User:Ty Miller106/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: Stereotypes of African Americans
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen this article because I feel that knowing the diverse stereotypes of African Americans will give my group and I a deeper understanding of the disproportionate impact African american men face in higher education.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Its not clear that the article will address both historical and modern stereotypes. The first sentence makes it seem as if the article is only interested in addressing the history of African american stereotypes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No it begins to go directly into the first topic of discussion the history of African Americans in the U.S.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Yes the lead does include a lot of descriptive information that is not found in the article but only referenced. The lead is overly detailed and lacks an overall intention by the author

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes the articles content is quite relevant to the topic
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes the article is fairly up to date
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I feel that the article does a pretty good job of hitting on almost every African American stereotypes. I would like to see the article adress the stereotype that black people do a good job staying together. It is shortly mentioned a few times but i feel that this stereotype is important

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? The article shows little to now bias
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Not at all
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I would like to see more of the effects that these stereotypes have on blacks
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No it does a good job of supplying simply facts with little to no apparent opinion

Sources and References

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 * 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 very thorough
 * Are the sources current? yes they are
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Most of them worked

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? It is not very easy to read. A lot of the vocabulary is beyond my understanding
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I was able to spot no
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes it is very well organized and each point seems to build off the last

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? I would like to see more images regarding the modern stereotypes in place
 * 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? Sort of. there are only images at the very beginning of the article

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Sources are being discussed. The relevancy of specific people is also being debated
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Its rated c class in a few sections leaving it under the category of mid importance
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I'm a little confused by this question

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? If i had to give this article a letter grade i would give it a B-.
 * What are the article's strengths? It is well organized, It remains unbiased on very controversial topics, the background research is very strong, the article cover a lot of information
 * How can the article be improved? The lead is not very good, it could definitely be easier to read. Some of the stereotypes are overlapping and described in great detail while others seem to be glazed over
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say its well developed but could use a few tweaks

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