User:Jadekuester/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Talk:Bile

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.)

I chose the article about bile due to the fact that I have learned a lot about the significance in previous classes such as biochemistry. I find it interesting to learn about the different metabolic pathways that occur throughout our bodies everyday, and am interested in the process of triglycerides and degradation of lipids. Therefore, it's important to understand the role that bile plays in the metabolic pathways as it allows our bodies to absorb essential fats and vitamins.

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.)

The article "Bile" has a good variety of links within it that help to emphasize the overall message of the article along with teach additional vocabulary in regards to the topic. I found that the links that were used within the article all worked efficiently and led to important explanations. However, I also noticed that the talk page of this article brings about very valid concerns, as the article itself does not use enough citations in places where the knowledge should be cited form a reliable source. This article is organized effectively into the function and clinical significance of bile, however, there could definitely be improvements. I think it would be beneficial to explain how bile is produced along with the significance of the bile within the metabolic pathways. The clinical significance section is very beneficial as it provides information regarding the importance of bile, and explains what can occur if the level of bile is altered in any way. Overall, this article ties in a lot of key features of bile, but there could be more added on it's significance in pathways regarding lipid degradation. Also, as seen in the talk page more citations are needed to make the article more reliable and valid without appearing as if the information has been plagiarized over time.