User:Remdog11/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: (link) Elizabeth Blackwell
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I am a health science major and am interested in medicine. I looked up one of the first female doctors in history and Elizabeth Blackwell was the first name shown. I picked her just for this assignment however I do not want to write about her for my project. I feel as if there are more females in the medical field that may not be represented as well as Elizabeth Blackwell on Wikipedia.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, the lead includes an introductory sentence that explains who Elizabeth Blackwell is.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes it expresses that she was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the US. It then discusses that her awards, her desired career, her thesis on typhoid fever, and how she funded New York Infirmary for Women and Children.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, I believe that it does a great job setting up what the topics are going to discuss.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is not overly detailed. There is just enough information to understand what topics the rest of the article will touch on.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes the articles content is relevant to the topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Based on the dates of the citations and edits I believe that the content is up to date. However, I am not sure if there is a better way to check this?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I do not believe so, there is a good amount of information written about each topic.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No I do not believe so
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? I believe that most are. I did find one news article from 2018 on amny.com that I am not sure how reliable it truly is.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes the sources reflect the available literature on the topic.
 * Are the sources current? Some of the sources are current and some of them are not. I believe some of them are not due to the face that Elizabeth Blackwell had passed away in 1910.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? After clicking on a few links I have discovered that yes they do work.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Personally, I think the article is extremely well-written. I enjoyed reading about the information that was present. It was concise, clear, and easy to read due to how the paragraphs were broken up into different categories.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? While reading through the article I did not notice any grammatical or spelling errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes the article is well-organized. This is one of the reasons that I believe the article was clear to the point and easy to read.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes there are six images throughout the article.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes the images are well-captioned. They explain the image in about a sentence and most of them include the year of the photograph.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? I clicked on one of the photos and it says that it is lacking source information so I am not sure if this means that it is not adhering to the Wikipedia's copyright regulations.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes there are not too many but enough to connect the text with a visual.

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? There are conversations about where to add information such as the 19-cent stamp, correcting her birth place, number of siblings, her citizen ship, etc.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Bristol, WikiProject Women's History, WikiProject Women scientists, WikiProject Medicine
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We have not talked about female roles in medicine. We have discussed how they do nurse duties but are not considered nurses during the revolution.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? I believe the article has a good overall status.
 * What are the article's strengths? I think it is nicely broken down into categories, it is easy to read, straight to the point, not distracting by too many pictures and not extremely wordy.
 * How can the article be improved? Making sure that the facts are correct based on the sources that are used.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is well-developed.

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