User:Artylearner/Monument Lab/Josephrkopta Peer Review

Peer review

Complete your peer review exercise below, providing as much constructive criticism as possible. The more detailed suggestions you provide, the more useful it will be to your classmate. Make sure you consider each of the following aspects:

Lead

Guiding questions:

Has the Lead been updated to reflect the new content added by your peer?
Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

Guiding questions:

Is the content added relevant to the topic?
Is the content added up-to-date?
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

Is the content added neutral?
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
Does the content added attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

Is all new content backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
Does the content accurately reflect what the cited sources say? (You'll need to refer to the sources to check this.)
Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
Are the sources current?
Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
Are there better sources available, such as peer-reviewed articles in place of news coverage or random websites? (You may need to do some digging to answer this.)
Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

Guiding questions:

Is the content added well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
Does the content added have any grammatical or spelling errors?
Is the content added well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

Guiding questions: If your peer added images or media

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

For New Articles Only

If the draft you're reviewing is for a new article, consider the following in addition to the above.

Does the article meet Wikipedia's Notability requirements - i.e. Is the article supported by 2-3 reliable secondary sources independent of the subject?
How exhaustive is the list of sources? Does it accurately represent all available literature on the subject?
Does the article follow the patterns of other similar articles - i.e. contain any necessary infoboxes, section headings, and any other features contained within similar articles?
Does the article link to other articles so it is more discoverable?

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

Has the content added improved the overall quality of the article - i.e. Is the article more complete?
What are the strengths of the content added?
How can the content added be improved?

Examples of good feedback

A good article evaluation can take a number of forms. The most essential things are to clearly identify the biggest shortcomings, and provide specific guidance on how the article can be improved.

Peer review of "Homemaking"
Peer review of this article about a famous painting

Additional Resources

Check out the Editing Wikipedia PDF for general editing tips and suggestions.

General info[edit]

Whose work are you reviewing?

User:Artylearner

Link to draft you're reviewing: User:Artylearner/Monument_Lab
Link to the current version of the article (if it exists): Monument_Lab

Evaluate the drafted changes[edit]

Hi, User:Artylearner! This is a really solid update to this article.

Lead[edit]

The lead is much improved the way that you've simplified it by removing the Mural Arts Program exhibition bit. I think it might benefit from an additional sentence stating where the program is hosted now (Penn).

Content[edit]

Question: where did the bit about the Mural Arts Program go? I don't think it should be deleted outright (and I think other Wikipedia editors would take issue with this), but you are right to move it out of the lead into a different section.

I think you're right to expand on the "Projects" section, which will only get better with time and additional work (not necessarily by you after our class is finished, but you've built a solid foundation upon which to expand.) Your establishment of a "Links to people and similar movement" section is interesting, and I appreciate what you're trying to do there, but I'm not sure how another Wikipedia editor might take it. What you could do is put this up on the Talk:Monument_Lab page, seeing what others think about this inclusion.

Monument Lab also has an extremely active Podcast program and they host academic conferences. Might those also go on this page?

Tone and Balance[edit]

You present the information in a fair and balanced way.

Sources and References[edit]

As I said when we met for a research consultation, sourcing will be challenging because as a newly established foundation there will not be lots of scholarly or peer-reviewed literature, so you're right to cite newsworthy journal articles.

Images and Media[edit]

This page would greatly benefit from images. The trick is to make sure that they are ones in the public domain. Next week's training module on "images and media" will be able to help with this.

Overall impressions[edit]

This is a solid and exciting article revision and expansion!