User:Rachaelpurifoy/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: Ellen Prince
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. This article has little to no specified and researched information on Ellen Prince, aside from the fact that she was widely known in the area of Pragmatics and what her main focus was.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? The Lead does not include a concise and clear introduction of the article's topic. It does mention she was a linguist but mainly provides irrelevant information about her birthday.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? The Lead does not include any description of the article's major sections because there are not any major sections.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? There really is no lead for this article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The "Lead" does not exist in the sense that it provides an introduction or overview of the entire article.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The content of the article is relevant to the assumed topic, which is the description of Prince's career and impact on Linguistics.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content is up to date.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Even though there is relevant content, the content is severely lacking in-depth detail about Prince's career and impact as a linguist. There is also a lack of detail about what she discovered in her research and how she became an acclaimed linguist.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? The article is neutral but there is an essay feel.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? There are no biased claims.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Prince's impact is very underrepresented. It would be helpful for a reader to know how she impacted fellow linguists and universities with her research.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of any position.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? There are sources for all of the facts, but the references do not lead directly to the articles they are referring to, just the website of articles that they used.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? The sources are thorough.
 * Are the sources current? The sources are current.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Not all of the links work, such as Ellen Prince's own page.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? It is concise and clear but does not have specific sections to better organize the article and its main points.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I did not detect any spelling or grammatical errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? There are no sections for the article, but there is also not enough information to break into sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? There are no images.
 * Are images well-captioned? n/a
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? n/a
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? n/a

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 is a conversation about Prince's contributions and how the article fails to provide them.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated as Start-Class. It is a part of WikiProject Biography and WikiProject Women.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Wikipedia focuses on acclaims and credit whereas in class we discuss the research in relation with Pragmatics and try to understand them.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths? The article skims on Prince's career and provides the reader with the main focus of Prince's research.
 * How can the article be improved? The article can be organized with sections, and with more sections comes more relevant information about Prince's research and the specifics of the topics she focused on.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is underdeveloped in that it only skims the surface of Prince's career and research.

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:Ellen Prince