User:Sarahstevs/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.


 * Euphemia Haynes
 * The article that I have decided to edit myself is one on an African American woman scientist so I chose to evaluate a more advanced article in the same realm. She is a woman in STEM as I am.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * The lead includes a sentence that is very brief. It describes in a clear way, but it could include more information.
 * The lead describes her legacy, which is a section, but it does not describe her life, which is the first section.
 * The lead only includes information that is in the article.
 * The lead is very concise. It may be too concise.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * All of the article's content is relevant to Euphemia Haynes
 * The content seems up to date, but there may be more to say about her legacy in recent times.
 * No content seems like it is out of place or starkly missing. It includes overviews of all parts of her life.
 * The article does deal with an equity gap as it is about a women in STEM and an African American woman.

Tone and Balance

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 * The article is very neutral.
 * None of the claims appear biased, as it is a biographical page so it is difficult to be biased in that area.
 * No viewpoints seem to be more represented because there are not views addressed in the article.
 * The only thing the article could be thought of as convincing is that Haynes's legacy is a positive one. One could say that is biased.

Sources and References

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 * The entire last paragraph of the life section lacks references so quite a few of the facts in that section are not backed by a source.
 * There are only six sources referenced, so it does not seem to be thorough coverage on all the sources available for the topic after a quick google search that revealed many reputable sources.
 * The sources are all current.
 * There is not a variety of author represented in the sources. Two of them are the same author (Euphemia Haynes) and the other sources with authors are just one man and one woman.
 * The links all work.

Organization

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 * The article is well written and split into readable paragraphs that separate the material in a logical way.
 * I did not notice any glaring grammar or spelling errors.
 * The article is well organized into logical paragraphs.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * The article only has one image of the subject and no others.
 * The one image is not captioned.
 * The image is in the public domain.
 * The image is on the column on the right in a way that makes sense visually.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * There are many suggestions on ways to improve the article in the talk page including adding more sections and giving more importance to her contributions as an African American woman scientist.
 * The article has been rates as C class and is a part of the WikiProjects Chicago, Women scientists, and Biography.
 * We have not talked about many scientists in class, so it is not very comparable to what we have talked about in class.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * The article has a fair amount of information but could do with a lot of improvements in structure, content, and sources.
 * The article is well written and provides a good overview of the life of Euphemia Haynes.
 * The article could be improves by adding more sources and more sections.
 * The article is still underdeveloped as much could be added to improve it.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Euphemia Haynes