User:Cwerth490/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: Berlin Conference#:~:text=The Berlin Conference of 1884,emergence as an imperial power.
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

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? Yes
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise

Lead evaluation

Overall good quality

Content

Guiding questions

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
• Is the content up-to-date? Yes
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Could use a copy of the original conference agreement

Content evaluation

Overall good quality

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

Tone and balance evaluation

Good tone

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? Not 100%: should have the original Conference document in sources
• Are the sources current? Yes
• Check a few links. Do they work? The South Africa History link does not work for me - nothing comes up on the page

Sources and references evaluation

Overall good; needs some updates

Organization

Guiding questions

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes
• Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No
• Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes

Organization evaluation

Good Organization

Images and Media

Guiding questions

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes; the map is especially useful
• Are images well-captioned? Yes
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

Images and media evaluation

Good

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 some conversations on plagiarism and research from 2 years ago
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It's part of Wiki Education
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? There's a bigger focus on being super accurate with information and citations

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

• What is the article's overall status? Good overall
• What are the article's strengths? To the point and concise; provides a good overview of the event, with some discussion on long-term effects
• How can the article be improved? The only update I could conceive is a link to the original Conference document
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Overall well-done. The talk page indicates that there's been a good amount of work done on it.

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