User:Thelonious Marie/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: Expressive therapies
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because it gives an over view several forms of artistic therapy including music and art. I am interested in both music and art as therapies.


 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes
 * 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? Maybe
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Yes

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

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? Yes
 * Are the sources current? For the most part yes, 2014 to current. With one dated 1983 and 1996,
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Found two links where I got the 404 error and the page not found.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No
 * Are images well-captioned? Did not have any captions.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Were

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? No
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is rated a C.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? No

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? The article is well written.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved? Address the references that do not work. Add examples of methodologies to the different kinds of expressive therapies listed as well as images with captions.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is well developed. It has a discriptions of the different types of therapies. It does not have a methodology section.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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