User:Kiyo04/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

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.)

As part of the Wikipedia training, a genetics article from Wikipedia was selected to be peer-reviewed. For this training the article on Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification was reviewed. Initial impressions of the article were met with unease as there was a banner reading "This article needs additional citations for verification.".

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article is short and sweet. It accurately describes what the MLPA is, as well as how it works. The overall content of the article describes the procedure to effectively conduct a MLPA test on a sample of DNA. The last time this article was updated was in 2022, so the information is relatively up to date. The topic does fall into WIkiBiology's attempt to expand the knowledge of Molecular Biology on the platform. The tone and balance of the article is even and neutral. No claims exist to persuade/dissuade readers towards/away from an idea. The sources span from as early as 1996 to as recently as 2021.The links to all 15 sources do still work, and they are either reviews or cite scientific articles/documents/research experiments. The organization of the page is very short and straightforward. No single section feels off-balance. However, there are only two photos of the exon deletions detected by MLPA and the differentiation of MLPA and iMLPA. They are also poorly captioned, and do not describe what the image is conveying with enough context. There is almost zero talk page activity other than one person modifying the external links back in 2018, and another person in 2014 complaining how bad the article is written. The article is rated as Start-Class. It has a solid foundation to be expanded upon by others, but it is severely lacking in detail and up-to-date information as new research is being developed. It feels very incomplete.