User:WikiDiscussion/Black Death/Kimbravo99 Peer Review

Peer review

This is where you will complete your peer review exercise. Please use the following template to fill out your review.

General info

• Whose work are you reviewing?
• Link to draft you're reviewing: Black Death

Lead

Guiding questions:

• Has the Lead been updated to reflect the new content added by your peer? Yes, the article is very specific and starts off by giving the an estimated amount of people who were killed in the epidemic of the black death.
• Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?Yes, it describes approximately how many people were killed in the plague and it also describes the location in where the plague started.
• Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, in fact in the very beginning it gives the reader a table of context on how exactly the writer is going to describe the articles majors sections.
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No it does not. The Lead includes brief information on what the article is going to talk about and gives a lot of detail in what the article is going to say next.
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The Lead is concise, it is not over detailed but nor is it a simple 2 sentence introduction. It has information that is later going to be talked about in the article.

Content

Guiding questions:

• Is the content added relevant to the topic? Yes, it is relevant because it shows exactly what is going to be talked about in the article and in what article. This is useful because if you need to find information on a specific topic than you are able to search the contents and look for it real quick where it is.
• Is the content added up-to-date? Yes the content is up to date and it was last edited on October 9th 20:04.
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There seems to be nothing missing. Obviously, the total death toll seems to be a mystery but that is because there is no exact figure on the death toll in which case it is a content that is missing but its reasonable.

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

• Is the content added neutral? Yes, the content does seem to be neutral and does not go off to a particular side.
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No there is no claim that seems to be off to a particular position.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, the viewpoints seems to be neutral and fair.
• Does the content added attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, in fact what the author does is provide a lot of information on the topic which lets the reader know that they perhaps know a lot of information about the subject.

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

• Is all new content backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, there are over 50 sources and most of them seem to be either from a University or a press.
• Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes, they all have to do with the black death.
• Are the sources current? Some of the sources are not as current as others.
• Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, the link does work.

Organization

Guiding questions:

• Is the content added well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? It is easy to read although it does give you a lot of data.
• Does the content added have any grammatical or spelling errors? No it does not.
• Is the content added well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The content is broken down into sections and it shown right at the beginning of the article. It shows where stuff would be cover and when.

Images and Media

Guiding questions: If your peer added images or media

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes, although some of the pictures can be a little bit graphic.
• Are images well-captioned? Yes, they are.
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? All images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Some of the images can be a little bit graphic but besides that everything seems to be fine.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

• Has the content added improved the overall quality of the article - i.e. Is the article more complete? The article seems pretty complete but there is always time for improvements by adding a video or even more pictures explaining the black death.
• What are the strengths of the content added? The strengths of the content must be that it provides a lot of information that is very useful to the reader and it is easy to follow through.
• How can the content added be improved? Perhaps the article can be improved more by posting a video or link that leads to the black death or even an article that analyses the black death even deeper.