloped.

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