User:Salthedoughboy/Evaluate an Article

Evaluating an article

This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.

• Linguistic Anthropology: (Linguistic anthropology)
• I've chosen to work on this article because it is the topic of the class.

Lead

Guiding questions

• The Lead describes the overall topic of the article.
• The Lead does provide a description of the article's major section.
• The Lead includes information that is not present in the article. It has linked pages and citations.
• The Lead is concise and very clear on the topic of the article.

Content

Guiding questions

• The article's content is relevant to the topic. It has multiple citations to other Linguistic ideas.
• The content is up to date, being last edited on October 2, 2019.
• There is no content that is out of date or that is irrelevant.

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?

Sources and References

Guiding questions

• The facts in the article are comprised through credible second hand sources.
• The sources are credible and thorough.
• The sources are current as the
• All of the links work on the page and the pages linked worked as well.

Organization

Guiding questions

• The article is well-written and concise. There is no obvious spelling errors or grammatical errors.
• It does not have any obvious spelling errors
• It is well organized. It has multiple sections that describes different parts of the articles specifics.

Images and Media

Guiding questions

• There are no images involved
• Not Available
• Not Available
• The images are not laid out in a visually appealing way.

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions

• The conversations involved about the article talk about the academic language used. The jargon and language is hard to follow for the readers.
• The article is rated as C-level. It is a part of 4 different WikiProjects.
• Wikipedia discusses it in a more academic manner, as in class we've talked about the logistics and semantics of the sub-field of Anthropology.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

• the article is growing and still being changed currently.
• The great part about this article is the academic jargon being used.
• It can be created with less academic terms to make it easier to understand for the general public.
• The article is well composed and completed. It contains everything from citations to link to second hand sources.