User:TyBrown06/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: (Talk:Arctic sea ice decline)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen this article because it's something important and relates to my class

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? The lead is nicely worded, easy to read, concise.

Lead evaluation
The lead in this article includes all things needed in a good lead for any Wikipedia article. It's concise, and nicely worded making it easy to read for any reader.

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

Content evaluation
All of the content in this article is relevant to the subject of the article. The article is up to date with information from last year.

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? yes
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? no

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is neutral, and dose not appear to be heavily biased or biased at all.some of the subjects in this article are underrepresented for example the part of the article that talks about human impact on he decline of sea ice only has a few sentence and dose not go into any detail on the matter. The article dose not try and persuade the reader in any way.

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?yes
 * Are the sources current? most of them
 * Check a few links. Do they work? yes

Sources and references evaluation
almost of the sources are from 2+ years, and all the links have something to do with the topic,and all the links work.

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

Organization evaluation
the article is well written and easy to read,The article has no spelling errors, and is well organized.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?yes
 * Are images well-captioned?yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
the images in this article fit all of the copyright regulations and are lay out in a way that makes sense in the article easy to read

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
on the talk page theirs a lot conversations going on about different things that has been changed or why certain edits where or where not made.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? c-class
 * What are the article's strengths? its has a lot of information
 * How can the article be improved? yes
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
Overall this article was good. it wasn't persuading its readers,all links work and most have up to date information on there sites,the images on the page are relevant, and follow the copyright regulations. The conversations on the talk page are all relevant to the problems in the article. = 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 with four tildes