User:SkyradBear/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Design studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am still figuring out what I want to study in college and design is a topic that interests me. I also choose this specific article about design studies because it was under the category of academic disciplines, so was ok for the assignment. After reading it I think it is important to have an article devoted to this topic of design studies because it's an important field for many people and an important distinction from just the field of design. I thought this article was pretty well put together and organized with a good amount of sources for most of the paragraphs.

Evaluate the article

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * yes, no
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * birth dates of some of the foundational figures
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * no
 * What else could be improved?

better sources


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * yes, no
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

no


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * yes, yes
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * mostly, academic/scholarly sources for the most part, neutral
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications?
 * yes


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Wikipedia being too conservative or orthodox, not enough citations, some issues with the links, too much information, too many lists, etc.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * C-class, Architecture, Graphic design, Industrial design, and Systems
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * more formal with sources for everything

For the talk page:

Add dates to all names

This article does a good job covering the history and information about the academic design discipline of design studies, but the Foundational figures section could be improved. A simple fix could be to add the birth dates and/or death dates of the people listed in having to do with design studies. Only some have dates next to their names and this article could be a little bit better if all the names had accurate information of how old these people are and if they are still alive or not.

Final result:

Talk:Design studies