User:Yoselin Marin/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: (link)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback:

The article that I chose to evaluate for the module is BTS.

Everything in the article is related to the topic. Nicely formatted nothing was distracting. All information was up to date. The article was surprisingly very neutral and I saw no biased claims. The article does focus a lot on the bands milestones and achievements. Citations work and are relevant. Some of the citations seem to come from blog post or celebrity websites and could be biased. On the talk page, editors are trying to add more information on their most recent album. The article is rated a B- class. It is not part of a Wikiproject

Week 2 Activity 1

The article I chose to evaluate is A Rose for Emily. The article is rated as "start-class" meaning that it is still incomplete and under development; it is part of a Wikiproject. There are no inaccuracies in the plot summary that I could find. I did find a sentence were someone used close paraphrasing. They wrote "going in and out with a market basket", which is very similar to "going in and out with the market basket" written in the story. Quotations are integrated well, and don't sound out of place. From the tittle heading to the structure heading there is not a lot of quotation, but after that quotation use starts getting heavier. The structure of the article is organized in an effective way that makes sense. The information in the article is relevant to the story and does not distract. In the article, it says that Emily thought that her father "would never leave her" but that felt like an interpretation to me. Personally, I would like to see more written about Emily's house and the conflicts between the new generation and the old one.