User:Bryan O'Donnell/Choose an Article

Cryptic self-incompatibility (CSI)
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

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 * Self-incompatibility. I would like to make a separate article or sub-page specifically regarding Cryptic self-incompatibility (CSI) within angiosperms.
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Lead
 * The leading paragraphs in this article very clearly indicates the working definition of the term as well as describing the important role that self-incompatibly plays within the angiosperm lineage, as far as preventing homozygosity within a population/ species of angiosperm is concerned. The lead also does a good job at generalizing the mechanism through which self-incompatibility operates.
 * Content
 * All information in this article seems to be strictly on topic, directly relating to the various mechanisms that cause self-incompatibility (SI). Other key concepts related to SI are linked to their corresponding articles in an apparent effort to keep the main focus of the article on track. I can tell from the articles history page that it hasn't been updated since 2017, though in terms of a biological concept this seems up to date.
 * Tone and Balance
 * This article is neutral, all points are made for educational purposes which don't support any one individual or organization. All subtopics seem to be equally represented with no one portion having more weight than the others. From what I can tell this article is an academic tool and there is no persuasion in it to be seen.
 * Sources and References
 * It would appear that all references that the article uses (of which there are 48) seem to be reliable sources, mostly coming from well respected science journals such as The American Journal of Botany, and Nature. Other sources include reports directly from researchers in that field, who are well documented and can be looked up. Article sources vary in age from 1948 all the way up to 2005, so some may or may not be as valid as others but the majority of the research is from the past couple of decades.
 * Organization
 * In my opinion this article is well written and structured, I can detect no grammar errors and there is a section for all major topics listed within the contents pane. Although the article is is incredibly concise and to the point I would not consider it easy to read. A considerable amount of base understanding is necessary for a reader to fully understand what the article is conveying, although this is to be expected for a science article.
 * Images and Media
 * Unfortunately this article has no images to speak of to help the reader understand the topic a bit better.
 * Talk Page
 * This article is actually part of three different Wiki-projects: Genetics (mid importance), Molecular and cell Biology (mid importance), and Plants (high importance). Although this talk page has had little activity since 2017 and had its first major edit in 2006 according to its history page.
 * Overall Impressions
 * Being that this article is a part of three different Wiki-projects I believe it is safe to assume it has very solid information that has been cross examined by other wikipedians. I would say that this article is very strong as an educational tool for those seeking to better understand some of the reproductive strategies of angiosperms, being that it breaks down the major mechanisms of SI. Even though I consider this a well-developed article I feel that there is still a lot of untouched information about SI that could be added to Wikipedia, which is why I want to make a sub-page or separate article that goes more into more detail about cryptic self-incompatibility (CSI).
 * Being that this article is a part of three different Wiki-projects I believe it is safe to assume it has very solid information that has been cross examined by other wikipedians. I would say that this article is very strong as an educational tool for those seeking to better understand some of the reproductive strategies of angiosperms, being that it breaks down the major mechanisms of SI. Even though I consider this a well-developed article I feel that there is still a lot of untouched information about SI that could be added to Wikipedia, which is why I want to make a sub-page or separate article that goes more into more detail about cryptic self-incompatibility (CSI).

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