User:Sbraith21/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Name of article: (link) Paul's Case
 * We have been discussing "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather in class and I have used this short story as a source in my essay.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * The Lead includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic.
 * The Lead includes a brief description of the article's major sections and also includes a table of contents.
 * The Lead does not include information hat isn't present in the article.
 * The Lead is concise and not overly detailed.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * This article does a good job at including content that is relevant to the topic.
 * The information seems up to date with the last update being done on February 5, 2020.
 * There does not appear to be any content that does not belong in relation to the short story.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * I feel that the most part of the article is neutral, there is one section that felt less neutral but there is a note that the neutrality of the article was being disputed.
 * There are no claims in this article that appear heavily biased towards a particular position.
 * There isn't any viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented. All information feels neutral.
 * This article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * The facts in this article are all backed up by reliable secondary sources of information.
 * The sources thorough for this article. They sources show available literature on Paul's Case.
 * All sources appear to be current.
 * After checking a few of the links to the resources, they all are in working order.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * This article is well-written. It is concise, clear, and easy to read.
 * There were no grammatical or spelling errors included in the article.
 * The article well-organized and broken down into various, relevant sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * There are no images in this article.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * There is a lot of conversations happening on the talk page for this article.
 * This article is part of a few different WikiProjects.
 * Wikipedia discusses this topic very similar to the way we discussed it in class, but there are also many more points that were not covered in class.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * I think the article does a good job at explaining the shorty story and all the different parts of it.
 * An improvement to this article might be to add a character section at the beginning to break out the people we will meet in the short story.
 * This article is very well developed. I was trying to read this article as if I haven't read the short story first, and seeing if I could follow.

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:
 * I agree and think it would be beneficial to the reader to add a characters tab. Has there been any more discussion on adding this? Sbraith21 (talk) 18:53, 31 March 2020 (UTC)