User:Sweetangos/Evaluate an Article

Lead Section:

The introductory sentence is descriptive of the article topic.

The lead is a good foreshadowing of the article topics. The genetics and agriculture sections are introduced by the use of the apple's cultivation name, 'Minneiska'.

The lead does not include information not present in the article.

The lead is not overly detailed and it provides a broad overview that allows the reader to effectively scroll to the parts of article most applicable to them.

Content:

Article content is relevant and up to date.

Content is succinct. It would be nice to have more information about where the apple is sold (what states), but the article is still informative and even describes the crunch sound of the fruit.

The article does address exclusive growing rights for the apple, especially considering the University of Minnesota is a public university. There is discussion of allowing smaller growers to grow apples which does relate to big business and unequal opportunity in the farming/agriculture industry.

Tone and Balance:

The article is very neutral and focuses on the facts. The claims are objective and only describe events that happened, not opinions about the events.

A description of the entity that filed the lawsuit would be helpful in identifying the viewpoints. More information on what the University argued in the lawsuit and what the other group argued would be helpful for understanding group/majority-minority perspectives.

The article does not aim to convince readers.

Sources and References:

All facts have sources and hyperlinks to other Wikipedia articles are included. The sources reflect a wide range of available media including cookbooks, news articles, magazine articles, and information from the University of Minnesota (the apple's creator).

The sources are current.

After some light digging, I don't see many resources from historically marginalized authors. There are some sources from agriculture magazines.

Other types of sources that could be used are already well-enough represented in the article. For example, there are enough cookbook sources, but SweeTango is mentioned in several other cookbooks. There is space, however, for discussion into the hardiness of the apple and growing conditions. Further, there is space for further description of the lawsuit and the positions taken. There are resources from law practices and magazine/news articles that could help with this. On the whole, I think the chosen sources are reputable.

The links to source materials work. Unfortunately, not all of the scanned books (cookbooks especially) are accessible for free beyond the previews.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is very easy to read and the headers properly display paragraph topics, allowing for quick skimming.

The article lacks glaring grammatical and spelling errors which helps its credibility.

The article is well-organized and cohesive. All paragraphs are mentioned in the beginning and topics are adequately expanded upon in the paragraph.

Image and Media

The article includes several helpful images that supplement the content.

Images are all captioned, one of the captions is a bit vague, but I think that is minor and the image achieves its purpose.

All images abide by copyright laws and the copyright information is publicly available by clicking on the picture and then "more details".

The images are displayed with good spacing and are visually appealing while adding to the content (ex. "pinkish apple with a yellow background intermittent with red coloration" is supported by a picture of the apples).

Talk Page

The talk section includes conversations about how to improve the first iterations of the article. According to the 'Talk' section, the article sounded more like an advertisement than an informative encyclopedia article in its beginning stages.

The article is under the 'good article' criteria. It is one of the "Agriculture, food and drink good articles".

The article doesn't mention many of the social implications of the lawsuit, like allowing small farmers to increase their stake in the apple industry or setting a precedent for other food cases.

Overall Impressions

The overall status is good. It is categorized as a low-importance topic.

The article's strengths include a strong hook and a good description on the legal history of the apple and its creation. It delves into important topics without being too wordy.

The article can be improved with more discussion of the social implications and impacts of the lawsuit.

This article is well-developed, especially since I wasn't expecting to find so much information on an apple. I think the average user will walk away well-informed and pleased without feeling too overwhelmed with information when they first open the page.

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