User:Vap2020/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: Housing insecurity in the United States
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen this article because it relates to my topic of housing insecurity.

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? It is concise

Lead evaluation
The lead is very straightforward. It is very organized as well. It tells us what will be talked about in the article

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? It was recently edited this year but the data (rates of housing insecurity) is not up to date
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No

Content evaluation
New data needs to be inputed. Specifically, the housing insecurity rates all over the US. The article has data from 2009 but now 10 years later, things are very different.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? no, it discusses the issue of housing insecurity
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I feel each section has a good balance of information. The writers include a lot of factors in housing insecurity and how it affects factors.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, only gives information and some things that people have tried to decrease housing insecurity.

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is more informative than anything else. However, they do give some ideas on how some places are assessing the issue.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? The article has many many sources.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Many are very current. Some are from the 90s but I feel that is part of the history talk.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Sources and references evaluation
The article has many good sources that supports the information. They are current but the writers occasionally use articles from the past to help describe history.

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? Not any that I can tell.
 * 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.

Organization evaluation
The article is very well organized with its information. They include an outline at the beginning and everything has headers and subheaders.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No images but a graph
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The article does not have any images except a graph that has the information about the percentage of housing insecure.

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? The article is rated as start-class and is low importance. It is within the scope of WikiProject Home Living.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
There is a separate discussion page because it is a WikiProject.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?

Overall evaluation
It is low-importance on the importance scale because it is more informative than it is trying to solve something

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

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 * Link to feedback: There is no talk page. It is a separate discussion