User:Cincy21/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Crystallization of polymers

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I decided to choose this article because it is directly related not only to the class but also related to my own work that will be done on the individual lecture later this term. The article seems interesting and the there is a lot of content in the article as well, so gives me an opportunity for me to make a meaningful contribution to better the paper as well.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section


 * The opening sentence of the lead is good and gives a concise outline of the topic.
 * The short coming here in the lead is that, yes, the lead gives a background about what crystalline polymers are, however, it does not say exactly what the rest of the subsections of the article will be involved in.
 * The lead is concise and does not really have any unnecessary details, again, I would just say it be more explicit of what exactly the smaller parts of the article.

Content


 * I think that the content of the article is what it needs to be, giving a look into the types of crystallization and then the properties of the crystallized polymers and about the degree of crystallization for them as well.
 * From looking at the sources, it seems as if the information is somewhat up to date, the most recent article being from 2014, however, there may not be anything significant to update which would be fair then.
 * Overall, I think all of the content makes sense to be in the article, but, the final section on semi-crystalline may not be needed for this page and could be its own article, but it does still add more context to partially crystallized polymers.
 * This article does not discuss a underrepresented population.

Tone and Balance


 * This article is very scientific and neutral in nature. No one subtopic seems to get more attention then it should and the writing on each of the topics is given a clear cut here are the facts of it, without any bias in the writing, or at least that I can see. There is not a part of this page that deals directly with a underrepresented population and it does not give special note to anything like that or opinion as such.

Sources and Resources


 * Looking at the types of sources used, they come from reliable sources such as other academic papers or from academic journals. They depth of resources too gives way to the the reliability and combination of all of the topics. Also, the sources seem like ones that are top of the list to explain the topics presented.
 * As I mentioned earlier, the articles come up 2014 so there is a possibility that this page should be revisited and possibility added on to with more current sources because some of the sources date back to the 1940s.

Organization and writing quality


 * The article is well written and neutral, not having any grammatical errors either that I see.
 * The writing is professional and the ordering of the topics presented make sense as a flow building off each of the topics before or being grouped into logics packs of subgroups that explain processes or properties.

Images and Media


 * The images all do seem to add to the topics described, giving diagrams to show what the process means or what the subtopic is about.
 * All of the images fit the Wiki guidelines, and the captions all make the images/media make sense. Honestly, I wish there was more images to keep illustrating the topics given, because it is a complex topic and the images do highlight what is being said quite well.

Talk page discussion


 * There does not seem to be any conversations going on for the article
 * This article is part of a WikiProject, specifically for Polymers.
 * Since there really are not any conversations, the only thing on the page described the project and suggestions of how you can join in to help expand the polymers pages and also help improve them.

Overall Impressions


 * Overall, I am very impressed with this article. I think the flow of the article is very good and is its main strength. It gives a general case of what a crystalline polymer is and then gives background on how they are made first, then properties, and then a measure of exactly crystalline they are.
 * The place for improvement may be what I said earlier where it is possible to condense the article and not talk about semi-crystalline polymers just it focus on the main topic stated, however, this again fits well in the article because crystallinity is discussed in the section right before, giving context to the final section.
 * I think this article is very complete, even has more than I thought with the end, and gives a good background and complete look into what exactly a crystalline polymer is.