User:Tangwuyou/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: Ainu language
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
• I have done my second paper on the revitalization of Ainu language and have looked at related academic papers cited in this wiki page.

Lead

Guiding questions

• Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
  • Yes, it describes what the Ainu language is and its current status.
• Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
  • Yes, it does.
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
  • Most information included is further explained in the contents.
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
  • It is concise, providing us with a brief introduction of the Ainu language, though the revitalization can also be included somewhere.

Content

Guiding questions

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
  • Yes.
• Is the content up-to-date?
  • Yes, it has information up to 2019 and the last edit was on August 2nd, 2020.
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
  • It has more contents for us to understand the background of the language.

Content evaluation

Everything in the article is relevant to the article topic. The information is up-to-date, given that it includes information from 2019 and was last edited on August 2nd, 2020.

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?
  • I did find more information that supported the government's lack of efforts in protecting the Ainu, which is not included much in the article. But the article is very objective.
• Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
  • No.

Tone and balance evaluation

The article is written in a neutral tone with no biased claims. I did find more information that supported the government's lack of efforts in protecting the Ainu and their language, but this is not clearly presented in the article.

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, it is thorough. It contains every aspects related to the language.
• Are the sources current?
  • Yes, I can see that the sources have been updated frequently. Many sources from after 2010 are included.
• Check a few links. Do they work?
  • Yes, the first ten links all work.

Sources and references evaluation

I checked the first ten links and two random links below and they all work. Since I read some of the cited sources when doing my research on my second paper, I can confirm that most sources support the claims in the article. Some of the sources come from reliable websites such as the ELP and archive.org, and many academic articles are there as well.

Organization

Guiding questions

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
  • It is concise, clear, and 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?
  • It only has three images that show the geographic locations.
• 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.

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
  • I do not see any conversation.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  • It is rated as Start-Class and is part of WikiProject (Japan/Culture/Ainu).
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  • We have not discussed this language in class.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

• What is the article's overall status?
  • The article is well written in a neutral tones. Most sources are reliable. It is rated as Start-Class.
• What are the article's strengths?
  • It provides all information for researchers to know about the language.
• How can the article be improved?
  • It has background about the Ainu language, but it does not include all the policies that the government released for Ainu. This is very obvious after I've evaluated the academic papers on Ainu language.
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
  • It is well-developed.

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