User:Folade678/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Data curation

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it relates to a subject in our class readings. I think this is a great choice because it shows the different perspectives on an emerging discipline. I think there is a lot of information that could be added to this site.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: I think the first sentence does what it is supposed to. It tells the reader what data curation is. Overall, I think it explains the overarching concept well and gives many citations. Content: I think the article is relatively new and covers some basic topics but it could go farther in exploring its relationship to other disciplines, it could discuss how data curation impacts Black and Brown people, or methods. However, what is covered is balanced and easy to understand. The "projects and studies" section could be more fleshed out. I would like to see what the goal of the project is and just read a bit more without having to click the links.

Tone and Balance: The article is well balanced and presents information clearly. The article is neutral and there is no attempt to persuade the reader of a view point.

Sources and References: The sources are from academic and peer reviewed journals. All of the information in the article is well cited. My biggest critique is the retrieval date is from 2018. On a subject like data curation, there is much more current information and this article has a five year gap.

Organization and Writing Quality: The history and practice section doesn't flow well. There are no connections in between paragraphs and makes the content harder to understand.

Images and Media: There are no images to evaluate.

Talk Page: The talk page does not have a ton of action but there was an interesting conversation on merging the data curation page with the digital curation page. Some contributors felt that they were similar enough to be merged while other argued they have distinct qualities. Another conversation was a student writing a critique of the page which I thought was cool. The article is rated Start Class and is a part of WikiProject Molecular Biology.

Overall: This article has so many areas of the field uncovered. The sources need to be updated to reflect the current scholarship. I think this article should show the connection between library science and data curation. A specific section I would add is which professions use data curation.