User:Rajvir Dhaliwal/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: Waneek Horn-Miller
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.- I choose to do Waneek because I was super interested in digging deeper into her life and knowing more about her and her career.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?yes which is the emphasis on Millers life.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? no, everything that is mentioned in the lead is seen throughout the whole wiki.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? No, its short and straight to the point.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, but I feel like there could be a bit more recent facts about her.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?No, everything is pretty relevant.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? no I would say all the information is non-biased.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? No, i would say everything is pretty well balanced.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? Toward the person in a way, because it lists all the good things she has done, rather than not mentioning anything negative about her.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, each fact has a reliable source to get backed up by.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Some of them are dated, which makes me question how reliable they are.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes they all work.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Its easy to follow and well-written.
 * 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?The writer did an amazing job with organizing the article as it is super organized and everything has headings.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


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

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 was no conversations.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?yes, it is a wiki article.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?I would say it differs because its more formal in the way its written, where as in class we talked about them in a more casual way. And mostly talked about how they linked back to classroom discussion.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?The writing is super strong and everything has a flow to it.
 * How can the article be improved? There could be more pictures and there could be some more recent facts added in.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I feel like it could be more developed in the scene that there could be pictures of her and her medals and also updated in the scene of the references.

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