Blog Questions:
- Elements:
- Comprehensive and accessible lead section. Covers a range of the main points addressed in the article.
- The structure follows a logical progression, is easy to follow, and labelled appropriately.
- The article used appropriate amounts of space for each subsection. For example, a good deal of space was spent addressing the causes of obesity, whereas less space was allocated for the other animals it affects.
- The article does not show bias or give opinions of the subject, it simply reports scientific findings and gives a history of the disease. Multiple views are provided on controversial matters.
- The article showcases a plethora of references and notes from various credible sources of various media. This article is a credible, well written source.
- There are a lot of edits to this article, some of them dating as recently as Sep. 8th, 2014. This activity seems to be small refinements in ordering and grammar with a few additions of information and references.
- I cannot determine the author of the article. The article seems to have grown from a tiny couple of paragraphs, with no name attached, into the spawn of the contributions of many including health care professionals and researchers.
- The article provides many references of credible sources and a short list of further reading suggestions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity#Further_reading
- There are not links to other websites (excluding links to other Wikipedia articles) but there are a lot of suggested books and articles.