User:LaineNichols/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: (link)
• 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?
• 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

The introductory sentence is extremely long and contains many side notes. However, it is an extremely comprehensive introductory sentence. The Lead does not include a description of the article's major sections, mentioning only irresistible grace and contrasting it with prevenient grace. For instance, it leaves out Lutheran teachings, but those are included in the body of the article.

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

Even though the article is about irresistible grace, it spends an equal time talking about prevenient grace or other objects to irresistible grace.

This claim doesn't seem supported: "Of course, this confirmation depends upon the belief that when God elected certain individuals for salvation, He either did not know or did not consider who would respond and obey, though the Apostle Peter refers to the "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ""

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

Tone and balance evaluation

In an article about Calvinism and irresistible grace, Arminianism and prevenient grace seems overrepresented. Almost every Calvinistic claim is followed by its Arminian objection. It might be better to present all the information about irresistible grace together, and in a separate section of the article, present the information of prevenient grace and/or other objections.

Also, towards the end of the article, it refers to the Five Points of Calvinism as "so-called".

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?

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 doesn't have any grammar/spelling errors, but it uses high-level vocabulary and long sentences, which makes understanding difficult at times. The article should have a separate section for objections to irresistible grace instead of twining the objections throughout the article.

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?

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

It's a C-Class article that is part of the Christianity WikiProject.

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

I think the article is underdeveloped and should feature a better explanation of the topic at hand rather than half an explanation and half a critique.

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