User:Rumbywilson/Article evaluation

Article Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_loafing#Meta-analysis_study_and_the_Collective_Effort_Model_.28CEM.29

Does the article lead (aka lede) provide a clear overview of the main article content?
Yes, the article is descriptive in its analysis of social loafing concept.

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
The article is able to provide extensive background over social loafing (including history, experiments performed, real life examples). It then proceeded to outline the different ways to reduce social loafing. Even though it was extensive I though that it could have been reduced and turned into a reference to another article

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
This article is neutral, and draws on several research papers (29 different references) to establish it's position.

Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or under-represented?
The articles refers to enough articles so that most viewpoints could be expanded upon. Articles/concepts that we have read about in class were highlighted upon and giving a fair viewpoint. Even though some were more represented then others, I thought overall the article had good coverage over the social loafing concepts

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
Yes the sources are reliable, the sources are associated with high regarded researchers in this field. Also, it has reliable citation to back up the facts stated.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
The information is up to date and refers to articles we have also read about. The last time it was revised was about three years ago.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
Yes the links worked and I was able to verify the numerous facts stated in the article.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
Most of the talk page talks about the restructuring of the article and debates of different article. Some of it is based on previous students saying which changes they want to make to the page and some are people adding in different articles for opinions on whether its relevant to add in the article.

How is the article rated? Here is a link to a tool that shows the automatically-assessed quality of a Wikipedia article revision: http://128.2.204.76:8000/ArticleQuality
Revision ID is: 626842195. However, when inputting that into link it just gives an error at top of URL saying #nogo.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
This article greatly expands about what we have talked about in class. A large portion of our class/quiz was specifically focused on the article we read regarding the Collective Model Effort. However, it differs since it offers extensive background knowledge of it's origins and gives real life examples. It also expands upon the remedies to social loafing