User:Starkenken/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: Dialect
 * I chose this article because I think it's interesting that within one language there are still differences that can be found between people using it.

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? The lead is pretty detailed. Might be because the topic is pretty general.

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? No

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? No, it is only informing the reader about the topic.

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? Since language in general is so old, a lot of the sources are older, but there are a couple of more recent ones.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

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? Only one image, although it does enhance the section is correlates to.
 * 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? Yes

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? The conversations are very interesting to read. A lot of them went into the different language examples in the article and proposed changes. The biggest discussion was about splitting dialect into two different articles since there is more than one definition/way of looking at it.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? C-Class; WikiProject Linguistics.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't necessarily covered dialects in class, but it is something that has been brought up from time to time.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Top-importance (Is this the status?)
 * What are the article's strengths? Includes a lot of examples in several languages.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think the article is well-developed.

Optional activity

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