Talk:Psychic systems

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1. Relevance: It is relevant for this course. Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: This wiki is certainly relevant to the course, because psychic systems are one of the four kinds of systems in society that are seperated by Luhmann. So to understand society, which is very important in this course, it is evident to understand psychic systems.

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: 8 (0-10) Comments: This wiki is certainly well-written, with a professional standard and nearly no spelling or grammar mistakes. b) comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context. Rating: 9 (0-10) Comments: In this wiki certainly in the first phrase, the subject is clearly placed in the context of Luhmanns view about society. And the different parts of psychic systems are also mentioned in this wiki, so nothing but compliments on this part.

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: The references used in this wiki are different from each other and their fore provide all sources of information. Also the APA guidelines are fully followed in this wiki, for example the page numbers of a quatation are mentioned as well. 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: The in-line citations in this wiki are pretty well used. The only thing that might have some room for improvement is about the length of these citations. They could be a little longer with extra info to make the whole view on psychic systems even more clear.

4. Broad in its coverage:

a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic; Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: The main aspects are well adressed. b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail. Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: Firstly the contextual position of psychic systems are sketched and psychic systems are described in general. After that the two different parts of psychic systems are described without going into unnecessary detail.

5. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each.

Rating: 7 (0-10) Comments: There are no different viewpoints about this issue, but there are no opinions in the whole wiki, so you could still consider is pretty neutral. Their could be space for some criticism on these thoughts about psychic systems.

6. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

Rating: 7 (0-10) Comments: The wiki has been changed quite often in the past. But since the wiki is very well organized and structured right now I don’t think that there will we a lot of significant changes in this wiki in the future.

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: 8 (0-10) Comments: In this wiki there is a clear and well-written lead.Which prepares the readers well for the detail in the subsequent sections. b) appropriate structure: a system of hierarchical section headings and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents. Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: Clear structure, with a introduction of the main aspects in the wiki. Further on their is a disctinction between two different parts of psychic systems c) categories: is the entry categorized in a correct way? (Which categories are missing?) Rating: 8 (0-10) Comments: Good categorizing towards the bigger social system theory, where psychic systems are part of.

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: …… (0-10) Comments: … b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. Rating: …… (0-10) Comments: … 9. Length: It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style. Rating: 7 (0-10) Comments: It isn’t a very short wiki, but that is pretty logical during the fact that psychic systems are pretty complicated. With that in mind the length of this wiki is pretty fine.

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--MaikVanDeVeen 18:56, 31 December 2012 (CET)