User:Russjord890/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Confirmation bias

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose this article to evaluate because its a term that I thought was easily understandable and that there isn't much more then the definition. Since I believed that i wanted to find out more or be surprised on what I can find out about the term, this being Confirmation Bias, which i personally found to be the easiest to understand and also the easiest to state. Confirmation bias also has roles in many different fields and subjects and there are many examples you can give or present on the subject which also made me want to evaluate the article.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The article I chosen was confirmation bias and it does include a good introductory sentence and it clearly describes and even gives a solid definition of what confirmation bias without closing the sentence of and paraphrasing it leading to further information and gives more of a description to what confirmation bias. in the first couple of words in the introductory sentence clearly states the topic of the article to the reader without getting overly complex. The lead section does give a brief description of what the article is trying to state or defied with confirmation bias. They do this right after the first sentence with going more into the definition given in the introductory sentence. Finishing off evaluating the lead section, there is not any information not presented. it also ins'y overly detailed not using to many complex terms of words, they clearly state the basics of confirmation bias and then go a little into the beginning of where the term came from.

Content

The article is relevant with the content that it has present none of it isn't something to do with the subject of confirmation bias, they also covered serval subject that conformation bias can have a part with in such as law or social media. They are also up to date with research to what is we know about confirmation bias, when looking at the editing history of the article and it has been edited and been active in recent time such as 2022. from my knowledge of confirmation bias and also looking through the sources and content throughout the article there isn't anything missing or anything that seems to be out of place within the article they clearly organizations every section into categories that relate to conformation bias.

Tone and Balance

The article does keep a neutral tone throughout the article, it doesn't give any emotions and simply gives the information of the topic and covers the field or categories. when reading it does not feel like the its trying to making you lean one way or the other it just gives you the facts and research that is given on confirmation bias. they have a nice balance where they don't over or under represent the topic, they overly go back on information and keep going back to the definition of the topic and go more into how it plays a role within that subject confirmation bias lies into. the article also doesn't make you lead towards any side or view point, the article is very clear it what it is trying to do which is stating what confirmation bias and the roles it plays in different categories.

Sources and References

Any references in the article has a link to where they gotten that secondary sources, as-well as any terms that are highlighted in blue and take you to the Wikipedia of that term of subject. there wasn't any missing or any not clearly present or cited within the article, using clear citations. the sources presented come from a broad range of different author's and from different types of sources as well. Sources come from a range of time periods from old to new but they have a solid amount of current sources. they also have a large amount and range of sources and references throughout the whole article no issues with the source, they are reliable and relevant.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is well organized with the first part being the clear basics of what confirmation bias is and then further going into types, history and categories where confirmation bias can be prevalent. you aren't trying to look around for missing parts, it clearly gives you everything and also organizes it in a way that isn't making you look for more down but makes you learn more the more you read. they also make clear and easy to read not making you look anywhere or look for too many definitions outside of other terms with communications. There isn't grammatical issues that I see throughout the article and they tend to be very clear with giving the straight facts or clearly defining it.

Images and Media

The article doesn't have any videos, but there wouldn't be any videos of confirmation bias that is not giving a definition of confirmation bias or explaining it. They do use some pictures but not too much and its more to relate or as a reference to another subject relating towards confirmation such as mock trials. With this article you do not want to many photo because it's a term and with terms which is hard to visually show. All the images follow the copyright regulations, they spread out the photos so they aren't all on one part of article and gone away from the beginning or end.

Talk Page and Discussion

There is not really any types of conversations presented, this is easily because its a set definition, there isn't any debate to what confirmation bias is. you also can not debate if its used or not because of the proven research. This could also be the case since its a featured article which means that its one of the best to offer its also rated a FA which is the highest rating you can get as a article on Wikipedia. the information presented is the same as in class with also similar examples. there is more deeper information, as-well as the history of the topic which is not very covered in detail in class. to summarize the article does not differ what we learned but adds more information to the term.

Overall Impressions

I don't see the article needing the prove anything its rating shows with its work, with it not having any visible mistakes with the information presented, they did not miss anything, as well as no grammatical mistakes or paraphrasing, There isn't any miss sources or not acceptable sources. the strength within the article are the tone being very netrual, they are very clear with the subject presented and not lean any sort of way. its very professional and is organized that was with covering the major points of confirmation bias and also gives categories it falls under. all this makes sense when looking at there rating being the highest with FA and being a featured article.