User:Savior267/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: Abortion in Arkansas
 * I am very passionate about this certain subject, and my heart breaks for these children, women and families. I think it is going to be an awesome opportunity to research this subject more to become more educated in it.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it clearly states that abortion is legal in Arkansas, which probably answers the question for most of the people who research this topic.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, I think it did a really good job on describing the articles main purpose.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, I didn't find any information in the lead that wasn't covered in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It wasn't too much, but it did have a good bit of detail.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, most of the content in the article was extremely beneficial to the knowledge of the topic.
 * Is the content up-to-date? No, some of the sources used were pretty old.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes, there is always something that can be added or taken away to an article.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Somewhat, seeing that I am human and naturally am bias I cant really tell if I am sensitive to it or if it wasn't neutral.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Nothing seemed super bias, but there were definitely a couple of things that I could see bias in.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Again, there are some things within the article that seemed overrepresented and/or underrepresented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? Yes, I believe it does in some way.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, they did a really good job providing good sources.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? They are very well used.
 * Are the sources current? Some of them, but others were older and possibly outdated.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, i tried a couple of the links and they worked.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? A few of the parts were a little harder to read; however, for the most part it was clear and easy to follow along with.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I didn't find any.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? It was pretty well-organized, there could be a few adjustments, but for the most part it was great.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes, they did very well explaining them.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? They could be formatting differently to look more enticing and exciting.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? I didn't see any conversations.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? B-class and yes.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Well i'm not exactly sure because there were no discussions to be found.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Descent
 * What are the article's strengths? It has a lot of good sources and easy to read.
 * How can the article be improved? Maybe by updating some of the articles, making the images more enticing, and making it easier to read.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say it is a well-developed article, it could use a few minor adjustments, but it is a great article.

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