User:YastaBalista/Evaluate an Article
Evaluate an article
Complete your article evaluation below. Here are the key aspects to consider: Lead sectionA good lead section defines the topic and provides a concise overview. A reader who just wants to identify the topic can read the first sentence. A reader who wants a very brief overview of the most important things about it can read the first paragraph. A reader who wants a quick overview can read the whole lead section.
ContentA good Wikipedia article should cover all the important aspects of a topic, without putting too much weight on one part while neglecting another.
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Sources and ReferencesA Wikipedia article should be based on the best sources available for the topic at hand. When possible, this means academic and peer-reviewed publications or scholarly books.
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Overall impressions
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Which article are you evaluating?[edit]
Talk: Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?[edit]
I chose this topic as it interests me and I found this article had a good layout with lots of sources. I was optimistic about this article as it has a nice layout to make it easy to follow. Additionally, it had lots of information that I could look at and evaluate properly.
Evaluate the article[edit]
The article provides many facts and revisions based on the Impeachment of Bill Clinton. The information appears to be up to date and facts were added in revisions added multiple times. The facts provide a neutral tone and support the main ideas each section. The article is easy to follow and lays out the page in a chronological order of events. It provides relevant facts of the events that occurred, with background information to help set the scene. References it's sources well and provides a citation for each article used. Some of the source links do not work and a lot of the articles used come from news sources, with quite a few of them coming from the same news sources. Overall, it was a good article with relevant facts and information. However, most of the sources used could be biased. Additionally, drawing from the same sources and companies might not provide the entire picture of the topic, especially when these sources have the potential to be biased.