User:Sayedalirezaahmadi/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Silence

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because of its title and content. It is about "Silence", which is an interdisciplinary rhetorical practice in 21st. This article interprets different meanings and implications of "Silence".

Evaluate the article
This article contains an introductory sentence stating the topic clearly. In addition, major sections are listed as a list of contents. The introduction does not include information that is not present in the article. It seems that the introductory (lead section) of the article is short and concise. The content in the article is relevant to the topic; nonetheless, the sources used are heterogeneous with respect to whether they are up-to-date. The eldest source is in 1914 and the latest one is in 2016. Since the latest source was written in 2016, it seems that the content should be updated. It seems that the article meets Wikipedia’s equity. In terms of tone and balance, the article seems to be neutral, which is far from biases. It seems that “musical silence” is a little overrepresented in comparison to other types of ‘silence’. The article provides very interesting content that helps readers comprehend the ontological and epistemological dimensions of ‘silence’. In addition, scholarly books and publications have been used in this article, which provide authentic and informative literature to it. However, some of these sources are a bid elder (as I just stated above, the eldest source is in 1914 and the latest one is in 2016). Instead of peer-reviewed articles or websites, original books and YouTube videos have been used in this article. I randomly checked a few links that worked perfectly. The organization and writing quality of this article has been shown through its conciseness, clarity, and readability. I could not find a grammatical and/or spelling error. It is classified into systematic sections. The article contains three types of images: a classic picture, a modern picture of a soldier, and pictographs of music. All the photos met copyrights regulations since they have links for their sources, and they are compelling visually. This article has been revised and discussed about 50 times since 2018. I am not sure if it is a part of WikiProjects. The overall impressions are based on its content and importance in modern rhetorical studies. There are many ways in which this article can be improved: adding contents through exploring the roles of silence in different cultures, connecting the distinct implications of silence between East to West, etc. The article has developed but it needs to be further developed.

Comments from Dr. Vetter
Hello, thanks for posting your evaluation of this article. You have a great start here. Remember than whenever you are assessing or evaluating an article on Wikipedia, you can always check out the talk page, this will show what WikiProjects have tagged the article (in this case, WikiProject Media and WikiProject Physics / acoustics. The talk page will also have various discussions about the article and how it needs to be developed. So definitely check this out as you begin to think about ways to improve this article.

You write that, "It seems that “musical silence” is a little overrepresented in comparison to other types of ‘silence’." - I agree, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that you remove any content from this section. Rather I think you can add to other sections/aspects of the topic.

You also write that, "There are many ways in which this article can be improved: adding contents through exploring the roles of silence in different cultures, connecting the distinct implications of silence between East to West, etc. The article has developed but it needs to be further developed."

I really like your idea to discuss how silence is interpreted across different cultures. It's important especially that Wikipedia articles are able to show an international or global perspective on topics like this. If you can find some relevant sources, I would recommend creating a new section that should be placed before the current "Social Uses" section. You could title this section "Cross-Cultural Differences" or "Transnational Interpretations" and explain how (with references) silence accumulates different meanings across cultural and social contexts.

I also think that you could revise the "Social Uses" section to read instead "Social and Rhetorical Uses" - then with that new title, you could add some content about how silence is used rhetorically for different purposes.

Really nice job overall!

DarthVetter (talk) 15:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC)