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Article Evaluation
The article "Design", seen on Wikipedia page, is a well-written article. The following are observations based on the article.


 * 1) In terms of article content, the article has a organized structure which it first brings the readers a definition of "design". Then it explains design is often seen in many different area such as: art, engineering, coding, business, clothes and etc. The content is concentrated on the topic which it allows readers to focus on the term through all the article. In the citation section, data it used is not out of date for the author used other sources from 1964-2010. Overall, it is a well-written and well-structured article, it brings the readers a full aspects definition of the word "design".
 * 2) Speaking in the tone of the article, the author used a neutral tone through out the article. There is no obvious evidence of personal inference nor non-academic language. There are five parts in the article which brings up five aspects of design. Each part has fairly equal amount of information given, which represent each aspect well.
 * 3) In the citation section, the links provide by author is fully working and show the information source the author used. In the article, each information reference is left with a footnote which can be traced in the footnote section and all links in the footnote section are fully functional. There is no obvious evidence of plagiarism.
 * 4) In the talk page, users talk about the organization and structure of the article, some users remove part of the article to make it less "messy". Some users remove part that doesn't make a very clear sense. The way Wikipedia discuss about a article is very academical and serious. Users post a very strong reason of why they remove part of the article or add more content.
 * 5) Through out this article, the author provide a good amount of information and access to information(the hyperlink), which it give the readers options to understand when they get confused or needs to understand what a word mean. Also, it gives the reader a sense of reliability of the article and information base.