User:Imahoney26/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.


 * Molecular Genetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_genetics)
 * I have chosen this article because it is a field that is up and coming and I have great interest in it for research in the future.

Lead

 * The lead includes a clear and concise first sentence about the topic. However, the lead does not include the major sections of the article. The lead talks about the main fields studied withing molecular genetics but will only lightly go into how each of these sub-fields apply directly to molecular genetics. Overall, the lead should add a bit more information on the article itself and cut out information not necessarily needed in the lead because it could be covered in a sub-heading

Content
The content in the article is relevant to the topic, focusing mainly on techniques used in molecular genetics and is lacking content that is relatively up to date. Most of the content does not go into any real depth but rather skims this information, making a reader go to another article to read more about that specific topic.

Tone and Balance
The article is very neutral and does not go into any topics that would have a bias, most of the article is just talking about some current techniques used but not how they are being applied.

Sources and References

 * Some portions of the article could do with more citing (mainly on reverse genetics) and is in need of more recent articles as the newest source is currently from mid-2019. A variety of different secondary sources are used, and the links all seem to work.

Organization

 * The article takes a relatively complex topic and makes it understandable to a general reader with some background of genetic and biology. However, most of the article seems disjointed as the sentences have no flow, it seems to just go from one talking point to the next making it less easy to understand. The article could also be broken down into more sub-units which would also show the need for more in-depth information.

Images and Media

 * There is only one image used in the article, but it seems to be useable and adheres to Wikipedia’s regulations and also gives a simple visual to a sub-topic that could be easily confused.

Checking the talk page

 * There has been little discussion on this article and few major edits since the page was first created. This is in spite of it being on wikiproject (under molecular and cell biology) and being given top priority. Being rated a C-class means it needs more citations and information the latter of which is very important in this case.

Overall impressions

 * This article has a good base but needs more detailed and relevant information. Molecular genetics is a newer topic with new things being discovered all the time yet this article shows none of this. There is also little in the way of citations in this article, adding more would bring up its credibility and they might be able to add a little bit more information to the subject.

Optional activity
How will our knowledge of molecular genetics also increase our knowledge of cell biology in general? ~ Imahoney26 (talk) 05:06, 5 October 2020 (UTC)