User:BelleJW/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bacterial conjugation

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This Wikipedia article explains how bacteria transfer genes between individuals which is important to the evolution of bacteria. Since the course includes content about bacteria physiology, I think this article helps me understand how bacteria change its genetic content and increase genetic diversity without sexual reproduction. I think this article has very detailed explanation on the mechanism of bacterial conjugation and used many reliable sources.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

- The lead has an introductory sentence that gives a clear idea about what to expect in this article.

- The lead does not include descriptions about major sections

- There are some points in the lead not very explained in the article

- The lead is overly detailed.

Content

- The content is relevant to topic

- Little of the sources cited are within the past 10 years so I think it is a bit dated.

- All the contents belong to the topic, may be better to include a section that talks the purpose of bacteria conjugation

- This article does not seem to deal with Wikipedia's equity gap

Tone and Balance

- The tone of this article is neutral, it does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of certain position

- There is no claim that appear heavily biased; no view points overrepresented or underrepresented

Sources and References

- The facts are backed up by a reliable secondary source

- Some sources are dated, but most of them are within the past 20 years

- Several authors showed up more than once, but in general it has a diverse spectrum of authors

- There are more recent reliable sources available

- The links work

Organization and writing quality

- The article is pretty concise and easy to read; the article is grammatically correct

- The mechanism section can be broken down into more sub-sections

Images and Media

- The article include diagrams that enhance understanding of the topic

- The caption of images should be adjusted, it is not easy to follow

- The images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations

- The images laid out in a straightforward way.

Talk page discussion

- The conversation is discussing about key concepts mentioned in this article

- This article is rated C and is a part of WikiProject Molecular Biology/Genetics

- The discussion is more focused on the accuracy on certain terms instead of just introducing the general idea

Overall impression

- This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale

- The article has very detailed description of the mechanism of bacterial conjugation. It also has a clear introduction

- The article should include more information about the result of bacterial conjugation and more application

- This article is underdeveloped in general, it can improve by including some recent sources.