Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I am doing spiders for my speciality and I have seen a lot of them on our fieldwork outings.
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? Concise
Lead evaluation
Content
Guiding questions
Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
Is the content up-to-date? Yes, most sources are from the last 10-15 years.
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Not that I can see, covers each of the topics thoroughly.
Content evaluation
Tone and Balance
Guiding questions
Is the article neutral? Yes, no evidence of bias presented in the article.
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
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? No, there are no opinions associated with this article.
Tone and balance evaluation
Sources and References
Guiding questions
Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, there is a mention of evidence suggesting a theory and there is no in-text citation.
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
Sources and references evaluation
Organization
Guiding questions
Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, very.
Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I found.
Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes
Organization evaluation
Images and Media
Guiding questions
Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes, but there could be more when describing the behaviors of the spiders.
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? Not really, just photo of different orb weaver spiders.
Images and media evaluation
Checking the talk page
Guiding questions
What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Suggestive conversations where people provide links to articles for information to be added to this page.
How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated as a C grade and it is a part of the WikiProject Spiders.
How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
Talk page evaluation
Overall impressions
Guiding questions
What is the article's overall status? Overall, this page is informative and has plenty of citations backing the facts stated in the article.
What are the article's strengths? It is very concise and presents facts in a clear, oriented pattern.
How can the article be improved? Not much, but I feel the lead could do a little better job introducing the major sections of the article.
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
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 am doing spiders for my speciality and I have seen a lot of them on our fieldwork outings.
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? Concise
Lead evaluation
Content
Guiding questions
Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
Is the content up-to-date? Yes, most sources are from the last 10-15 years.
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Not that I can see, covers each of the topics thoroughly.
Content evaluation
Tone and Balance
Guiding questions
Is the article neutral? Yes, no evidence of bias presented in the article.
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
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? No, there are no opinions associated with this article.
Tone and balance evaluation
Sources and References
Guiding questions
Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, there is a mention of evidence suggesting a theory and there is no in-text citation.
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
Sources and references evaluation
Organization
Guiding questions
Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, very.
Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not that I found.
Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes
Organization evaluation
Images and Media
Guiding questions
Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes, but there could be more when describing the behaviors of the spiders.
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? Not really, just photo of different orb weaver spiders.
Images and media evaluation
Checking the talk page
Guiding questions
What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Suggestive conversations where people provide links to articles for information to be added to this page.
How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated as a C grade and it is a part of the WikiProject Spiders.
How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
Talk page evaluation
Overall impressions
Guiding questions
What is the article's overall status? Overall, this page is informative and has plenty of citations backing the facts stated in the article.
What are the article's strengths? It is very concise and presents facts in a clear, oriented pattern.
How can the article be improved? Not much, but I feel the lead could do a little better job introducing the major sections of the article.
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
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