User:Ryoma Masutani/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.


 * Liberal arts education
 * I chose this topic because I'm taking the liberal arts education in my unversity.

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?

Lead evaluation

 * Yes, I think the Lead includes an introductory sentence and a brief descroption of the article's major sections.
 * Yes, this article does not include information that is not presentin the article. I think the Lead is concise enough and easy to understand.

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?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Content evaluation

 * Yes, I think that the article's content relevant to the topic.
 * I think the content is up-to-date because of some references derived from articles published in recent years. On the other hand, some content relies on old articles (20 to 30 years ago). Therefore, I also consider some parts of the information might be outdated.
 * One concern of equity gaps is its explanation that analyzes liberal arts from regional perspectives. In this part, the article explains the history and today's liberal arts education in the divided regions such as the US, Europe, and Asia. However, there is no explanation about several regions, such as Latin America, South America, and Africa. I believe that some educational institutions provide a liberal art education in these regions. Therefore, I feel that this article is prejudiced and deals with the developed area too much.

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

 * Yes, the article's tone is neutral.
 * As I stated above, this article overrepresents the developed areas such as the US as well as Europe and underrepresents the developing region such as Latin America and Africa.
 * The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position and away from another.

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?
 * 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?

Sources and references evaluation

 * Most facts in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information. However, some facts are based on the websites whose domain includes .com. Since this domain means the website has a commercial purpose, I think these websites contain biased information that attempted to persuade website visitors to this its owner's position.
 * I think many sources are current.
 * Most links correctly worked.
 * One section does not cite any sources.

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; it is concise and clear.
 * However, some sections of the article do not reflect the major point of the topic. This article separated the section based on the region. In Europe's section, the author (authors) explains one country's liberal arts in some paragraphs, and s/he describes several countries in other paragraphs. I feel that it makes the article complicated and difficult to read.

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

 * Yes, it includes some images that enhance understanding of the topic. Also, they are well-captioned.
 * Although I found two images' permission details in the article, I cannot find other two images' permission details.
 * I think we can improve the layout of images more appealingly.

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

 * In the talk pages, some Wikipedians asked the question about the article's content, and other Wikipedians replied to them. Other conversations is mainly about the reports of modification.
 * It has been rated as C-class.
 * It is a part of WikiProjects following.
 * WikiProject Literature (Rated C-class, High-importance)
 * WikiProject Mathematics (Rated C-class, High-priority)
 * WikiProject Philosophy (Rated C-class, High-importance)
 * WikiProject Science (Rated C-class, High-importance)
 * WikiProject Higher Education (Rated C-class)
 * I think that Wikipedia has concrete measures to assess the article; therefore, it can assess the article objectively. It may differ from how we've talked about it in class because our assessments are dependent on our measurements that might be biased.

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

 * I think that the article is well-organized so far, but still has many imporvement points.
 * The article's strength is that the argument based on the regional separation of librel arts. By doing so, the article can explain the relationship between liberal arts and its regional characteristics. For example, although Germany has tradition of liberal arts education, since students are supposed to take a comprehensive liberal arts education at gymnasia (high school, grammar school), liberal arts education in undergraduate program in unversity is not active comapred to the US education.
 * I suggest two ways to improve this article. First, it need to cover the liberal arts in Latin America and Africa. By exlaining about liberal arts in these regions, it con cover the liberal arts education around the world. Second, there are more things to argue. As the liberal arts education contains verious kinds of meaning and idea, I think that there are many things to add in the article. For example, although there are many university that provide liberal arts education in the US, each university have unique curriculams. Those universities' difference may improve the article's quality.
 * The article has not completed yet, but I don't think it is poorly developed.

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