User:RamirezAlejandro305/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Interpersonal deception theory

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have decided to evaluate Interpersonal deception theory because I believe that it is one of the most interesting topics in communication theory. The fact that people lie in many of their interactions with others (regardless if the other individual is a stranger or their significant other) is incredible to me. But, this theory also mentions that deception can be used because of multiple factors and for different outcomes.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section


 * The lead introduction sentence provides a clear description and a simplified definition of Interpersonal Deception Theory.
 * The lead also provides a brief description of one of the articles major sections such as the history of IDT.
 * Thankfully, the lead does not mention any information outside of what is included in the article.
 * After the first few sentences of the introduction, the lead begins to elaborate more about IDT, which I feel was unnecessary.

Content


 * The content provides an organized list of all aspects of the theory, which include the history, propositions, criticisms, and experiments (just to name a few)
 * The content provides studies and notes from the 1990's to the 2010s.
 * For the most part, I believe that everything included in this article fits perfectly, though the online dating section to me seemed to be excessive.
 * One gap that this article mentions is the online dating scene and how it is affected by IDT.

Tone and Balance


 * The article could be slightly unbalanced

Sources and References
 * The article deems to favor more of the receiver role over the deceiver (sender of deception) role, as it had dedicated an entire section to the receiver, while the deceiver has none.
 * The viewpoint on online dating is arguably one of the largest sections in this article
 * Every viewpoint features valid references
 * In the 'Receiver role' section, there is some evidence of the author (possibly unintentionally) favoring the receiver role and including statements such as "A deceiver must manage" and "humans have a predisposition to believe what they are told"


 * The notes and references features a wide range of scholarly articles and valid research studies
 * Most of the references are linked to studies on IDT, whereas a few others are guides or social psychology bulletins
 * The sources provided are from 1997 to the most up to date reference being from 2006.
 * The article provides information from many different authors
 * There are many different paths of finding sources, but most of them are outdated, with only a handful of studies from the 2010's
 * The links in this article work

Organization and Writing Quality


 * This article made it simple and easy to understand IDT
 * From what I can see, there are no spelling or grammatical errors
 * The article has bullet points, a contents box, bold text, and the overall layout is organized

Images and Media

Talk Page Discussion
 * The article lacks images, other than a photo of Sigmund Freud.
 * The one and only image is well captioned.
 * Yes, the imagine is available in the public domain and adheres to Wikipedia's regulations.
 * The image is appealing as it is clear and in a respectful position within the article


 * In terms of discussions, there is not much, but the few conversations on there are about newcomers wanting to volunteer and cleanup the article, and introductions from volunteers from different schools, also they give each other encouraging messages like "wonderful edit"
 * This article is "within the scope of wikiproject psychology".
 * The wikipedia explanation is more from the books, whereas in-class there are more examples from personal experiences or from videos

Overall Impressions


 * This article has a rating of "start-class" on the projects quality scale
 * The strengths of the article is that it is very organized and packed with information
 * This article could be improved by adding more photos and more deceiver information and examples.
 * I believe that this article was well-developed and is edited by students from top schools.