User:Gracegjerde/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Squat lobster

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen to evaluate the squat lobster wikipedia page because that is the topic my group will be contributing to. Squat lobsters play vital ecological functions and are important to study to understand the deep-sea.

Evaluate the article
Lead of wikipedia page: Lead is relatively short and slightly confusing due to poor wording. It does provide good introductory information, but starting the lead with very specific scientific morphology terms is confusing. It is extremely concise is some regards and much more broad in terms of distribution. It should be consistent in how concise/broad it is.

Content of squat lobster wikipedia page: Content is somewhat out of data as most references are form 2011 and there have been many scientific studies published in the last 10 years regarding distribution and speciation. The content included is relevant to squat lobsters, but more could be added, especially in terms of updating what has recently been discovered (distribution, phylogeny, ecological role, morphologies, development). Does not address historically underrepresented groups or topics.

Tone/Balance of squat lobster wikipedia page. Article seems to be relatively neutral. The page is largely description. It does include a lot of information on fisheries, which does seem slightly out of balance. A large paragraph on fisheries seems to be somewhat biased due to who was editing this page.

Sources/References of squat lobster wikipedia page: some sources are peer-reviewed scientific studies, but not very many. Additional studies could be cited and some of the references are to other wikipedia pages or very specific sources that are not peer-reviewed. This could be improved upon.

Organization/writing quality of squat lobster wikipedia page: Well organized, but more sections need to be added. The distribution of information between sections could also be improved upon. There are also grammar errors and wording could be improved.

Images of squat lobster wikipedia page: Images are helpful and well captioned.

Talk Page Discussion of squat lobster wikipedia page: A lot of arguing around editing is apparent in the talk page. People are questioning whether the edits people made were valid. Also discussion around the correctness of content on the page.

Overall Impressions of squat lobster wikipedia page: Page could be improved upon in multiple ways. Editing of grammar as well as adding new, relevant, and peer-reviewed content are areas of improvement. Also, fact checking the current information on the page. Reorganizing the page could also make it more clear/concise and not having such a large section on fisheries.