User:Rblonski/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.

1) Name of article: Author profiling

I have chosen to evaluate "Author profiling," because as an avid reader, I am not only interested in stories, but also in the people who took the time to write what I have found myself to enjoy. For the authors of ages past, how were we able to figure out, with accuracy, their profile? I read this article to find out more.

1) Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead includes an appropriate introductory sentence to the topic. However, the introduction is solely one sentence. There are no brief descriptions of the articles major sections as it only has one section, the overview. There is very little information in the lead, such that it is nearly non existent. There needs to be more detail.

2) Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
The content is relevant to the topic, however, there is a lot of content missing. For example: there is a very vague description of the subfields of AAI, the authors claim that things have changed due to technology but doesn't elaborate or back up such a claim with citations. In fact, several citations are needed as well. Overall the article needs more detail and added depth.

3) Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The article has a very neutral tone. I could not detect any bias. Because the article only consists of an overview, it is very brief and several points are vague and underrepresented. A brief example is when the author mentioned a profiling characteristic of Zodiacs but does not elaborate.

4) Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
Not all the facts are cited with sources. For example, the author mentions PAN but does not define the acronym nor provide a source in the proper place right after the word. Many sources are tagged at the end of sentences. Some citations didn't seem relevant to the article, such as Author profiling. It doesn't seem to be an appropriate fit to the article as the topic is different from the content of the article. Although the source links work, there are a lot of information in the sources while the article hardly seems to utilize the sources. One sentence has six sources attached to the end. It is hard to determine which source goes to the appropriate content within the sentence.


 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
I do not believe this to be a clear and concise article. It is easy to read only because the briefest explanations are given. However it lacks in detail. The grammar and structure seemed to be fine, however, in my personal opinion, I would rewrite the following sentence, "The author profiling task is a yet unsolved problem." "Is a yet unsolved problem," does not sound very natural to me. I believe a more simple way of getting the point across would be something like, "The author profiling task has yet to be solved/ is still unsolved/ has not been solved." Due to the amount of sources, the article could use more elaboration. Such elaboration would create the proper sections and bring about more major points to the topic.

5) Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
There are no images with this article.

6) Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
There are no conversations on the articles TALK page. However, the article itself is of a START-class on the quality scale and still has yet to receive a rating. This article is within the sphere of WikiProject Linguistics. To my knowledge, this topic was not discussed in class.

7) Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
Overall I would label this article as poorly developed. There is a one sentence introduction and a very short overview. There is very minimal use of the sources, citations needed, and most information in the article is very underrepresented. However, it does have a strength in getting across the general idea of the topic. If the article could elaborate more into many details, such as the major fields of AAI, the article would be greatly improved and provide readers with a wider understanding of the topic.

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