User:SamLambert12/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: (link) Manchego cuisine
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. - I am somewhat familiar with it, as I lived in La Mancha for six months,

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? - yes.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? not really.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? it contains elements of general summary that isn't present in the body of the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? fairly concise; it provides an overview of the topic, though it gives background that maybe should be provided elsewhere.

==== Lead evaluation: the intro contains too much background that could be specified in the body of the article, and doesn't summarize the article's contents. A better summary sentence should be provided and the 'background' entry evaluated and moved. ====

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes...
 * it lists the foods of la mancha in a list style, thus all of it is relevant.
 * Is the content up-to-date? It acts like La Mancha is still very rural, which isn't quite accurate. the foods have their origin in that rural background but are now mostly made traditionally.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? there isn't anything about tartas de alcazar or that much about 'migas'.

Content evaluation
There may be various dishes not represented here (like guiso de bodas!) and the overall description sounds a little outdated; could be reworded, and further dishes added if necessary.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? the lead states that the cuisine is "sober and sensible", which seems quite subjective to me.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? "Entrees" and "desserts" only have lists provided, while other categories above have textual treatments with several sentences (though these sometimes don't get as specific with their lists.)
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? not really.

Tone and balance evaluation
The intro should perhaps be made more factual, and the categories somewhat balanced with further detailed information where possible.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Most of them aren't! the intro background says little factually supported, and it's unclear where each of the descriptions of foods came from.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? they are quite sparse.
 * Are the sources current? unknown, since there are few.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? only one link is provided, which works, though doesn't go to a specific subset of the webpage where the info can be found.

Sources and references evaluation
The source link provided must be searched, relinked, and added as a citation, and other information must be looked for also.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? - fairly so.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? - a few subject-verb agreement errors, but not too many.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? In a sense; there are so many diverse schools of thought with how to organize a cuisine list page; some of the categories could perhaps be combined with others.

Organization evaluation
A few errors will be fixed and the organization of the article itself asked about and dealt with first thing.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? it does, but it could have more.
 * Are images well-captioned? they are, somewhat inconsistently.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? it appears so.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? sort of, not in order tho.

Images and media evaluation
subtitles could be looked at, the order considered, and other images sought out.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? not many...
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? - part of the WikiProject Spain.. though has almost zero mention there...
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? - ???

Talk page evaluation
This seems very under-the-radar. good place to start I suppose?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? - start class, hasn't yet received an importance rating.
 * What are the article's strengths? it is thorough in a general way, and provides a good sense of the variety of food found in La Mancha.
 * How can the article be improved? in the all the above ways - organization, further sources, elaboration.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? -underdeveloped.

Overall evaluation
The best things to do would be consider organization, look for missing sources, and elaborate with information that seems necessary to add.

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