User:Stellasun666/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: Dalian
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: Dalian is my hometown and I lived in there until I was 18 years old. I am interested to how people will describe Dalian in wikipedia, so I chose this article.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The first part of the lead describes Dalian's city status in both its province and the Northeast China clearly. Then, it compares Dalian's geographic location with other cities and countries to make readers understand easily. The last part is mainly about its financial status. The lead summarized the most important points of a city, its location, size of the city and its financial influence and authors also add more details of these points in the later part.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
The content includes its over 1000 years history and many other precise descriptions of Dalian's government, administration, economy and tourism. Also, it includes new landmark shopping mall, popular city festivals and food. The content part is up-to-date and uses forms and pictures to introduce Dalian in a good and clear way.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The tone is neutral and not biased to any position.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


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

Sources and references evaluation
This article uses many press release as the sources and maybe will decrease its reliability and academic.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
The article is well-written and well-organized.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The images are connected to the content and are well-captioned and well-organized.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
Several people said they hope someone could do some more editing on the use of English and it may reflect that many editors are not first language in English and they were welcome any suggestions and edits.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * 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?

Overall evaluation
I think this article is really well-organized and clear. It uses lots of sources, includes many details of Dalian and many people worked on this article together, so I think it has high strength.

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