User:Givingthedeeds/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Talk:Amoeba

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Amoebas are unicellular organisms within microbiology that are important to understand in order understand the variety of organisms present in the world. It is a C class article that would be valuable to get to an A because it would assist others in understanding what is out there in the microbiology world.

Evaluate the article
To begin the evalution, I read through the first sentence, the first paragraph, and the first section as a whole in order to understand the concepts being addressed. The first sentence, stand alone, I thought was strong and gave the reader an easy overview of what an amoeba is. The first sentence stand alone had the right ideas, but wasn't fluid. It described the diversity of amoeba, but for those that aren't science based, it would be hard to track. Finally, the entire opening was confusing with the way the information was presented. It made an amoeba sound like a way to describe a movement not an organism. It also had repeated information such as the names used for it.

Throughout the rest of the article, I noticed somethings that limit the flow of the article. First, nutrition and diet belong together, but instead, nutrition was put alongside movement and shape while diet was a solo section. Also, it seemed odd to put meiosis as the finisher on the article; I would recommend moving history to the end and keeping meiosis with the other functions and characteristics of the amoeba at the top.

The author used a number of sources which is important when writing a well rounded article. This being said, I did seem some sources that weren't as strong as needed in this situation. When writing an article for others to pull information from, the sources incorporated must be strong, credible, and the authors must hold authority over the top. Re-evaluation of the sources would be a good idea in order to strengthen the overall article.

Finally, the pictures included were helpful in understanding the information as a visual aid. I thought that was a good addition, so the readers can have a better understanding of what an amoeba is.