User:Ynassereddeen/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Visual communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
No particular reason, it just sounded the most interesting and maybe the most relevant to me.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The first sentence gives the reader a good idea of what the article will be about if they are unfamiliar with the topic. Towards the end, it might be using a value statement saying that they play an important role in daily lives. It gives us a pretty good idea of what the sections ahead may contain. I think the use of citations was good and frequent. They seem to be citing educational sources.

Overview

This section is very informational and covers some important topics related to visual communication. However, the variety of sources is not that good because a lot of the information comes from just a couple of sources. Additionally, some chunks of information are thrown in there seemingly from the thoughts of the author without any citation at all. There is also a self-published source in the first section which is advised against.

Components

This section has some grammar mistakes such as “aesthetically please information”. Like the Overview section, this section does not draw from enough sources. In fact, it only draws from source 8, and then 13 once. It also might be using value statements by stating what is most important. This section might be an equity gap because it is substantially shorter than the rest of the sections.

Prominence and Motive

This section uses too many value statements from the beginning. When the article states how visual images can be used in two ways they seem to be drawing from themselves and not a source, as nothing is cited and there is no real evidence. The information in the Culture section cites a source that is not confirmed to be reliable. In the Politics section there is also some theorizing without evidence.

Images and Media

I'm not sure if the first image in the lead section is the most relevant to the article. Aside from that I think there could have been a lot more images included in this article especially since the topic is visual communication. It is talking about visuals and there are barely any provided.

Talk Page Discussion

The article has been rated as a level 5 vital article which needs improvement. It is a part of many WikiProjects. Most of the talk page seems to be people recommending topics that the article could cover which are relevant to the topic. People are also in agreement about the irony of a visual communication article that lacks images.

Overall

The article is pretty informational and most of the information seems relevant to the topic. The sources could be improved by removing the potentially unreliable sources. There should also be multiple sources drawn from in the sections instead of relying on one or few. There is also an equity gap present with the length of the Components section. It could be improved by adding relevant visual aids.