User:Mollyanne99/Evaluate an Article
Evaluate an article[edit]
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.
- LENA Foundation: LENA Foundation
- I choose this article because the research lab where I am a research assistant uses LENA recording devices on our home visits with 6 month old babies. I saw the LENA mentioned in the Wiki C-Class page, and it caught my attention
Lead[edit]
- Guiding questions
- Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
- No, "close opportunity gaps" is very vague
- Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
- No, it seems biased
- Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
- No
- Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
- It is concise, but it doesn't seem to explain well exactly what a LENA device is or does. It could use some revising.
Lead evaluation[edit]
Needs revision, good length
Content[edit]
- Guiding questions
- Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
- yes
- Is the content up-to-date?
- Most of it seems to be, content has been updated recently
- Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
- what seems to be missing is citations for the "research findings" section
- I also think that the "scientific background" could definitely be longer
Content evaluation[edit]
Good content, could be more thorough[edit]
Tone and Balance[edit]
- Guiding questions
- Is the article neutral?
- it seems to be, this is mostly an explanation of this software and company
- Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- it definitely seems like the LENA foundation does advocate, specifically for its own product and research, but the Wiki article itself doesn't seem to be biased
- 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?
- the article doesn't, but the LENA foundation does
Tone and balance evaluation[edit]
Sources and References[edit]
- Guiding questions
- Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
- No, I don't think the "research findings" section has enough cited sources
- Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
- Yes, they seem to
- Are the sources current?
- The ones that I looked at are; they seem to range from historical literature on this topic to more recent findings
- Check a few links. Do they work?
- the ones that I checked do
Sources and references evaluation[edit]
Organization[edit]
- Guiding questions
- Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
- yes, it isn't trying to be too scientific or convoluted
- Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
- it seems to be alright
- Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
- Yes, very well-organized, clear and interesting
Organization evaluation[edit]
Images and Media[edit]
- Guiding questions
- Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
- yes, but I think the images could be bigger
- Are images well-captioned?
- yes, very well
- Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
- as far as I can tell?
- Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
- they could be bigger, but I do like how the page isn't clutter with a ton of diagrams or scientific images - it isn't trying to be a research article but just a layman's explanation of a foundation and its product
Images and media evaluation[edit]
Checking the talk page[edit]
- Guiding questions
- What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
- there doesn't seem to be any conversations going on around this page - the only points on the page seem to be made by a wiki cyber-bot
- How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
- it is rated C-class Of Low Importance in the Linguistics/applied Linguistics and Autism projects
- How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
- Since this page is more about a foundation and a product that support a theory, I think it should be evaluated differently than a page simply on a topic of linguistics. There could be more in this page pertaining to the different areas of linguistics that the LENA and its products explore
Talk page evaluation[edit]
Overall impressions[edit]
- Guiding questions
- What is the article's overall status?
- this article seems to be in progress, but definitely unfinished, specifically in terms of the research and findings section
- What are the article's strengths?
- the article seems to present a foundation and product in an unbiased and clear way - it is easy to understand
- How can the article be improved?
- more sources could be added, and in general more information could be presented
- How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
- It is definitely underdeveloped in that it isn't finished or complete
Overall evaluation[edit]
Optional activity[edit]
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