User:VinceFaustini/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: English studies
 * This article was chosen to be evaluated as part of an assignment to evaluate an article that is relevant to an Academic Inquiry and Writing class.

Lead

 * The article includes an introductory sentence that explains what English is as an academic subject and it gives the audience an understanding as to what will be addressed in the content of the entry. However, while the Lead does mention some of the article's major sections, not all of them are listed. Additionally, the article's Lead mentions some specifics that are not expanded on directly within the article. However, they are defined with individual hyperlinks. Overall, for the content of the article that is currently displayed, the Lead is overly detailed.

Content

 * Generally, the article's content is relevant to the topic, as the topic is broadly, "English Studies". The article is also very up-to-date, as it was last updates on 25 March 2020 and has been edited since 2003.However, an edit was made by another user that the article does not explain English Studies at the high school level, as there is less than a paragraph explaining such a large topic. Therefore, the article would benefit from more information being added about English Studies at the high school level.

Tone and Balance

 * The article is neutral, with little to no bias throughout the entirety of the discussion. The article also makes no attempt to sway the audience in any direction.

Sources and References

 * It has been previously discussed by editors that the article is lacking in inline citations. However, it does include an extensive References page as wall as an External Links page. The sources listed are, for the most part, thorough and current. However, some of the sources are outdated. Additionally, while most of the links included work, a few no longer function.

Organization

 * While the content of the current piece is well articulated and organized, it could stand to expand on some of the topics mentioned. That being said, the current organization of the article is satisfactory.

Images and Media

 * While there is only one image in the actual article, there are many included in the hyperlinks throughout the piece. These images effectively compliment the definitions or clarifications.

Checking the talk page

 * This article has been actively edited since 2003 in order to improve the content of the piece. The article's rating and involvement in WikiProjects are unclear at this time. The article addresses the topic of English more in depth as to what it actually is and where it comes from, where as in class, we focus on one genre of the broad subject of English Studies, which is Academic Inquiry and Writing.

Overall impressions

 * The article addresses a vast array of topics within English Studies. However, it does not explain everything it mentions which makes reading the article somewhat confusing. For this reason, the article would be best described as underdeveloped. The article can be improved upon by effectively defining each of the genres mentioned in the Lead instead of focusing on just a few.

VinceFaustini (talk) 00:11, 2 April 2020 (UTC)