User:Rxstow/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)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Electronic dance music
 * I chose to evaluate this article because it it is the type of music I listen to enjoy. In addition, it is a well covered subject on wikipedia with a long history and a lot of cited sources, coupled with many different subjects.

Yes, the article as a proficient introductory sentence. The EDM article provided a sufficient brief description of the article. The Lead of the article contains sufficient relevant information to the article. The Lead of the article is concise and adequately gets the job done.
 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The articles content is relevant and good information to build the topic. The content covers the history to the present day so it is up-to-date. The end of the article containing festivals is not necessary and is not stated in the Lead, leading me to believe it doesn't belong. The article is fair and does not deal with one of Wikipedias equity gaps. It does not address anything that I believe can be qualified as historically underrepresented.
 * 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?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article is not pursuing a goal, it's just providing information on the subject. I could not find any claims in the article that were biased. All of the sections seem to have the same weight contributing to the overall goal of the topic of EDM. The article does not try to persuade the reader.
 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

The articles are back as each paragraph has several links, and the overall page has 222. sources. The sources contain many books relevant to the topic but since EDM is still progressing there is new information from news sources. The sources are up to date with one of the most recent editions being from 2020. There is a wide spectrum of authors throughout the sources. In addition, they do include historical marginalized individuals. The links that I checked worked.
 * 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?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article leaves out irrelevant information to the topic and it is well structured, starting in the begging and progressing to the present. The article does not have any grammatical or spelling error that I saw when I looked through. This is probably due to the fact that this is a well rated article. The article has a good structure that is progressive and easily digestible to the reader.
 * 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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

The article does not include very many images but it does contain audio files relevant to the topic. The images are well captions with descriptions and links. The images don not violate copyright regulations. Since there isn't a large amount of pictures it feels like they're a little bit out of place.
 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

Some conversations include who is actually important to the history of the music without being biased. The article is rated C-class and the WikiProjects on it are inactive. It is a completely different subject although music is a form of language.
 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The article is rated as a level 5 vital article. The articles strength is its strong Lead that represents the topic well. The article can be improved with more valid sources which will come with time as it hasn't been around that long and it is starting to gain popularity. I still think the article is underdeveloped because there isn't a vast amount of source information on the topic yet.
 * 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?

Optional activity

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