User:TeaGirl004/articleevaluations

The article I am evaluating is titled Fiction.

Content


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?: No.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?: No.
 * What else could be improved?: In the format section there is a little line that speaks about how the internet and digital libraries is changing the creation and distribution of fiction. I think there should be more elaboration on that, maybe even its own Wikipedia page?

Tone


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?: The article is neutral.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?: I couldn't help but notice that all of the examples of fiction and fiction authors were Western, including the chosen illustration placed in the article to represent a fictional character. I am not sure if this would be considered an overrepresentation, but it was something that stood out to me by the time I finished reading the article.

Sources


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?: Yes.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?: There are 29 citations, and they all come from books written about fiction, dictionaries to provide definitions, academic journal articles, and news articles. A bias source could be citation #10 which is an article from The Daily Beast, an American news and opinion site. The bias that could come from using this source is not noted in the article.

Talk Page


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?: There's not much going on, but there is one section someone wrote where they stated that a sentence written in the article did not require verification or a reference because there was 'enough consensus that it is reasonable'. This is kind of sketch, I think...
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?: The article is rated as C-scale and is part of WikiProject Literature.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?: Not sure.