User:Vmstiles/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: Economic history
 * I chose to evaluate this article because it is relevant to the course.

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? yes because it gives a detailed breakdown description of what economic history is and what it is comprised of. The article does not expand much on the specifics but focuses on the history of how economic history came to be.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is concise. It gives a well written description to give the reader exactly what they're looking for.

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

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

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? I feel like there was a couple sentences that could've used a citation.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? yes
 * Are the sources current? yes
 * Check a few links. Do they work? yes

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? none that I found
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? yes

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? They were all along the right side of the page which made them easy to find

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There are talks about page mergers and mostly just page clean up and editing.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? yes it is part of 5 wikiprojects
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We talked about it more specifically when discussing the economic history in different countries in comparison to the US on different subjects like unemployment and healthcare. This wiki topic discusses economic history broadly and defines what economic history means and how it became what it is.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths? It is non biased and the information given is relevant and supportive.
 * How can the article be improved? More citations in the text.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think it may be under developed, it could stay to cover more.

Optional activity

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