User:GnaeusMuciusMarius/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: (link)Cellular senescence
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. Cellular senescence is something of great interest to me, as I would like to further understand the ageing process.

Lead
Guiding questions:


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? It begins with a very small and simple sentence that could have more depth to it.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No, it appears to just briefly discuss the history of the topic.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes, it mentions the researchers who first discovered cellular senescence, but fails to ever mention them again.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It appears to be lacking more detail than having more than needed.

Content
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, but it seems to be repeated on itself.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The overall content seems to be level with current understanding of the topic.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes, when the author mentions other species that lack cellular senescence, they do not explain any information about those organisms, but rather just repeat previously stated information.

Tone and Balance
Guiding questions:


 * Is the article neutral? The article does not appear to have any particular bias towards any other view point.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? None that jump out.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There is information that is simply repeated and missing information, for example, under the organisms lacking senescence topic.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? Not with this topic, no.

Sources and References
Guiding questions:


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? The information that the author provided, in the form of links work fine.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? The author lists 29 sources, however, I feel that they can do a more thorough job providing more in depth information.
 * Are the sources current? The author provides a large swath of updated and older material for secondary research purposes.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes, they did work and brought me directly to their present articles.

Organization
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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? It is easy to read and clear, but lacks information in regards to topics that the author decided to mention.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Yes, in the introductory paragraph there seems to be a spelling error.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Not really, the organization of the article could be better defined to allow for precise information presented by topic.

Images and Media
Guiding questions:


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No, only two pictures are provided to show cell senescence in mouse cells.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes, there is accurate data given for the the images.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? The images appear to be taken by the authors own work, therefore making them original.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Difficult to answer with only two images to use, they seem to be okay, however, they might leave one wondering what the difference is between them besides the coloring telling them.

Checking the talk page
Guiding questions:


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Other people have mentioned building off of this article.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is given a C rating for every category, and it is part of three different WikiProjects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't really talked much about this subject in class, so that question is difficult to answer. But my guess would be that our discussions in the classroom setting would go beyond laymen terminology and have a closer, more insightful depth.

Overall impressions
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 * What is the article's overall status? It appears to be of low importance.
 * What are the article's strengths? It gives insight to a basic understanding of what cellular senescence is from the viewpoint of one outside of the sciences.
 * How can the article be improved? By correcting information that is out of place and/or missing. Also, by adding bulk in the form of more information from other sources.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say that the article in under developed, the author used about 30 references. However, this subject has the option of being very thoroughly researched from other papers that build upon it.

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