User:Themediocrerainbow/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: Design theory
 * There are 2 warning banners; one refer's to the article's organization and the other refers to the article's inline citations

Lead

 * 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?j
 * no
 * the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * Is concise, but is heavily lacking in content

Lead evaluation
The lead is incredibly short and lacks content, which reflects the fact that the article itself lacks content. It does however touch on that major facets that are included in the article.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
While the content of this article does cover a fairly broad scope, it is by no means comprehensive or detailed. Further, because there is so little content, there is only one section- 'history'. If more content were to be added (and it should), the creation of further subsections would be necessary.

Additionally, I would remove the referral to that specific Galle article

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
The article does a good job maintaining a neutral tone. It focuses most significantly on 20th c. design history and fails to touch on any other period of the field. Also the including that Galle article recommendation seems inappropriate.

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
It seems that the vast majority of the information on this page comes from other articles; links to these articles do seem to work where present. There are a few reliable secondary sources, though there are no inline citations nor do any of these sources have any accompanying URLs/links

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
Article is generally well written with no immediately obvious grammatical or spelling errors.

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
This article lacks any supplementary images or media

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
No conversations pertaining to the article at all. It's been rated as Start-Class and Low-Importance. It is part of WikiProject Industrial design.

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
The article as it is a good starting point, but could definitely be further developed.

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