User:GraceKT/Evaluate an Article

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose it because marine science is a topic that has always been interesting to me. I wanted to look at an article of a women scientist that was lacking in information.

Evaluate the article
The lead for this article is very concise. I would say to concise, however the article itself is too concise. The topic sentence encompasses the topic of the article though which is good. The article content is up to date, as it was last edited earlier this year. The content itself details her major accomplishment, while very impressive, in a boring way. It just feels like we get small snapshots of her career over time, where as I would have liked to see more of her opinions, thoughts, interests, motivations, etc., mentioned in the article as well. There is not a lot of content to work with in this article. The article details a lot of her accomplishments and her academic career. However, there is not much else they seem to say about her. It is good that they do not focus on her family and/or marital status, as is sometimes the focus of articles written about female scientists. The language is very neutral. Some of the sources don’t appear to be very credible or reliable based on what was learned in the WikiTrainings. The lead section was lacking in citation. The body of the article also used blogs and some of the subject’s own research. A few of the links no longer exist also. The article is clear and concise. However, I think it does focus too heavily on just listing her major achievements in a boring way. There is no flow between events or mention of other aspects of her career besides major accomplishments and her job descriptions. The page only includes one picture of her, which is not a good picture. I am sure a better one can be found. As for the talk page, there are no conversations happening. It prompted me to be the first to start a conversation. This is discouraging because I feel like this is a page that needs some work and recognition. This article seems underdeveloped, and I would be interested in working on adding to!