User:WordsfromaSong/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: Gates of Heaven (Gates of Heaven)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: i've chosen to evaluate this article because it's the one I've decided to edit and try to improve for this class.

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? No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Overly concise

Lead evaluation
The lead for this article consists of two sentences and provides only the bare minimum of information that would let someone know what the subject of the article is. It doesn't describe the article's major sections and doesn't really provide a framework for the rest of the article at all.

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
All the information is relevant and up to date but only a summary of the film and some brief details about its' critical reception are provided. Any information about the film's production process, the director's background, and the film's release is missing.

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's tone is neutral and it doesn't contain any biases towards a particular point of view. The only viewpoints really represented here are from critics, with the filmmaker's thoughts left out/

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?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
Most of the claims have sources to back them up, although there is one in the lead about the film launched Morris' career that doesn't have a citation. There are only three sources for the entire article, two of which are reviews from Roger Ebert, the other is a news article. Two of these are from the last decade and the other is dated 1997. This sourcing is not thorough at all and only reflects a small portion the literature available on the subject.

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
What's there is well written but the article is only organized into two small sections, which leaves out a lot of major information about the topic.

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 has one image of the theatrical release poster for Gates of Heaven

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
The talk page shows that the article part of WikiProject Film and WikiProject Death, and is rated as a start class article. The only conversation on the page right now is a user pointing out that the image being used on the page is being used under fair use but there is no explanation of rationale for why its use in the article constitutes fair use.

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's classification as start class seems accurate as it really only represents a starting point for what the article could be. it provides a decent summary of the topic and some insight into how Gates of Heaven was received by critics, but it doesn't provide any information on Errol Morris' life, the making of the film, it's theatrical release, or it's addition to the Criterion Collection. Also the only critic it really cites is Roger Ebert. i'd say the article is underdeveloped because what information is there is good, but very limited.

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