User:Thidalis/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article (Self-care)
This article was marked containing multiple issues and I would like to challenge myself to see if I could identify them.

Lead evaluation
The Lead did include an introductory sentence that clearly describes the article's topic: "In health care, self-care is any necessary human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated". There are brief descriptions of the major sections, which are the paragraphs under each section title. The article included that chronic illnesses could be prevented by getting vaccines, which is not true for all cases. It is also overly detailed because there are examples that aren't accurate or weren't from a trusted source.

Content
Content evaluation

The content is relevant to the topic containing more than needed details. The article has been updated recently so the content is still up-to-date. The content about self care when having diseases and illnesses aren't quite fit for the article because other people that aren't doctors shouldn't have a say on how people with diseases should take care of themselves. The article addressed adults and the elderly.

Tone and balance evaluation
The article seems to have more information about diseased people than for normal people. However, it didn't persuade the reader to favor one position or another.

Sources and references evaluation
There are 65 sources but most of the article needed citations. All the sources are related to self care with a variety of 65 different authors. The sources are still current since the oldest one is about 10 years ago. The links provided do work.

Organization evaluation
The article is well organized with sections divided properly. Bullet points made it easier to read. There are some spelling and grammatical errors but it is minor which doesn't have an effect on the article's meaning.

Images and Media

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Images and media evaluation
There are a few images placed near the sections that related to the the section's topic. There are captions that describes the images well. The images are form wiki-commons so it doesn't have any issues with Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk page evaluation
There aren't much conversations going on in the talk page but there are people proposing new ideas to be added to the article. The article is rated as a Start-class and Mid-Importance. It is also one of the WikiProject of Medicine; and Heath and Fitness. We haven't talked about this article in class.

Overall evaluation
This article still need much more work such as citations, removing irrelevant information, and adding more sources. The article's strength would be its organization so I would say this article is underdeveloped.