User:Tug81154/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.


 * History of the New York Jets: History of the New York Jets
 * I choose this article because this is my favorite football team and wanted to fact check

Lead

 * The the lead in the article on the Jets has an introduction sentence that describes how the article is going to explain the history of the Jets past and present. Yes the led does a great job of describing what each section will explain and what the main topics are. No the led does not include any information that is not used. No the Led is not overly detailed but does begin to become repetitive.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

 * Guiding questions

In this article on the New York Jets the article has content from the past and present. The content is relevant because it provides users with the knowledge of the New York Jets current head coach and championships. The content provided to users is up to date with the record of the teams performance and the record of the team being constantly updated. Also the article speaks on the new head coach and the coaching changes. No content is missing because of how frequently updated this page is.


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

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions
 * This article doesn't present any sections or claims that focus on mainly one position besides just the Jets. The viewpoints in this article aren't overrepresented or underrepresented the wiepoints are what they need to be and easy to understand. No there is no persuasion while reading this article just main focus is on the Jets.


 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

Yes the all the facts in the article are backed up by reliable sources and have secondary sources to support. Yes the sources do relate to that of the topic. Most of the sources are current but variated of the sources are outdated. The links I checked worked but a few are to old.


 * 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?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

Yes this article is very well written for the history of a sports team it is easy to follow and has a clear topic to follow which is the Jets. Some grammar errors in the article but the spelling errors I really didn't see any. Yes the article is well organized and all the information is easy to find.


 * 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

 * Guiding questions

The article has very few pics but they are easy to understand and help users understand the topic. Yes the images are well captured for the time period the image are from and are well placed throughout the article. Yes the images are fully following the copyright guidelines withe the sources embedded in the photo. Yes the images are appealing beacuse they relate to the topic in such a successful way.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions
 * The conversations mostly revolved around the Jets and were mostly Jets fans and excited sports games. The article is fairly graded well and is accepted amongst its community. Yes the article is part of a few wikiprojects like the National Football league. The dicussion talk difers from class because it is more focused towards fan opioin.


 * 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?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions
 * The article overall was easy to read it was detailed well around d the jets and made it easy to understand the jets history and the direction they are going in now. The strengths in the article is the background on the Jets and how they got to were they are now. The article can be improved with more fun facts about the jets like how the chant for the team came a long. The article has a lot of completeness the article is not done because of the improvement each year.


 * 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?

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