Talk:Max Weber
From Geography
Rating (from 0-10, 10 being the highest, and 6 being just sufficient)
1. Relevance: It is relevant for this course. Rating: 9 (0-10) Comments: Important Person in the first part of the course.
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: 9 (0-10) Comments: Good intro and a good table of contents
b) comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context. Rating: 8(0-10) Comments: clear overview
3. well-researched: Factually accurate and verifiable: a) it provides references to all sources of information following the APA guidelines; Rating: 9 (0-10) Comments: … no further comment 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: 8 (0-10) Comments: … No further comment
4. Broad in its coverage: a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic; Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: It addresses all major asprects of this theory.
b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail. Rating: 9(0-10) Comments: Although Max Weber addresses a lot and influenced a lot of other thinkers, the text stays on topic and goes not too much into detail.
5. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each. Rating: 10 (0-10) Comments: The text is very neutral.
6. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Rating: 5(0-10) Comments: The text is created and after that overviewed a lot of times. It is not clear what is done at what time.
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: 10 (0-10) Comments: The intro is very good. Tells directly where the entry is about and a good table of contents.
b) appropriate structure: a system of hierarchical section headings and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents. Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: clear, and short. Everything fits on one page although it gives lots of information.,
c) categories: is the entry categorized in a correct way? (Which categories are missing?) Rating: 9 (0-10) Comments: … no further comment
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: 9 (0-10) Comments: A picture of Weber, so the reader knows how he looked like.
b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. Rating: 9(0-10) Comments: …
9. Length: It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style. Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: Clear overview, length is good.
Evaluated by
Jesper Remmen--JesperRemmen 20:32, 22 October 2012 (CEST)
