User:"robin ramlall"/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) Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. The reason why I chose this article because I'm Hindu and I would like to know more about my religion and its history.

Lead

Guiding questions:

• Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? YES
• Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? YES
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? YES
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Its concise

Content

Guiding questions:

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
• Is the content up-to-date? yes
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? YES

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

• Is the article neutral? YES
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? NO
• 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? NO

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

• Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? YES
• Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? YES
• Are the sources current? YES
• Check a few links. Do they work? YES

Organization

Guiding questions:

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Easy to read
• Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? NO
• Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? YES

Images and Media

Guiding questions:

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? NO
• Are images well-captioned? NO
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? NO
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? NO

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions:

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? They were disagreeing and stating their own opinion on the Hindu temples and the article about.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? YES
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The difference would be that the Wikipedia article talks about details about Hindu temples and gave facts about different details of the Hindu temples and the book.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

• What is the article's overall status? The status was a summary on about these Hindu temples.
• What are the article's strengths? The strengths were the article has official dates, years and information about all these Hindu temples.
• How can the article be improved? It could be improved more if they wrote a little more paragraphs about the different types of Hindu temples and what was going on in these temples.
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think its a little more of well developed underdeveloped because it has little facts and links to help you find out more about what the article is talking about and I also I feel like they could have written a little more.

Optional activity

• Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes ~~~~

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