Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I found a category of C-Class articles regarding aviation accidents and incidents. The crash of Delta Flight 191 is well known in the aviation community, mainly due to the cause which was the plane hitting a microburst on approach. Such an influential accident should have a quality Wikipedia page, which is why I chose to evaluate this one.
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? Intro paragraph includes the flight, plane, brief description of crash, casualties, and determined cause, so yes
Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Short and concise
Lead evaluation: Excellent
Content
Guiding questions
Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
Is the content up-to-date? Fairly up to date, the accident happened in 1985 (not much new information), but there are references retrieved in recent years.
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No
Content evaluation: Very good
Tone and Balance
Guiding questions
Is the article neutral? Yes, the article states details of the flight and facts about the crash and investigation
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, important facts about the crash are explored in greater detail, but that's to be expected.
Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, the article just lays out how and why DAL191 crashed.
Tone and balance evaluation: Very good
Sources and References
Guiding questions
Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? A few references are questionable
Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
Are the sources current? As current to be expected for an airplane crash that happened 35 years ago
Check a few links. Do they work? Yes
Sources and references evaluation: Pretty good, but room for improvement
Organization
Guiding questions
Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, but some aviation terminology might be difficult to follow for someone unfamiliar with the topic
Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Nothing egregious
Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes
Organization evaluation: Excellent
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? Yes
Images and media evaluation: Excellent
Checking the talk page
Guiding questions
What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Small changes (mistakes in math, syntax errors, rewording certain phrases) and modifying external links
How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
Talk page evaluation: Good, not seeing any problems with it
Overall impressions
Guiding questions
What is the article's overall status? High quality
What are the article's strengths? Neutral tone, the article lays out what happened on Delta 191 without any commentary. It states what the events of the flight, what caused it to crash, and countermeasures to keep other crashes from happening
How can the article be improved? Some references may be unreliable
How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Very well-developed
Overall evaluation: Very good, high quality article
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
Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I found a category of C-Class articles regarding aviation accidents and incidents. The crash of Delta Flight 191 is well known in the aviation community, mainly due to the cause which was the plane hitting a microburst on approach. Such an influential accident should have a quality Wikipedia page, which is why I chose to evaluate this one.
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? Intro paragraph includes the flight, plane, brief description of crash, casualties, and determined cause, so yes
Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Short and concise
Lead evaluation: Excellent
Content
Guiding questions
Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
Is the content up-to-date? Fairly up to date, the accident happened in 1985 (not much new information), but there are references retrieved in recent years.
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No
Content evaluation: Very good
Tone and Balance
Guiding questions
Is the article neutral? Yes, the article states details of the flight and facts about the crash and investigation
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, important facts about the crash are explored in greater detail, but that's to be expected.
Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No, the article just lays out how and why DAL191 crashed.
Tone and balance evaluation: Very good
Sources and References
Guiding questions
Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? A few references are questionable
Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
Are the sources current? As current to be expected for an airplane crash that happened 35 years ago
Check a few links. Do they work? Yes
Sources and references evaluation: Pretty good, but room for improvement
Organization
Guiding questions
Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, but some aviation terminology might be difficult to follow for someone unfamiliar with the topic
Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Nothing egregious
Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes
Organization evaluation: Excellent
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? Yes
Images and media evaluation: Excellent
Checking the talk page
Guiding questions
What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Small changes (mistakes in math, syntax errors, rewording certain phrases) and modifying external links
How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
Talk page evaluation: Good, not seeing any problems with it
Overall impressions
Guiding questions
What is the article's overall status? High quality
What are the article's strengths? Neutral tone, the article lays out what happened on Delta 191 without any commentary. It states what the events of the flight, what caused it to crash, and countermeasures to keep other crashes from happening
How can the article be improved? Some references may be unreliable
How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Very well-developed
Overall evaluation: Very good, high quality article
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