User:Price793/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) Keeling Curve
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. It is centered on material that I am actively learning and studying in a class I am taking.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it does. In fact, it summarizes what the graph represents and where it got it's name.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, it has a table of contents where I can click and be directed to that section.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes but the words not actively used have links where I can be redirected to another page.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is concise and I appreciate the brevity.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, one of the main graphs has most recent data up to 2020
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Not that I can see.

Content evaluation
It looks good

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, simply reporting evidence for a trend that is occurring in Earth's atmosphere.
 * 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. The only potentially biased thing is information regarding Keeling himself. It says in the article that keeling regarded his father's work with pride which may be a fact. But I have not researched the personal work on Keeling at all.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, there is a sentence about Ralph Keeling that says that he continued his father's work in his memory... I'm not sure how important this information is but it should have a source linked to it.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? ALl of the other sources are thorough.
 * Are the sources current? Yes. Most recent publication that is referecned is from 2019
 * 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.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I am aware of.
 * 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. It has the Keeling curve graph which is crucial to seeing the trend. A suggestion would be to include a picture of Keeling himself.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes and they have all of the sources.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes. My only suggestion is to increase the resolution on the Mauna Loa station photo.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There are conversations about why certain paragraphs need to be removed and if the facts regarding dates are accurate. I didn't know that I could do this on wikipedia!!
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is rated C-class and high-importance
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? This article provides more history of the formation of the keeling curve. For instance there is a whole section about other monitoring stations in Big Sur, Olympic Peninsula, and high mountain forests in Arizona. IN particular, he described diurnal behavior of CO2 with excess CO2 at night because respiration takes over and stops light reactions of photosynthesis.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? High importance
 * What are the article's strengths? It clearly communicates how the Keeling curve came about and that it is still used to for CO2 concentrations.
 * How can the article be improved? See comments above.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Feels pretty complete relative to other wikipedia items I have read before.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Keeling Curve