User:HMcConne/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Elisabeth Bik

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have seen Dr. Bik's posts on Twitter regarding scientific integrity

Evaluate the article
The lead section is effectively written; the overall content is heavy on focusing on her work on scientific integrity, but considering that that is her main career currently, and what she is most well known for, this makes sense, even if it appears unbalanced. The tone may be slightly balanced in her favor, as there are other scientists who have questioned some of her work. However, some of the responses of journals to her critiques have been included, and do offer rebuttals to her statements. The sources are current, a few only come from her own twitter posts regarding changes in her career status, while other official sources may also contain that information elsewhere. Most of the sources are from sites providing biographical information on Dr. Bik. A few of these sources are written to be very positive towards Dr. Bik and might suggest bias, but most of the information drawn from these sources are facts such as where she went to school and what her graduate thesis was focused in. The organization and writing quality are both good for this article. The image of Dr. Bik is mentioned on the talk page as possibly violating Wikipedia's copyright policy. The article is given a rating of a C on the talk pages, likely due to the potential for bias as mentioned above. A number of commenters on the talk pages include requests for more of the statements from others who have questioned her work, as well as for better sources on the description of Dr. Bik as a scientific integrity consultant. One of these commenters seems highly biased against Dr. Bik, but a number of the others bring up useful points. As a whole, this article could be developed more by providing more detail about Dr. Bik's work and the responses to that work, including more sources that either back up or challenge the statements already on the article page.