User:Kheom347/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.


 * Name of article
 * Transcriptomics technologies
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * My research (RNA-seq for bacterial species) falls under this category and this page does not contain any information specifically about sequencing eukaryotic vs prokaryotic cells.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The lead section is well done. It summarizes the definition of transcriptomics, history of data gathering, data analysis, and applications. These points correlate with the major sections listed in the table of contents.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
The article's content is relevant. It is also up-to-date as far as I can tell. There may be recently published research in 2019 in the primary literature but results may not be notable or repeated enough to be included in the Wikipedia page. There does not appear to be content that does not belong.

I am doing research on RNA-seq for bacteria. The article is missing information that explains the differences between sequencing bacteria and other eukaryotes, particularly challenges presented by prokaryotic systems.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is neutral and does not overrepresent any viewpoints or appear heavily biased. The Methods subsubsection under Data Gathering/RNA-seq is longer than the other sections in the Data Gathering section, so maybe more subsubsub sections could be added.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
Nearly every sentence of this article is cited. The first couple links in the References section work. Most of the 170 citations are articles or reviews in Nature/Science/Cell or other peer-reviewed journals. Citations date from 1990s-2017; perhaps this article could be updated to included new research from 2018-2020.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
At first glance the article appears well-organized and the sections in the table of contents are logical.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The article contains good figures/infographics to organize information. It also includes tables that concisely summarize and compare different technologies.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
Transcriptomics Technolgies is part of the Molecular Biology WikiProject. Its quality rating is GA (the second highest) and its importance is High.

The Talk page includes an evaluation for the GA review. Many of the reviewer comments address readability and suggest editing the article to avoid jargon.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
The article overall is pretty good, as affirmed by the GA rating. The article is highlights the main points related to transcriptomics technologies and isn't missing any important information. It would be a nice touch to include differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic RNA-seq. The RNA-seq/Methods section could be broken up in to smaller sub sections. Some jargon could be removed.

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