User:Abri.paez!/Evaluate an Article

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[ Peptidoglycan]

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
We are talking about the cell membrane and its components in class.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section : The first sentence gives a clear definition of peptidoglycan giving the reader insight into the material that peptidoglycan is composed of. The second paragraph of the article gives us an overview to the first section 'structure' where the chemical structure is outlined. There is a section on pseudopeptidoglycan that is not mentioned in the leading section. It might be good to put in a few sentences to introduce that idea. Overall the lead section is to the point and contains good information with the help of citations and linking similar wikipedia pages.

Tone and Balance : The article takes on a neutral standpoint and does not try to persuade the reader on topics. They also provide more insight into further topics of pseudopeptidoglycan.

Sources and References. : Looking at the sources the first source comes from a science blog page that sights two science books this is not the most reliable source of information since the author might have paraphrased and taken the facts out of context. The articles that are used as references range anywhere from the 1980's to 2010's. There are a lot of publish journal articles that are up to date and peer reviewed. I randomly checked a few links and all of them took me to the journal articles page and worked.

Organization and writing quality : The article is well written though there is a particular section that makes claims without citing the information in the 2nd paragraph of the structure section. I would have them add a source that supports that claim. The writing is very clear especially in the section on biosynthesis the step by step is very in-depth but it also cites many sources.

Images and media : The article includes 3 pictures, each pertaining to the subject. the first is the structure the topic the next is an example of the gram-positive structure. A gram-negative picture was not included which should be added. All the pictures are in the structure section, one of the pictures on penicillin binding should be moved to the inhibition section since it pertains more to that subsection.

Talk page : There is one critique that pointed out a few things that I noticed as well including that there was no source for some claims in the structure section. Another user suggested that another image be added to show the structure more clearly. This article is part of the Wikiprojects and it looks like the main contributor was a student that wrote this article for a class. Yes, this article does talk about similar things we have discussed but also dives deeper into certain aspects.

Overall impressions : This article has a strong introduction. Though it can be improved with citations under the structure section. The article is underdeveloped and could use some additional information under each section, one might think about adding a few more illustrations from trusted sources to improve a reader's understanding.