User:Snobershoukat/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) Name of the article is Tuberculosis scare.  Talk:2007 tuberculosis scare
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I choose this article, because it was the first article in C- class microbiology articles, and when i fist saw it i found this one intresting, and want to read about this. I know what the tuberculosis is, but want to know about the tuberculosis scare after seeing thos article on that page, and want to know what they wrote in this article.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? yes.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? yes.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? no.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?  I felt like it was concise.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?  I felt like there is some content which is missing, they can explain it better.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?  No
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? Yes.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?  Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?  Yes
 * Are the sources current?  Yes
 * Check a few links. Do they work?  Yes. They worked

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? yes
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? no
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? yes

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? no
 * Are images well-captioned?  no
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? no
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? no

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? I think two groups from opposite sides discuss about something to prove their point in a competitive way to win.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes it is the part of many WikiProjects, and it is also rated nicely.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think it is really different that we did in our class, this topic does differ from the way we have talked in the class. Everything written in this topic is and the pattern is really different than ours wiki page.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status?  Good.
 * What are the article's strengths?  The links, and i felt the questions that they asked after reading the stories about the disease they talked in article.
 * How can the article be improved? I think they should start with the intro and add more stuff like how does it spread, and how does people get this, they only talked about the personal stories in this article. This article can be improved by adding some Key points.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?  I will not say it is poorly developed, and not well developed as well. It was okay.

Optional activity

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