User:Spookykylie/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Tychonic system
 * I've chosen this article because we have recently learned about this topic in class so I thought it would be helpful to look up more information about this topic.

Lead

 * The Lead includes a very good introductory sentence that describes what the Tychonic system is, who created it and where it originated from.
 * The Lead includes a description of some of the article's major sections but not all.
 * The Lead only includes information that is talked about in the article.
 * The Lead is concise, not being more than 2 paragraphs. However, the entire article is not that long as well.

Content

 * The content of the article is relevant to the topic because the article provides information about Tycho, the creator of this system, and how this system came to be.
 * I believe the content is up to date because the article has been edited multiple times this year.
 * Of the top of my head, I believe the article is not missing anything because it provides us with information about the creation of the model and information about its legacy.

Tone and Balance

 * The article seems to be very neutral. There is no side that is presented favorably and everything seems to be presented in a stated fact sort of way.
 * I could not find any claims that appeared to be heavily biased towards a particular position and therefore, the article does not attempt to persuade the reader.
 * I believe Tycho's claims are more represented than the Copernicus, the creator of the previous model.

Sources and References

 * Most of the sources are from 20-30 years ago and the most recent source seems to be from around 10 years ago.
 * I checked a few links and they all worked, however not every source has a link I can click.
 * The sources seem to be written by multiple authors, however, I am unsure is these sources include historically marginalized individuals.
 * The sources do reflect the topic of the article.

Organization

 * The article is very well written and is easy to read. It provides a great amount of knowledge about the topic.
 * I did not notice any spelling errors.
 * The article is well organized in that the information for each section is split accordingly, however, I feel like there could be more sections.

Images and Media

 * The article includes 2 images that help readers visualize what the model looks like.
 * The captions are very helpful and explain the pictures well.
 * The images are laid out in a way easy to look at because it is to the right of the page and does not interfere with the written paragraphs.

Checking the talk page

 * In the talk page, other people are discussing certain pieces of information being discussed. More specifically, some people are second guessing information and basically asking someone else to fact check what was posted.
 * People have created many more sections that could possibly be published and underneath these sections, others have added a lot of information about the section topic.
 * The way Wikipedia discusses the topic is similar to the way we've talked about it in class however Wikipedia goes more in depth.

Overall impressions

 * My overall impression of the article is that it is an okay article that seems reliable and well planned out.
 * The strengths are that it's very well organized and goes into detail about the major topics.
 * The weaknesses are that there could be more information about the topic in general. The article itself is very short.
 * I would say the article is underdeveloped just because there is more information that could be published.