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 * Name of article: Li Qingzhao
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I choose to evaluate this article because I wanted to see how much information Wikipedia has on women artists/poets/etc. from pre-modern China. I choose this article on Li Qingzhao because she is one of the most famous women poet from ancient China. While evaluating this article, I also compared the Wikipedia article of Li Qingzhao with the Baidu (the Chinese version of Wikipedia) article of her, which is another reason why I choose to evaluate this article.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead does include an introductory sentence that gives a concise overview about who Li Qingzhao is. It doesn't really have a brief description about the major sections of the article though since there wasn't many major sections in the article - there was only one big section entitle "Biography" and the rest were very small sections. The lead does not include information that is not present in the article but it is relatively short, being only two sentences long. The lead was very short and concise and not overly detailed.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
The content of the article is relevant to the topic since it focuses around Li Qingzhao's life and her achievements. However, I feel that it was not very detailed in the information and is relatively short (as compared with the Baidu article). I feel that some content was missing from the article as there really weren't any information about her poems (although there are links to them in a bottom section). As a whole, I also felt that article focused on the impacts of Li Qingzhao's husband a bit too much. I feel that the information included in the article is up to date, but since the article is not that detailed, it's not really up to date either. The last sentence in the lead also states that she is considered one of the greatest Chinese poets but there is no indication about who made that claim. Most of the information also appeared to be from just one source.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The article has a neutral tone. There does not appear to be any claims that are heavily biased toward a particular position except maybe the last sentence in the Lead about how Li Qingzhao is regarded as one of greatest poets in Chinese history. One flaw about the article though is that I feel it focuses a bit too much on the influence of Li Qingzhao's husband on her life and there was less information about her works. The article is informative and does not appear to attempt to persuade readers to favor one position over another.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
Not all facts in the article seems to be backed up by a reliable source. Although the information presented in the article matches up with information I searched up from other sources, there were very few citations throughout the article indicating where the information came from. It appears that a majority of the information came from one source. The sources do not appear to be very thorough since they do not give much information on the topic. Some of the sources also did not appear to be very much related to the topic at all, for example, the first source in the citation is from NASA about a crater on Mercury called Li Ching-chao. A couple other sources also did not have information on Li Qingzhao and were about craters named after her and a book with a character inspired by her. The sources appear to be relatively current and the links do work although there is a source with no link.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
The article is well written. It is concise, clear, and easy to read. The article does not appear to have any grammatical or spelling errors in it. The article is pretty well organize and is broken down into sections about Li Qingzhao. The "Biography" section though can be broken down into another section, I feel, focusing on her poems and other works so that information about what she's written can be distinguished from other aspects of her life such as her family and husband.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * 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 include images that enhance understanding of the topic. The images are well captioned and they clearly state what is being depicted in the picture. The images all appear to adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. Most of the images were laid out in a visually appealing way except the picture of the Li Qingzhao Memorial. The picture is a bit small and putting it underneath the gray box of key information made it less noticeable.

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?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
There really doesn't seem to be any conversation going on about this topic. The only things on the talk page were a post about some of the external links being modified and a comment about the authenticity of the phrase "regarded by many" in the beginning of the article. The article is part of / of interest to the following WikiProjects: WikiProject Biography / Arts and Entertainment, WikiProject China, Wikiproject Women's History, WikiProject Women writers, and WikiProject Women writers. The article is rated C-class for all of the Wikiprojects ranging from Low-importance to Mid-importance. Since we haven't really discussed poetry and female poets in class yet, there is no real difference so far. One thing about the Wikipedia article that I did notice is that there is a tendency to focus on how Li Qingzhao's husband affected her life which does match up with a fact brought up in Emma Paling's article “Wikipedia’s Hostility to Women” that Wikipedia articles on women were more likely to mention their relationship status than articles on men.

Overall impressions

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 * 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
This article is mediocre over all. The strengths of the essay is that it is concise and to the point and it does inform readers about the lasting impact/legacy of Li Qingzhao (although there wasn't much in that section either). It also uses pictures pretty well too. However, the article is very short and there is not much information provided about Li Qingzhao so the article could be improved by adding more detailed information about her. Another way that the article could be improved is that less of the article should be focused on the impact of Li Qingzhao's husband on her and more on Li Qingzhao's accomplishments. The works and achievements of Li Qingzhao should also be put into a section of their own separate from the "Biography" section as well. I feel that this article was a bit underdeveloped. It was very brief and there really wasn't much information on Li Qingzhao. The sources in the reference were also a bit weak since many of the sources didn't connect directly with her. In addition, there weren't much citation in the "Biography" section of the article which is where the bulk of the information is.

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