User:ABoucher29/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Phytoplankton

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose it because we have discussed phytoplankton in class, and I wanted to know more about it

Evaluate the article
Lead section

- good introductory sentence

- does not dive into what sections are to be expected, however there are links on the side

- all view points are neutral and do not sway one way or another

Content

- relevant to topic

- seems up to date

- all topics seem to be included and there is no superfluous information

Tone/balance

- article is neutral, unbiased

Sources

- for the most part are current

- lots of sources and things are cited

Organization and writing quality

- writing is clear

- minimal mistakes (few run on sentences)

- sections are well organized

Images and media

- images are clear and helpful

- images are mostly well captioned

- images are4 visually appealing

Talk page discussion

- conversations regarding "fact checking" and updates

- this level 5 article has a B rating

- our conversations in class have not yet covered this much, so it is more in depth as of now

- part of plants, algae, and Limnology and oceanography wiki projects

Overall impressions

- i think overall it is a good, educational article

- strengths = very organized, informative, covers lots of topics

- areas for improvement = there is a large blank space that potentially could be better formatted.

- article is very well developed, but science is always emerging so edits may be necessary as new research comes out