User:Zdj3/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: Pittsburgh Panthers football
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose this article to evaluate because it was the only article that I could find that I knew enough about to feel comfortable editing.

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

 * 1) Yes. It begins by stating the name of the school, the school's nickname, and where the school is located.
 * 2) Yes. It contains a table of contents with links to allow people to jump to different parts of the article.
 * 3) No. The lead only provides an introduction to what the article will be discussing.
 * 4) Overly-detailed. The table of contents has 15 different chapters, most of which contain their own sub-sections.

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

 * 1) Yes. The articles content is strictly about Pitt football.
 * 2) Yes. The last proposed edit was in 2019.
 * 3) No. This article is very in-depth and it covers all the important information of the topic.

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

 * 1) The article is neutral. The tone the author presents is just factual, not biased.
 * 2) No. As I mentioned above, the author just presents facts and is unbiased.
 * 3) This is a well balanced article that covers everything anyone would need to know about Pitt football.
 * 4) No. This article is unbiased and just presents facts about the Pitt football team.

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

 * 1) Yes. This article contains 203 sources.
 * 2) Yes. They all come from valuable sources.
 * 3) Yes. Each source has been dated within the last 15 years.
 * 4) Yes. The links 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?

Organization evaluation

 * 1) This is a very well written article. It is clear and easy to read, although it is extremely long.
 * 2) Not that I have found. There are a lot of posts on the talk page so any of these mistakes would be caught.
 * 3) Yes, the article is broken down into 15 different sections, most of which have their own sub-sections.

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

 * 1) Yes. The article includes images in every section.
 * 2) Yes. The images all contain detailed captions.
 * 3) All images are cited as well.
 * 4) Yes. The images are laid out in a way that doesn't affect the articles visual appeal.

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

 * 1) Conversations mostly include the fact that the article is too long, or minor changes like changing a few words around here and there.
 * 2) It is part of four wikiprojects. It is rated class-B high importance for three of them, and class-b top-importance for one of them).

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

 * 1) It is a B-Class article rated between high-importance and top-importance.
 * 2) The amount of detail that it contains is its biggest strength. Also, it is backed by the University of Pittsburgh, the city of Pittsburgh, the state of Pennsylvania, and College football.
 * 3) It is extremely long, maybe break it up into a few different articles so that viewers don't have to navigate through so much.
 * 4) The article is well developed. They have professional writers keeping this page up to date, so it is a good article.

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