User:Pinguicula dilemma/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) Acacia koa
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen to this article to evaluate because it relates to the required topic of "Plants" for Applied Plant Ecology course, as it centers around a specific plant type. Also, this page has been labeled as C-class quality and is of high importance; making it a good source to edit and improve.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? No
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise, not detailed at al, very brief.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? No
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes, content can be more detailed

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? No
 * 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? Yes
 * Are the sources current? No
 * 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, nut there can be room for improvement.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Discussions about addressing the current conservation status of the plant has been mentioned and the threats and recovery. conversations of contradictory information has also been addressing and the need for citations.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is a C-class article. The article is rated as a C-Class plant articles, High-importance plant articles for the WikiProject Plants articles. It is also rated a C-Class Hawaii articles and rated as High-importance Hawaii articles for the WikiProject Hawaii articles
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? In class articles were never addressed as being from different classes, such as c-class or S-class. also the Wikipia connects the dots from the information given in class.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? The article needs so improvement.
 * What are the article's strengths? It provides a good and accurate overview of what the article will address and the citations are from good sources.
 * How can the article be improved? Yes. With citations and adding in other important and more relevant up-to date information.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?I would say the article is underdeveloped. it does do a good job of scratching the surface of information but does not include all required information. It is very scares and the information provided has contradicting information, citations are needed.

Optional activity

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