User:Yonna95/Evaluate an Article

Disability
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Disability: (Disability)
 * Choosing this article was a decision because I am interested in knowing the terms, laws and rights that people with disability should have. I am also taking a course on the notion of disability to understand the respect for it and how well people are making places and rides accessible for them.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes the article includes a intro that clearly describes the article's topic.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? In some ways it does, but not to all the sections, just a few.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? This Lead is overly detailed in some parts, but is concise in others such as the the intro, terminology, just to name a few.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The article's content is relevant to the topic because it goes in depth about what is disability, the terminology of it and history.
 * Is the content up-to-date? I do think this content is up to date because it is specifying the changes over the years on disabilities and how its more community outreach for them, such as the Paralympics.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I'm not sure if I would include theories if you already have so much content in depth about disabilities.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? No
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No the article is simply informing the readers on disabilities.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Some are current and some are not...one of the sources dates back to 1980, 1995, and 2001
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes I acknowledge that it is.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, to my knowledge

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? It could be better but yes.

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? Making sure there are avoid personal attacks lack of content, relevance, and accuracy.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes it is apart of various WikiProjects and is most rated C-class for wikiproject disabilities, wikiproject human rights and wikiproject
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? They discuss history and theories and we talked about the sociology concept of it.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? Really knowledgeable
 * What are the article's strengths? The articles strengths are the terminology, historical content, and relevance.
 * How can the article be improved? I think if the article removed the theory section it will be better.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? This article is well-developed in my opinion.

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