Talk:Everyday regionalisation

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Evaluating Wiki Entries: Everyday regionalisation

Rating (from 0-10, 10 being the highest, and 6 being just sufficient) 1. Relevance: It is relevant for this course. Rating: 7 Comments: This subject is relevant for this course. It is necessary that it has its own entry.

2. Well-written: a) well-written: its prose is engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard; the prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct; Rating: 5 Comments: Teh text is not good written. there ary many spelling and grammar errors, the text is vague and incomprehensible b) comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context. Rating:5 Comments: There are many things written in the text, it is very incomprehensible and cluttered.

3. well-researched: Factually accurate and verifiable: a) it provides references to all sources of information following the APA guidelines; Rating: 5 Comments: The references are incomplete according the APA guidelines, and I don't understand the references to 'ibid'. b) it provides in-line citations (including page numbers) from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the APA guidelines. Rating: 5 Comments: The direct in-line citations are not citated in a correct way.

4. Broad in its coverage: a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic; Rating: 6 Comments:This entry is incormpehensible, the main aspects are almost not visible in this entry. b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail. Rating: 6 Comments: There are given many details, actually it is hard for readers to understand this entry in a good and clear way

5. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each. Rating: 6 Comments: The text is written in a neutral way.

6. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Rating: 6 Comments: This entry is changed a few times so it is not constantly changing.

7. Well-structured: a) a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; Rating: 5 Comments: There isn't a lead section in this entry. Reader don't know what to expect in this entry. b) appropriate structure: a system of hierarchical section headings and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents. Rating: 5 Comments: there are nog headings and levels. this entry is incomprehensible so this entry is difficult to understand. c) categories: is the entry categorized in a correct way? (Which categories are missing?) Rating: 5 Comments: This entry is badly categorized. I do not think that some categories are missing but they are difficult to find in this entry.

8. Illustrated: if possible, by images, maps, schematic overviews: a) images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; Rating: n.v.t. Comments: n.v.t. b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. Rating: n.v.t. Comments: n.v.t.

9. Length: It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style. Rating: 5 Comments: Many aspects in this entry are shuffled, so it seems that there are given too much details. The authors did not made use of summary styles.

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Lieke Vogels, 23 october 2012