User:Sagefletcher99/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: Talk:Alcohol abuse
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: This article is under the C-Class addiction and recovery. Understanding the way people are prone to abuse privileges like alcohol is a great interest for me. The aspect of abuse to alcohol is always in the news as well so its impossible not to be curious to research more.

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

Yes, the Lead includes an introductory sentence that is concise and clearly describes the topic at hand. There was hardly any description of the article's major sections. The Lead isn't very concise, it's messy and unorganized.

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

Yes, the content is relevant to the topic. The content is up to date as of March 2020. The edits made added to the article but there is a lot missing from the page.

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 over represented, or underrepresented?
• Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation

The article is neutral. The claims seem to be everywhere and not on the precise topic that it was intended to be about. The viewpoints are all over the place as well.

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

The sources are all backed up however they stray away from the topic talked about which is Alcohol abuse. The oldest source is around 2016 and then to more recent years. The one main source the article has works but the page has no information so the reader doesn't know where the info comes from.

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

The article is not well-written, it topic hops and tries to go back to the main topic. Many editors have taken out and included information so the original article doesn't really exist anymore.

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

The article itself does not include images however the people who rated the article added a few. It pertains to alcohol abuse but it goes to talking about general alcoholism when it should be about a spefic abuse of alcohol.

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

The Talk Page is all over the place, some editors providing good information to fix the article, others belittling the author's writing. This article is rated C-Class and of Low Importance. Yes it has been part of a few WikiProjects. This topic hasn't been discussed in class, it was research out of interest.

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

The article's status is low and understandably C-Class. It has maybe one strength and that is what the article was supposed to be about. The article can improve greatly if the author were to stick to the topic they were supposed to right about instead of topic hopping. The article is not very complete or well-developed at all.

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: Talk:Alcohol abuse