User:Sydnc7/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: Buckeye Corpus
 * I chose to review this article because different types of corpus' are an interesting topic to me and when they are high quality like the Ohio State University Corpus, I am even more intrigued.

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 lead had a clear and concise introduction about the article topic.

- The article does not have major sections but the description does cover major topics

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

- The lead is done well but could actually use more information, or sections.

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 article's content is relevant to the topic.

- The page was last edited on October 15, 2018 and the cites used were from the early 2000's. There could be more information on how the corpus is being used now.

- There could be links to the softwares used for the speech analysis and how and when the corpus is used.

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
- With the lack section it is hard to evaluate wether the articles tone is Neutral or not.

- There does not seem to have any claims that are heavily biased.

- As stated before, the usage of the corpus could be more present in the article

- The article does not seem to persuade the reader in favor of one 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
- The sources are from the early 2000's and they are backed by their secondary sources.

- The links that I checked do work.

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 concise, clear, and easy to read.

- There were only a few minor errors. For example, although it is a link, sociolinguistics interviews should be sociolinguistic interviews.

- There are no sections in this article but I feel as though there could be, along with more information.

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 article does not contain images.

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
- This article is within the scope of WikiProject Linguistics which is an effort to improve the linguistics on Wikipedia.

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
- Overall, this article gets to the point but could use some more information about the Corpus and how it is used.

- The articles strengths are how concise and clear to the point it is.

- The article could use some more information to be considered complete and developed.