User:Burt Macklan/New sandbox

Article Evaluation: Medical entomology


 * 1) This article appears to contain information that is all relevant to the topic of medical entomology. A few insects were covered in a very in depth manner, however a large amount of insects that could cause spread of disease were not described, and I feel that is a major weakness of this article. A larger variety of insects to learn about would be beneficial, as well as finding more updated information, as many sources are 10 years old or more.
 * 2) There does not appear to be a significant bias playing a role in the information provided by this article. This does not surprise me, as this is not intended to be a persuasive article, or a presentation of research. Therefore, bias would not play a part in defining the field of medical entomology.
 * 3) The few citation links that I checked appear to be working. It should be noted, as I stated earlier, that many of these sources are 10 years old or older, which does not always create a source that is reliable for today's society to learn from. All of the information found in these sources appears to relate well to the article information. All sources that are referenced appear to be unbiased sources. There is a large portion of the article, including the subsections on the Housefly and the Cockroach, that do not have a single citation, which leads to unreliable information, as there is no source being held responsible for this information that is not common knowledge.
 * 4) In the talk page of this article, there is discussion about some minor details regarding this article. The first items that I noticed were some grammatical corrections, as well as addition of citation sources.This article appears to have been received well, as it received only minor critiques to this point. I feel that Wikipedia (and our professor) looks at this assignment more as a task that needs to be accomplished and less as an opportunity to learn. I am positive that this will change with time as I get more practiced in working on Wikipedia.