User:Paco BRG/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: Bocage
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen this article because we have this kind of agriculture in France and a lot of geographical et environmental problematics.

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? No
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Yes

Content

Guiding questions

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
• Is the content up-to-date? Yes but there is some problematics in France about leaving bocage in Britain, with consequences, it might be interesting to talk about it in the article.
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No

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?
• 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

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
• Are images well-captioned? Yes
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? In a simple way but yes

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 is a comment about the source of the English importation of bocage.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? No
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Because we've seen this kind of agriculture in class

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

• What is the article's overall status? Finish
• What are the article's strengths? The clarity of it
• How can the article be improved? Maybe talking of the issues of leaving bocage, in Britain the bocage was left-behind for mechanization and optimization, but the lack of trees causes the flow of the pig manure to the sea wich is develloping toxic algaes
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is well developed in a geographical way

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

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