User:BL519/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mary Anne Whitby

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I was interested in learning more about women scientists. It is important to close the coverage gap and represent the accomplishments of women in science. I think it was very interesting something niche like sericulture was included, but it seems that there could have been more in depth discussion of the science she did.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is concise and a good summary of the article.

I think it is a good start, but the sections on her scientific accomplishments are quite short. I think her scientific methods and discoveries can be expanded in the inheritance work she did with Darwin. It also does not explain how (the science behind) she was able to reintroduce sericulture into the UK.

I think this article is neutral. It does not seem to have a strong opinion on anything.

Some of the sources could be cross referenced such as the peerage, which may not be unreliable but could be checked again. There also could be more of a variety/diversification of sources.

There is not much discussion on the talk page, but there is one comment from a bot who changed an external link in the article.