User:Egg grudge/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mutualism (biology)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because mutualism is an important factor to take into consideration when considering symbioses. My first impression of the article was that it is well written and rather thorough.

Evaluate the article
This article has an excellent lead section apart from being overly detailed. I would suggest that portions of the lead’s 4th paragraph that provide examples of the importance of mutualism in the fields of ecology and evolution be removed or placed elsewhere, in part because it only contains a robust citation for one of the examples from 15 years ago.

The content of this article is largely up-to-date with most of the citations being published between 2002-2019, however it could certainly benefit from a more of those being from the past ~5 years.

This article addressed traditional agriculture, particularly Three Sisters farming method started by indigenous Americans. It would be wonderful to see that particular topic expanded upon.

This article does not have any obvious biases toward or against any particular position. Much of the content is based in the most recent scientific understanding but in the few instances of minority viewpoints, they are accurately portrayed as such. The article does not appear to be persuasive in nature.

The facts presented in this article are well sourced and reflect the current understanding with the available literature. Most of the sources come from universities or peer-reviewed articles and, as such, provide strong support for the writing in the article.

The article is very well organized and easy to read and doesn’t have any glaring grammatical or spelling errors.

The images present tie in very well to the main body of the article both in content and from a formatting perspective. The captions provide brief but valuable background information. There does not appear to be a violation to the copyright regulations present on this page.

There are quite a few conversations on the talk page about potential references and discussing how best to format the article. The article is rated C-Class and is part of WikiProject Ecology. The article discussed mutualism in a much more detailed way than we have in class so far. It also goes into more depth than ecology courses I have taken.

Overall, this is an excellent wikipedia article. It is well-developed and provides concise information and links to strong sources for more in-depth research. The main ways the article could be improved by adding more recent sources and removing or reorganizing parts of the lead section.