User:Atle5163/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Acinetobacter baylyi

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it was convenient and evaluating it could benefit the progress of my Wikipedia Project since my group already those this article to work on for the semester. My first impression of the article was that it could use quite a bit of help as I noticed it was very short and does not have a lot of information yet.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article has a good introduction that could focus more on the bacteria's characteristics. I also believe the article could be organized better. For the extra information on its discovery and origin of its name, I would suggest adding a history or background section about the bacteria. This section could also include information like how it was found, what experiments have studied it and their findings, etc. I also think the last two sentences of the metabolism section could be moved to the introduction.

The content of the article appears to be relevant to the topic and is up to date. The tone of the article is also neutral. The biggest shortcoming is simply the lack of information but there is still a lot of potential for this article to improve. Other areas of content that could be researched and added are, again, history, examples of the bacteria and locations, medical applications, technology, experimental value, etc. Also, tthe citations and sources look good and support the article's information. Overall, the article is underdeveloped and there is plenty of room for improvement.