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Evaluate an article

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

  • Name of article: Nickelodeon Movies
  • Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
  • I chose to evaluate this article because I feel like I'm a very animated person also I am very fond of animation movies which Nickelodeon specializes in.

Lead

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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

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The article has a Lead contains a introductory sentence detailing the article's point.No the Lead did not include a description of the major sections of the article but contained a content box below with all the sections.The Lead did include information that wasn't present in the article such as the founding date of the company and it's co-distributor.The Lead is concise and is not overly detailed.

Content

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Guiding questions
  • Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
  • Is the content up-to-date?
  • The content is up to date with a source as recent as 2019 and contains updated information.
  • Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
  • No there is no content missing and doesn't contain anything that belongs.

Content evaluation

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Yes the article's content is relevant to the topic.The content is up to date for the most part with a source as recent as 2019 and contains updated information.No there is no content missing and doesn't contain anything that doesn't belongs.


Tone and Balance

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Guiding questions
  • Is the article neutral?
  • Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
  • Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation

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Yes the article is neutral the page didn't focus on one movie more than the other.No there is no claims in the article that would be heavily biased.There were no viewpoints that were underrepresented or overrepresented.No the article does not contain any form of persuasion in one form or another towards or from the article. The article is based on backed up facts.

Sources and References

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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?
  • There are current sources
  • Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation

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There are some facts in the article that is backed up by facts by a secondary source of information but some sources are old.Yes the sources are thorough , some sources not as in depth as the others.Majority of the sources ranged from 8- 12 years ago with a few more current sources from 2018 & 2019 being scarcely available.There are multiple links, many being useful but some that aren't able to be used.

Organization

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Guiding questions
  • Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
  • Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
  • Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?

Organization evaluation

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  • This article was clear, well-written to read and non-confusing.I didn't see any grammatical or spelling errors in this article.This article was very well-organized and categorized into sections so following along was easy.

Images and Media

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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

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  • The only images in the article were logos.The images were captioned to explain their presence in the article.Yes the images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulation.Yes there was color in the images that appeared to make them more appeasing to the article page.

Checking the talk page

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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

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  • There are a couple of conversations going on the Talk page. One conversation refers to the film table and how it should be sorted in its table. One commentator was questioning the request of certain information being deleted,
  • This a C- class rated article and mostly apart of low-importance WikiProjects.
  • It's more behind the scenes of why certain movies were canceled .

Overall impressions

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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 evaluations

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This article is rated C-class.It was precise and informative.The article could contain more present-day references still a overall quality article.The editors of this article were professional in completing this article throughout it all. With the addition of recent information the article could improve itself.

Optional activity

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