User:SavannahBeet/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) High-mountain tea
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. Mountain grown coffee and tea were mentioned in class, and we thought it would be an interesting article to evaluate.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it has a sentence that describes the tea that it includes and its growing location.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? The Lead does not include a brief description of the article's major sections.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes, the Lead includes information such as location that are not sections.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The Lead is concise, yet lacks details.

Lead evaluation
The Lead is informative yet could be added to.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The articles content is relative to the topic, but needs more information. It lacks important details and only focuses
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, the sources list are from 2017 and 2020.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is lots of content missing. This article is a stub. Wikipedia says that it needs more citations.

Content evaluation
The content of the article is severely lacking, it needs to be updated.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes, the article appears to be neutral. There are no opinions.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, there are no claims that lean towards heavy bias in the article.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, there are not many viewpoints listed. The article goes into detail about the production unbiased.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, the article does not attempt to sway the reader.

Tone and balance evaluation
Overall the article is balanced in a neutral position.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, the article is lacking citations.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? The sources are not thorough because there are not enough of them.
 * Are the sources current? Yes, they are current. Two sources are from 2017 and one is from 2020.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, they work.

Sources and references evaluation
The article is in desperate need of more sources.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, the article is easy to read. It seems to be written for the general public.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No, the article has no spelling or grammatical errors from what we can tell.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article has the potential to be well organized, but is in need of more sections.

Organization evaluation
The article has good potential for being a well organized article, but more sections are needed.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes, the article includes images, but more need to be added.
 * Are images well-captioned? The images are not as well captioned as they could be. The image with the tea leaves could be more detailed as to what is included in the tea when it is steeped.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? The images seem to follow Wikipedia's Copyright rules.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? The images are laid out in an okay way, but more need to be added to complete the article.

Images and media evaluation
The article is in need of more images. The ones that currently exist in the article are not sufficient.

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? It is rated low importance. The article is a stub, and part of Wiki Food and Drink/Beverages and Taiwan projects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Wikipedia discusses the article in an abbreviated way, because it is a stub. In class, we went more in-depth, but not very much in this certain type of tea.

Talk page evaluation
The article is included in two different projects, which is more than I thought it would be as a stub.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? The article is a stub.
 * What are the article's strengths? The article's strength is that is has good potential, and with some time and effort, could be made into a good, solid article.
 * How can the article be improved? The article needs more information to be an effective article.
 * 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 has good potential, but definitely needs more work.

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