User:Nate Waldraff/Evaluate an Article

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• Orienteering
• I am very interested in Orienteering. I have been participating in the sport since I was 13 years old.

Lead

Guiding questions

The lead is concise and offers links to other articles about orienteering. The lead does also include a brief description of orienteering and what they will be covering in the article.

• 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?

Content

Guiding questions

The content is relevant to the topic, is up to date, and very well organized. The article includes everything from world rankings, different types of courses, descriptions of the competition, as well as the history of the sport.

• 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?

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions

This article is simply just informing its readers on what orienteering is and how it works. All of the different parts of the article seem to be well written and each section is represented equally.

• 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?

Sources and References

Guiding questions

A couple sources would not load but others did. The article's facts are backed by reliable sources which include the International Orienteering Federation, Orienteering USA, and the British Orienteering Federation.

• 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

The article is very well organized and written. As well as it was easy to read and lacked grammatical errors. It was also broken down into easy to read sections that were all labeled.

• 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?

Images and Media

Guiding questions

The pictures within the article allow for a better understanding because they are offering a visual representation of certain things like a control point as well as how the topographical maps that are used look. Also the pictures used adhere to the copyright regulations and are positioned next to or by a topic that was just described.

• 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

There are many discussions about how the article can improve and it shows that the issues that were brought up or fixed. The article also has a C rating.

• 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?

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

I believe that the article is fairly well written and well-organized. I believe that the author should add some information about how JROTC schools actually have orienteering teams as well as how the Boy and Girl Scouts participate. The article gives a good background of the roots of orienteering and describes many different kinds of courses you could run.

• 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?

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