User:Romeror0924/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.

• Endocrinology of Parenting: Endocrinology of parenting
• I chose to evaluate this article because it relates to endocrinology, as a parent I find it interesting and because it has an extensive list of references used and citations.

Lead

Guiding questions:

• Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
  • The lead includes 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?
  • The lead does include a brief description of the article's major sections.
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
  • The lead does not include information that is not present in the article.
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
  • The lead is concise and not overly detailed.

Content

Guiding questions:

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
  • The article's content is relevant to the topic.
• Is the content up-to-date?
  • Only six out of the 72 reference's cites are less than or five years old. I would like to see more references be more recent but this could be due to no recent significant discoveries being done on the subject.
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
  • There is no content that is missing or that does not belong in the article

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

• Is the article neutral?
  • The article is neutral
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  • There are no claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
  • The article evenly explores the hormones in non-human species (female and male), human (female and male) and compares them at the end of each hormone subdivision.
• Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
  • The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position.

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

• Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
  • A lot of the articles used are scholarly journal articles which are reliable sources of information.
• Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
  • The sources do reflect the available literature on the topic but I would like to see more recent literature on the topic.
• Are the sources current?
  • The article is not current; only 6 of the 72 sources used are five or less years old.
• Check a few links. Do they work?
  • The links, including the older ones, do work.

Organization

Guiding questions:

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
  • The article is concise, clear, easy to read and well organized so that it is easy to follow.
• Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
  • The article does not have any grammatical errors that I noticed.
• Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
  • The article is well organized. It is broken down into 3 different hormones/categories of hormones each with all the same subdivisions.

Images and Media

Guiding questions:

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
  • The article does not include any images that enhance the understanding of the topic.
• Are images well-captioned?
  • N/A-no images
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
  • N/A-no images
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
  • N/A-no images

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions:

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
  • There are no conversations on the "Talk tab"
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  • The article is rated as start-class and and is part of the WikiProjects with low-importance
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  • We have not talked about this topic in class yet.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

• What is the article's overall status?
  • The articles status is that is need more work on it/start-class
• What are the article's strengths?
  • The article's strength is its organization.
• How can the article be improved?
  • The article can improve if the references used were more current.
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
  • The article needs to use more recent up-to-date sources. The article could also incorporate images. I would say overall this article is underdeveloped.

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 with four tildes ~~~~

• Link to feedback:
  • Talk:Endocrinology of parenting