User:Will jablonski/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: Textual scholarship
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose this article to evaluate because it seemed to me to be very similar to what we'll be doing in this class.

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, while only being a single sentence, clearly encompasses everything in this article. The introductory sentence, while being the only sentence, describes very clearly and concisely the what the phrase "textual scholarship" means, The lead has no opportunity to include information that is not relevant to the article.

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?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Content evaluation
The articles content is relevant to textual studies and it is up to date, the last edit that added information being in May of 2020. The article is quite short, the main body of it being in the overview. I can't say if there is information missing, but since the article is very short It's hard to tell. It has no reference to any of Wikipedia's equity gaps.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * 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 no claims that appear biased to a certain position. There really are no viewpoints that are presented, it simply describes the field of textual scholarship

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * 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?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
Despite the small size of the article, there are a lot of references and further readings in the article. After attempting to use a link to open a PDF for the source "Textual Trails from Oral to Written Sources: An Introduction," it redirected me to this website. This is not the article, nor could i find it by typing the name of the article into the built in search bar. This really annoyed me because all I had to do to find the article was type in the name in quotes and I found the article at this link under the first result, and I didn't even have to download it, its readable on the page itself. I tried to edit the pages sources but i need to be in source mode and I don't know how to do that yet. Definitely will come back to it when I can fix it.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * 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 clear, concise and to the point. It is very easy to read, consisting of only one section.

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
There are no images in this article.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * 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 is a single message in the talk page about changing the name of the talk page to "Textual studies." It is a WikiProject rated at Stub-Class and High-Importance.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * 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
The article, while short, very clearly encompasses the topic of textual scholarship. The article doesn't have many strengths, but one could be that it's very simple to understand the topic. The article definitely could use in increase in length, purely because the lead is one sentence and the content is only one section. I don't think that the article is finished, but that's not to say that it doesn't present enough information or is underdeveloped.

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