User:SwarleyPat/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: 2009 flu pandemic in Asia
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * This is an article about the history of flu pandemic in Asia and is related to history of science. As an Asian, I am interested on events happened in Asia.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, the lead described the location, what type of virus that's been spread, the results in this event.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, the lead provided brief information of the outcomes for different countries.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No, the article mainly talked about the virus and the fatality of this event, the lead just gave an overall information of deaths in this event.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is not overly detailed, it precisely explained the information of the virus and it's easy to read.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the content is relevant.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, the last edit was today.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? The bigger country sections has more informations but the smaller country sections only provided number of fatality.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes, the article is neutral.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, there are no heavily biased claims.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Some of the sections are underrepresented such as Cyprus.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, there is no sign of persuasive attempt in this article.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, not all of the sources are reliable, some are not accessible.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? This can not be determined since a lot of the sources are broken or having connection issues.
 * Are the sources current? No, most of the sources are from before 2010 since the event took place in 2009.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? No, a lot of the links are broken or the article was taken down.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? This page was rather easy to read since most of the article is consisted with tables and short passages.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No, there are no significant grammar nor spelling errors spotted.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, this article is effectively divided into sections by the countries.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes, a lot of images that supports one of the topics of the article.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes, there are captions for every image.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes, all the images are of the author's own work
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? No very well organized, but the captions does help to give the reader a good understanding of what they're looking at.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Yes, the conversations are actually longer than the article itself. The conversations includes minor suggestions and big discussions about different opinions on the topic.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This is a multiple WikiProject. In some cases it's rated as C-class, some other cases rated as B-class.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? This article was very active in 2009, the most recent change was in 2020 by an author who deleted a major portion of the article because he believes these portions are copy-pasted from a newspaper.
 * What are the article's strengths? A lot of visual contents and easy for the readers' eyes.
 * How can the article be improved? The portion been deleted could just been reworked instead of deleted.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? This article is underdeveloped since a lot of passages were taken down.

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