User:ThomasSavage111/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: 10th New York Cavalry
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: Seemed like a historical article that people would be very interesting to the general public and seems to be a topic that would be heavily studied by historians and have a lot of scholarly articles written about it.

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? YES
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? NO
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Very detailed but could include some more big picture information that is presented deeper in the article.

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? It would be really cool if there were pictures of the topics described.

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? The massive paragraph that just lists the location and date of where the army was is incredibly complex and unnecessary. This should be put in a chart or something.
 * 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? YES
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Not sure, there are not any links to the original content.
 * Are the sources current? NO
 * Check a few links. Do they work? There are NO links

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? NO
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? YES
 * 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? N/A
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? N/A
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? N/A

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? NONE
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes it is apart of three.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We have not talked about my topic in class.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? C status
 * What are the article's strengths? Factual, seemingly important details about the army's location during the civil war.
 * How can the article be improved? More recent sources written about some aspect of the Civil War that includes information about this Army. Pictures if there are any. Or pictures of other war artifacts that relate the war and this army.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think that there is a good amount of information that seems to be factual but it is listen on the site rather than written in a cohesive paragraph.

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