User:Ellie Felts/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Name of article: Emerson effect (Emerson effect)
 * I chose this article to evaluate completely at random from the biochemistry topic page and because I had never heard of the Emerson effect before.

Lead evaluation
The lead is a basic definition of the Emerson effect and nothing more. It concisely summarizes the Emerson effect, but gives no additional details as to the contents of the rest of the article.

Content evaluation
The article's content seems to be solely pulled from Emerson's original paper, which is all perfectly relevant but was published in 1957. I am led to believe that this is not the most up-to-date information on this topic, so there must be content missing. Some scientific concepts mentioned in the article have brief descriptions, but not all of them. I think this page would benefit by adding more layman's descriptions to make the content more accessible, and by updating any new information or processes that are related to the Emerson effect.

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is neutral and only mentions Emerson's hypotheses about the topic. If there was any controversy about the Emerson effect, it should be included to represent all viewpoints.

Sources and references evaluation
Not all of the facts are backed up by references. I think this is because there are some descriptions of scientific processes, like photosynthesis, that may be well understood by the author but still need to be backed up by a textbook. The sources are not the most current or thorough, but they are reliable. All of the links work, but they all say the same basic things that the article says.

Organization evaluation
The article is very concise, but I think there could be more elaboration to make some concepts clearer. There are a couple of grammatical errors, but nothing major. There are two subsections that are broken up logically, but I think the headings aren't very descriptive for the content within the sections.

Images and media evaluation
There are no images with this article, but I think it would be difficult to find and/or create images that are relevant and informative.

Talk page evaluation
There is one conversation about an image that could be added to the article to help show the Emerson effect (but the image has labels in a different language). This article has a "stub" rating, and it's part of the WikiProject Plants, though it's listed as "low-importance."

Overall evaluation
The article does give a baseline description of the Emerson effect and why this is relevant to photosynthesis. However, the article could be improved by adding more up-to-date information and some appropriate graphics to visually represent the effect. Overall, I would say this article is underdeveloped but just needs some minor changes.

Optional activity

 * Link to feedback: Talk:Emerson effect