User:Beck1212/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) Critical code studies
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I gave my presentation on this topic so I have at least some background knowledge that I understand.

Lead

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? No, but there are no large sections in this particular article.
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No.
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is very concise.

Content

Guiding questions:

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
• Is the content up-to-date? The most recent sources are from 2011, so it is not extremely up-to-date. I doubt it is a popular topic with most people.
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? From what I read for my presentation, I feel like there could be more descriptions of how CCS relates to other concepts like HCI, etc instead of just listing them as related. There is no extraneous information in the article.

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

• Is the article neutral? Yes.
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No.
• Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No.

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

• 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? Somewhat, as stated before the most recent sources are from 2011.
• Check a few links. Do they work? Yes.

Organization

Guiding questions:

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Very.
• Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? There is a tense disagreement where a quote starts but I will fix that at a later time.
• Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes, it starts with a summary and then describes the origin of the term and who the creator was inspired by.

Images and Media

Guiding questions:

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No.
• Are images well-captioned? N?A.
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? N/A
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? N/A

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions:

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? the editors are talking about how the article is still a stub and warning that they are teaching a class that may involve students editing it. Mark Marino himself posted some notes in the talk page too. There are also citation recommendations. Editors have been editing this page more recently than they were last using the talk page.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I don't see any rating or project information, but people on the talk page were discussing using it for a class.
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The article brings up another person, Espen Aarseth, who we did not learn about in class. The article also focuses more on how people have been writing about CCS, but in class we just talked about its purpose and creation.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

• What is the article's overall status? It could use some work, but what is here now is accurate and aligns with the rules of Wikipedia.
• What are the article's strengths? Everything is cited, and Mark Marino himself gave some information about CCS on the talk page
• How can the article be improved? The article could be improved by adding more information about recent applications of CCS.
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It is underdeveloped at this point.

Optional activity

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