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The Govan Stones article
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 * Name of article: (link) The Govan Stones
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. The reason I chose this article is for the content of carved stones as an art object. The brief search descriptive is that the govan stones as " the lost govan stones" and wanted to explore the details to this medieval art object.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? no
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? no
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? yes because the govan old parish church is not mentioned
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? over detailed

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes but needs more
 * Is the content up-to-date? No because the last edit date was Oct 2019, which is fairly recent but not up to date for 2020.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Who created these stones in term of artisan name or guild

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? no it seems to be promoting the British Museum
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? "he British Museum affirmed the importance of the collection..."
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The imagery on
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? no because of use of public newspaper which in some views is not scholar resource
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? use more historical reference
 * Are the sources current? yes
 * Check a few links. Do they work? yes they do work

Organization

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 * 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?

Images and Media

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

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? why it should be viewed as an artifact
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? C-class article
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? no relation to society and the art object spoken of

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? There isn't an official status it is an unknown in importance
 * What are the article's strengths? phot reference and description
 * How can the article be improved? find more on history content to give it the view to be studied not looked at.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? mid-developed because it has a good frame just needs to be completely filled out in unbiased knowledge

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