User:Jwheatley01/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Fate mapping)

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 Fate mapping because it was one of the two key techniques when exploring developmental relationships.

Fate mapping is a very important technique when studying cells, and their locations, earlier on in development (embryo).

At first, when I viewed the Fate mapping Wikipedia page, it looked bare because it was very short.

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.)

Lead Section:

The lead section of the fate mapping Wikipedia page, does a great job in creating a straightforward introductory sentence.

There isn't a brief description of the outline of the page because the page only has three fairly short sections. Out of the three sections, the second way developmental relationships can be studied, cell lineage was discussed very briefly. The lead section is not overly detailed but short and concise.

Content:

The content is relevant to the topic but maybe there can be another section discussing the importance of Fate mapping into detail. The content was last updated in February 2022 so the Wikipedia page is still up-to-date. There is a section titled "See Also," with a link to another topic "cell fate determination" but I feel as though if the information is relevant to Fate mapping, there should be a section discussing that instead of being sent over to another page, or at least a brief explanation as to how it relates between the two.

Tone and Balance:

Overall the article has a neutral tone. There aren't any bias claims that try to persuade the viewer into a position.

Sources and References:

The Wikipedia page is backed by multiple secondary sources. The links to external sources still work.

Talk Page:

When I checked the talk page, I was surprised to see that the Fate Map Wikipedia pages was edited by a fellow Development Biology student back in 2019.

Overall ImpressionMy first impression was that the article seemed bare due to the limited information/sections shown on the page. Fate mapping can be a very straight forward topic but when it came to the content part, there should've been more information there. I will say that the lead section was short and concise, getting straight to the point. I didn't need to look up the meaning of anything from the lead section. I would say that the article was a little underdeveloped.