User:EmilyM04/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Heterotroph

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Heterotrophs are an essential trophic level to understand. Without a base understanding of what it means to be a heterotroph, it is hard to understand the concept of trophic levels and what that classification means for the organisms that fall under its umbrella, especially for those just beginning to learn ecology. My preliminary impression of the article is that it has good information, but its organization could be improved, and there is potential for more information that surrounds the topic, in particular energy movements. There is also information that the article could be good without.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

- Not everything is this article to this article topic. In particular, the discussion of Origin and Diversification felt as though it was not needed for this particular topic, or at least should be condensed to only the parts about Heterotrophs. Utilizing a different wiki page to discuss the intricacies and details of the theory.

-The organization of the article also needs improvement, many of the sections can be broken into subsections, and could utilize lists in order to more effectively show different types of heterotrophs. In particular the ecology section could be made clearer by being separated or moved into subsections based on the information being discussed.

-The tone of the article is fairly neutral, but does lean heavily into talking in terms of consumption of compounds while lacking a discussion in terms of energy transfer.

-The use of citations in this article is extremely effective. Links in this article still work and come from a variety of neutral sources.

- This article is rated as a high importance start in the WikiProjects-Ecology. This article goes more in depth in regards to heterotrophy, needs some more basic information about the subject, such as a mention of herbivory, carnivores, predation and other ways heterotrophs get their energy.

-There are good conversations that are occurred within the talk page, however they are most older, with the last comment being made in 2019. Most are corrections of information or comments on misleading wordings or diagrams.