User:Holly6322/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.


 * Biological patents in the United States: Biological patents in the United States
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

Lead
Guiding questions:


 * The lead has a strong introductory sentence and does a good job explaining to readers what the information is about.
 * The Lead shows the topic's main sections and hyperlinks them.
 * No, all information presented in the lead is in the body.
 * The Lead is a short paragraph that doesn't go over the top.

Content
Guiding questions:


 * The articles content matches the topic, it tells readers about different examples of the law.
 * The page is up to date and was last edited on September 4th, 2019.
 * The content is strong and there doesn't seem to be any gaps, it has the history, examples, and controversy.

Tone and Balance
Guiding questions:


 * The articles tone is neutral but some of it favors commercialization of biological patent.
 * The article does appear to have some bias, and it has not been edited out yet.
 * The article does a good job with each topic, however the section for Food Patent seems a little short and could use more clarity.
 * The article does not try to persuade, it just states the information about the topic.

Sources and References
Guiding questions:


 * The information in the article is backed up with more information on each section. As previously mentioned, there could be more information on food patent laws.
 * The sources listed to reflect the topic and can help the reader understand more about the content.
 * Most of the sources were retrieved in 2011 or 2012.
 * All the links clicked on worked.

Organization
Guiding questions:


 * The article is clear and easy to read.
 * The article does not have any spelling errors or grammatical ones, however a few words don't have a space in between.
 * The topic is well organized and does a good job breaking down the categories

Images and Media
Guiding questions:


 * The article does not include any pictures.
 * There are no pictures or captions.
 * The article doesn't include images, so it is not violating Wikipedia's guidelines.
 * The page only has writing, and no images.

Checking the talk page
Guiding questions:


 * Conversations going on behind the scenes would just be about adding more recent information about the topic.
 * The article is rated a C (mid importance scale) and is part of a Wikiproject genetics.
 * The page discusses what Biological patent is, how it came about, examples, and controversy.

Overall impressions
Guiding questions:


 * The overall status of the page is good, it has a lot of information about the topic and does a good job explaining it.
 * The history as well as controversy are both good paragraphs.
 * The article can be improved by adding a guiding image, making sure to explain some of the examples better, and checking there are no typos.
 * In my opinion, the article is well-developed.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes ~


 * Talk:Biological patents in the United States