Evaluating articles

Evaluating Wikipedia articles is a critical task for educators, librarians, and readers. Here is a list of educational materials about how to evaluate a Wikipedia article. Please add to this list if you know of others!

Handouts and teaching materials

Brochure	2-page handout	Presentations	Videos
		"How to evaluate a Wikipedia article", by Phoebe Ayers, on Slideshare "evaluating Wikipedia" powerpoint, from this libguide, by Kathy Fester	Video on YouTube, from Phoebe Ayers
Brochure from the Wikimedia Foundation, on evaluating quality	2-page black and white remix of the evaluation brochure	Presentations	Videos

Other resources

• Chapter 4 of How Wikipedia Works, "Understanding and Evaluating an Article"
• Life of an Article -- this page has collected overviews and animations of how articles develop over time
• General assessment classes used by WikiProjects on the English Wikipedia, with a short explanation
• Libguide page on Wikipedia assessment, by LMU