User:Immcarle141/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Complement system

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

This is a topic we have discussed in class and the article provides an overview of this important system. My preliminary impression of the article was that it was extensive and information dense.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Everything in the article seems relevant and without unnecessary sections. However, many of the sources are a little on the older side, over 10-15 years old, and a handful of the links do not work anymore. The writing appears neutral and does not give unnecessary emphasis towards certain points. The citations are from a diverse array of reputable journals and literature. However, some links do not work anymore and some sections are lacking citations at all, such as the "Regulation" section. The talk page of this article has been pretty inactive for the last 5 years, and many of the issues mentioned there have been resolved. This is an important article, rated B-Class in Physiology and Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cell Biology. The figures in the article represent the pathways clearly and are a good visual aid to the writing. Overall, the article consolidates a lot of information well about a complicated and important immune system pathway.