User:70.166.206.130/Evaluate an Article
Evaluate an article
[edit]This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.
- Name of article: (Religion)
- Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I am interested in how religion influences our lives, and why people choose to live by the rules in religion or refuse to do so.
Lead
[edit]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? Yes
- Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
- Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is well established
Lead evaluation: The lead is well organized in a way that basically introduces what the article is going to be about and it does not irrelevant information.
[edit]Content
[edit]Guiding questions:
- Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
- Is the content up-to-date? most part
- Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? no
Content evaluation: The content is well connected to the article, but some information presented is not recent. Other than updating information, it seems there is no need to add additional information.
[edit]Tone and Balance
[edit]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: it seems that the article is more elaborated from the perspective of a historian who is backing up the information only with the help of the information from the like-minded. Therefore, it would be better to add some information that is supported by someone directly related to the topic. Besides, in certain aspects, it seems that the article was addressed with the tone little against monotheistic religions such as Islam or Judaism as since the definition overemphasizes the polytheism.
[edit]Sources and References
[edit]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: nearly all the facts are supported with some kind of source and that source is referred properly.
[edit]Organization
[edit]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: The article is written concesely without any grammatical mistakes or misspellings. The paragraphs are well organized in a way that covers all the main points. However, word choice is a little too academic which may prevent a certain group of readers from understanding most of the information.
[edit]Images and Media
[edit]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
[edit]Checking the talk page
[edit]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
[edit]Overall impressions
[edit]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
[edit]Optional activity
[edit]- 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 with four tildes ~~~~
- Link to feedback: