User:Ruiyishen2000/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: Virtual reality
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

I want to read some details about the team podcast assignment while completing this evaluation. I am also very interested in virtual reality.

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?

It is very concise with only a few hundred words.

Lead evaluation
The lead of the article includes a general and clear definition of the article's topic and is very concise. However, it only touches briefly on the application of this topic, but did not provide readers with a breakdown of the article's subtopics. All information that the lead includes are described more in detail in some section of the content later. The lead only has a few hundred words, which makes it very easy to read. A reader finding this article could just understand what this article is about and what the topic of this article is just simply through reading the lead.

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
This article's content is very relevant to the topic, describing the history, evolution, application and challenges of the topic. The content is not up-to-date enough from my perspective. In the application and history part, the article divides the topic into several periods of time. Among those time sections, the most recent is 2010 - present. But only very few applications in the recent years are included. I think that it lacks some explanation of the technology mechanism of the topic. After introducing the history of the topic, it should include some detailed explanation of the how the current virtual reality systems work, and what physical principles does it involve.

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 overrepresented, 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 is very neutral overall. It does not have any sections in which it describes how a technology is better than another. It is a subjective overview of the development of virtual reality technology. In describing the challenges of virtual reality, it did not overemphasize on some points compared to the other. Meanwhile of describing the challenges of virtual reality, the article also includes some information about the benefits that it provides us with. Therefore, the article does not try to persuade the reader of any position that the editor is in support for.

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
The article is very well-backed up by other reliable sources. There are a total of 114 sources for this article, of which most of them are adapted from books and journals. Nearly every sentence of this article has a source. The sources include a lot of key words related to the topic that the readers and easily identify, and if interested, go upon to read. Some sources seem to be out-of-date as they are from more than 10 years ago. But most of these older sources are for the introduction of the history of the topic. I clicked some links that the sources provided, and they all led me to the page.

Organization

 * 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
The article is well-written, especially in the part where it introduces application. It is very concise, followed by chronological order, and does not include too much information that is too professional to read. As far as when I was reading the article, I did not see any grammatical or spelling errors. The syntax of the sentences are also very clear. The article is very well-organized, clearly following the subtopics and has a very smooth flow of leading the readers into a detailed introduction to the topic.

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
The article includes a lot of images but I don;t think all of then help enhance understanding of the topic. Some of the images are for specific applications of virtual reality, which are necessary, but there are a lot of repetitive ones that do not serve any purpose other than making the article page look better. They do not help with explaining any concept. All of the images are well-captioned. They all have sources of the image attached. The layout of the images are not so appealing. Most of the images are clustered on one side of the web page, which I think makes the page look unappealing. If they can be more spread out, it might look better.

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 some ongoing conversations in the talk page. Some of them include general information about the sources of new information that can be included in the Wikipedia page. Some are about errors or unclear expressions in the article. This article is rated with a C-class, and it is involved in 5 different WikiProjects, including computer science, video games, robotics, science fiction, and visual arts. The way that Wikipedia discusses the topic is more professional, more detailed, and more neutral. It does not hold any opinion regarding to the topic, but just a very general introduction and explanation to concepts. It is more objective than the conversation that we have in daily lives.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * 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
The article overall is well-written. It has very clear structure and each part of the subtopic is very thoroughly explained with reliable resources. I think the article can rearrange the images and maybe delete some of them to avoid the web page being too clustered. However, it is still very well-developed and clear about the topic that it explains.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

with four tildes — ~


 * Link to feedback: