User:Fairbanks24/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ciliogenesis

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose an article on ciliogenesis due to my interest in cilia as a cellular appendage used primarily for motility. In the past, I have done research on a single celled organism called Paramecium Tetraurelia. Paramecia have cilia coating their surfaces. In my research, I completed RNA interference of the gene CEP41. One thing that we looked at was how the length of the cilia compared between cells that had undergone gene depletion and cells that hadn't. Through this research I learned a lot about cilia which gave me a basis of knowledge to use for this article.

This topic is important to understand because several cells have cilia and they serve a purpose for these cells. There is also a section of the article discussing ciliopothies which are diseases that are caused by cilia mutations. These diseases can be found in humans therefor this topic has a medical application relevant to us.

My preliminary impression of the article was that it is rather short and lacks detail. I believe that I can add additional information and examples of studies. I also noticed on or more potential mistakes throughout the article that I intend to correct.

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.)

Lead Section: The lead section has an introductory sentence that somewhat defines the topic however you must read further to fully understand it. The lead section also mentions ciliogenesis playing a role in left/right handedness however this is never covered in the article. The lead does describe the main sections of the paper and is concise.

Content: The content of this article is all relevant to the topic. I did notice that the author stated that cilia is also known as flagella however they are two different appendages. The article also never discussed the topic of ciliogenesis playing a role in left/right handedness as was mentioned in the lead. I would also like to add more information on ciliopothies since they are the primary medical application related to ciliogenesis and that section was rather brief. I think that the article could use additional information on ciliopothies using more current research.

Tone and Balance: The article appears to be neutral with no obvious bias.

Sources and References: It seems as though not many sentences contain citations and there are few sources. There are factual sentences discussing processes that I would assume were found in an article but are not cited. Some of the sources are more recent than others with the most recent being 2015 and the oldest being 1962. I believe that I will be able to find more recent sources to reference. The links to the articles that have links available are functioning however some lack links.

Organization and Writing Quality: Overall the article is well written. I did not notice any obvious spelling or grammatical errors. I do think that altering the sections could be useful for the flow of the article.

Images and Media: There are currently no images within the article. I think that adding images of cilia will be helpful for the reader to understand.

Talk Page Discussion: There does not seem to be much discussion on the talk page for the article. The article is currently rated as start class. The WikiProjects that it is part of are Biology and Molecular Biology.

Overall Impressions: Overall, the article seems to be a good starting place with room to work and improve. The articles major strength is having a strong base with accurate information on the general topics covered. The article could be improved by adding pictures, rearranging sections and adding additional information to them, and looking into more recent sources especially regarding ciliopothies. I would say that this article is underdeveloped.