User:Raul28th/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: (Zapotec peoples)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I picked this article because it relates to what we are learning in my linguistics course. This topic is about talks one of the many indigenous communities that speak an indigenous language. The course I'm taking is about languages and the need to identify characteristics such as morphology and syntax.

Lead

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, the Lead explained in the first sentence about what this topic about which is the history of the Zapotec people.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, most sections do a include a brief description on what the topic is about. However, there are some sections that don't include a description but the tittle of the section is enough.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? The Lead does not include information that is not present in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? I believe that the Lead was very concise when explaining the different sections in this article. I believe that the Lead included the necessary amount of detail that explains the life's of the Zapotec people.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The content of this article is relevant to the topic because it's giving descriptions of the social relationship of this indigenous group.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Since this topic is more about the society within this group, I do believe the content is up-to-date with information. However, I do feel it never hurts to check if something should happen such as a significant change in that particular group.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? After reading this topic on the Zapotec people, I do believe that all the content shown in this topic is relevant   when talking about the daily life's of the Zapotec people. However, I do believe that there should be a section that briefly talks about their language even though there is already a section for the Zapotec language.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? I believe that this article is related to a topic where it focuses on the historically underrepresented.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes, this article is neural. It does not give an opinion that persuades the reader.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? As I read this article, it was never biased to any position. This article focused explaining the topic without favoring a certain biased view.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I believe there are some points that are misrepresented when it talks about the social roles of men in the Zapotec community. I feel that this article focus more when talking about the roles of women.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? This article does a good job in making sure that the reader does not feel persuaded in favoring a particular topic.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, I believe they are . Every time I read an important fact, I noticed that citations were made at the end of an idea throughout the article.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? I believe that the sources are very thorough, they represent what this topic is about. Since this article was about the Zapotec people, there were several sources that talked about the Zapotecs. However there are some sources that are other Wikipedia pages which may not have enough information on the topic.
 * Are the sources current? There are some sources that are current but there are some sources that may be out of date. Some sources are from the 1990's.
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? The sources is written by a diverse set of authors who are used as evidence for certain points made in the article such as Lyn Stephen and Ana Tintocalis. I don't believe this article includes marginalized individuals.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? I checked a few links and they do work.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? I do believe that this article was clear to read and well organized. The article divided topics by section in order to not confuse the reader.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I did not not see any grammatical errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article is well organized. I noticed how they divided into different sections when talking about history and religion.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? I believe this article would benefit if more images were added to enhance the understanding of the topic. Currently there are only two pictures for the whole article.
 * Are images well-captioned? The only picture that displays the Zapotec people is well captioned. However, I believe that current ones should be added as well.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, I do believe that all images adhere Wikipedia's copyright regulations.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? There are only three pages spread out through the whole article. When I look at the article I see that there is so much text that could be represented with images.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? A conversation that I found in the talk page is that this article is too short. They feel there can be more information added about the Zapotec people. In the talk page I found suggestions in how this article can be improve such as more citations and more topics added.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I would rate this article in the medium level and it's not part of any WikiProjects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? In class we talked about certain groups and their languages. Although there is already an article just for Zapotec languages, I do feel there should have been a section added about the language.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? The status of this article is that it's a page where people may have access to who the Zapotec people are.
 * What are the article's strengths? The strength's of this article is that it did a good job in including information  that explains what the topic is about.
 * How can the article be improved? I believe the article can improve with more content added and images that further enhance the information shown.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I believe that this article is between well and underdeveloped. I believe it could be developed further more.

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