User:Kensu.bates/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: Modern history of American football
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
  • I like to watch football interested in the history about American football.

Lead

Guiding questions

• • Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
    • Yes, it gives an introduction but I wouldn't necessarily say it is clear and describing what the topic is.
  • Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
    • Yes, it has a brief description about how American football started and became a popular sport.
  • Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
    • Most of the information that is given within the Lead is present within the article.
  • Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
    • I think the Lead could be more concise.

Content

Guiding questions

• • Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
    • Yes, the article is relevant.
  • Is the content up-to-date?
    • No, it is not.
  • Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
    • No, all of the information is about American football.

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions

• • Is the article neutral?
    • Most of it is neutral, but there is a section that talks about the greatest football game ever played, which could be bias.
  • Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • As stated front above there is a section that talks about the greatest football game ever played, which can be a section that is being bias and not agreed on.
  • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • I think that the subsection "Modern history of American football outside the United States" is underrepresented.
  • Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
    • In general the article doesn't attempt to persuade the reader to one side. It does an ok job in giving information about the modern history in American football.

Sources and References

Guiding questions

• • Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
    • No, not all facts in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information.
  • Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
    • Yes, the sources that are present reflect the information that is given within the article.
  • Are the sources current?
    • No, not all sources are current.
  • Check a few links. Do they work?
    • Yes the links work.

Organization

Guiding questions

• • Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
    • I think that the article could be written better in being more to the point in telling the more clear dates.
  • Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
    • When going through the article, it didn't seem like there were.
  • Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
    • I think that could have more of a structure in building up from amateur level American football to professional.

Images and Media

Guiding questions

• • Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
    • Yes, there are images that help enhance the article.
  • Are images well-captioned?
    • Yes.
  • Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
    • It seems like the images adhere to it.
  • Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
    • Yes, I think that they are 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?
    • There are some edits that are correcting some naming of organizations and also adding into more external links to give the article more sources.
  • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • This is rated as a C-class article and it is part of the WikiProject American football and WikiProject College football.
  • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
    • Wikipedia focuses and is clear that there are improvements that is need for this article. Also, focuses more on the credibility of the sources and the amount of sources that is being tagged onto the article.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

• • What is the article's overall status?
    • The overall status is that it is a terrible article but it does for sure need work. As the talk page rates this article as a Rate C-class article.
  • What are the article's strengths?
    • The strength of this article is that the information on the article is relevant and connected to the title of the article. It also is able to convey some of the history of American football.
  • How can the article be improved?
    • I think that it could be improved in a way where there are more sources material that helps to make the article more reliable. I think that it could have have a better flow in content and how the history was told.
  • How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
    • I think that the article is underdeveloped.

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