User:PHYS 563 Student (KT)/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Astroparticle physics

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article as it is a good overview of the course I am taking.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

The Lead section provides a good intro, laying out the definition of the astroparticle physics, and stating what the field includes. Certain topics that are talked about late in the article are previewed, but not all. The lead section is a little sparse, for example it should mention experimental facilities which is a topic (header) that is talked about in the article.

Content:

The content is relevant to the topic and helps you better understand the field of astroparticle physics. The content is also up to date for the most part. However there is some content that could be added which could help the reader better understand the material. For example a subsection, in the history section that could be added is one about who the most important people are in developing this field.

Tone and Balance:

The tone and balance is very well done. From reading the article, no bias comes across. The author speaks from a neutral point of view and does not pick a side.

Sources and Reference:

Sources, references, and links are provided in the article to show where the information in the article is coming from. Some sources are older, but there are newer and current sources as well. The newest one being published in 2018. Looking at a few of the references, the information in the references reflects the information written in the article. Additionally the external links work and lead to relevant webpages. The sources are diverse in terms of the authors and where they are coming from. One critique would be to include more peer-reviewed articles as sources as opposed to just random articles that aren't the most reliable.

Organization and writing quality:

The writing is clear and concise with very few grammar/spelling errors. Additionally, the structure of the article makes sense. The topics are in a proper order, and the information is under the correct headers.

Images and Media:

This article includes no images in the article, which is really hurts the reader's ability to understand the concepts.

Talk Page Discussion:

The article is rated in the Start class (S) and is given high importance. There is not much discussion going on the talk page. There are 3 different entries, all of which were not responded to. Some of the points brought up by a few of them is interesting though. Since this is just a overview on Astroparticle physics, the way we talked about it in class is very comparable to how it is presented here.

Overall Impressions:

Overall, based on what is there, the author has done a decent job for the most part, however the article as a whole is not very detailed, as noted by the grade of S given by Wikipedia. A lot more important and useful content can be added to better this article in my opinion. Ultimately, this is a good start, but the article is not yet fully developed.