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 * Name of article: Talk:Shawn Johnson East
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.I chose this article because I first clicked on a random letter in the alphabet because I was stuck on what to chose. G ended up being the letter I chose and as I scrolled I saw the main sport I participated in when I was a kid. I was in gymnastics for six years. During those six years I looked up to one gymnast, who happened to be Shawn Johnson.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes the lead to this article represents the biography on Shawn Johnson.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? This article does give a brief description about the major events during her life during the opening paragraph. Then later separates those main events and breaks them down even more to describe more about her.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No the opening paragraph is really firm and has all the information for the paragraphs after.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? I believe the lead is concise because it mainly talks about the basic facts and how she is known.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, I believe it is relevant because it is a biography on her, which means it is mainly facts about her.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Based on Shawn Johnson major events during her life this article would be up to date, however if it continued on then there could be a little more information about what she is doing now to this present day.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is one part of this article that I question a bit. The paragraph about her stalker. That is a little more personal and doesn't have much to do with her and gymnastics, but again since it is a biography, it also does make sense to mention it,

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral?Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No this article is based on the opinion of Shawn Johnson, but about her life in general.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? No for the most part it is all pretty equal.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No this article keeps it neutral with an open mind for the reader to believe what they chose.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, there are multiple references for each fact.
 * 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, most of them were interviews with Shawn Johnson herself.

Organization

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 * 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? The article is very well put together. Each section has its own header.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes, the pictures help because it helps give an example of what she looks like, they also put in a chart of her series on dancing with the stars.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? I feel like this is more of a personal opinion. To me they look good in the places they were put.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? I mainly see that they updated her name on the page, once her name had changed.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I found this article in C class articles. So I assume it too, is a C class article. No WikiProjects were found in this article.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The only thing that could be different is the fact that it is a biography instead.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? The status of this article, is that it is well put together, and is up to date for the most part.
 * What are the article's strengths? It covered a ton of ground on Shawn's life.
 * How can the article be improved? Write about Shawn's life Experiences during the year of 2019.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? This article is very well developed, and do not believe it should be rated as a C class.

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