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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: Buryats
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I had previously done a research project on the Buryats my sophomore year of high school and I thought it would be interesting to relook at.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes it does, it introduces the tribe and later in the paragraph goes into more detail.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No not really, it mainly describes where the Buryats are located.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No it does not, information in the Lead is all discussed throughout the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is concise, I wish it would talk more about their culture and who they are though instead of mainly the geography of where they are.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes it is, it does not stray from informing the audience about the Buryat people.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes I would agree that it is fairly up to date, the latest resource is from 2019.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No, I believe it is very well detailed about all perspectives of the Buryats.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? The group as a whole is underrepresented, so yes it addresses topics related to historically underrepresented populations.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes it is neutral, it is strictly informational.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No, it is objective throughout the whole article.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I do not believe there are any viewpoints either overrepresented or underrepresented.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, there are many sources from articles and published books.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes they reflect the available literature on the Buryats.
 * Are the sources current? Yes, the newest is from 2019 and the oldest is from 1948.
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? Yes there is a wide spectrum of authors, since the Buryat people are from three different countries. Some of the sources are in different languages.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, I checked a couple and they worked.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes it is well written. There is proper grammar and it is straight to the point.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No, I am not a huge English nerd but from what I saw there were no grammatical or spelling errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes it is broken down into different categories so you can better find what you are looking for in the article.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes there are many images throughout the article.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes, many of them have at least one sentence.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes they all do.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes, they are all lined up neatly.

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? There are no conversations. There is one person who asked a question and then the author saying he updated resources.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated C-class and yes it is a part of 3 different WikiProjects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It does not differ much, it is very formal.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? I think it has good status, it seems very well organized and thorough.
 * What are the article's strengths? The articles strengths are the images used and the amount of sources used.
 * How can the article be improved? The article could be improved by adding maybe another section about a different category of the Buryats.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say it is very well-developed and I would use it in a research project.