User:Kloth017/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Pseudomonadota

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate, because it is the article that I have chosen to edit for EEB 4611: Biogeochemical Processes supported by the Wiki Education Foundation. I wanted to get a layout for the things this article is missing or needs additional help on, and evaluating the article really helped me in that process.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The introductory sentence is concise. However the lead does not contain major section descriptions, it moves right into classification of verbiage (classes, phylum, etc.). The lead needs to be made into a separate section before classification.

Content: There is a good amount of content missing from this article. I would also consider adding sections like: habitats, significance (economic importance, ecological importance) and metabolism. There is also a significant amount missing from the characteristics section.

Tone and Balance: The general tone of the article seems neutral.

Sources and References: There are a significant number of citations missing from this Wiki page. Of the citations provided, a lot of them are from the early 2000s, and may not be up to date with relevant information.

Organization and Writing Quality: The article is easy to read, however it is not broken down into appropriate article sections.

Images and Media: The first image of the actual bacteria (E. Coli) is well placed and visually appealing. There is only one other media chart of the phylogeny of the phylum. The description of the phylogeny is a little hard to understand, and the image itself could be re-worked to look a little more visually appealing.

Talk Page Discussion: The Wiki talk page is not very extensive. The only discussions really occurring is about the name change, because the phylum recently underwent a name change from Proteobacteria to Pseudomonadota. The article is currently a part of the Education Assignment for EEB 4611: Biogeochemical Processes.

Overall: I think that this article is a good starting point for the phylum, but it is definitely underdeveloped. The article was listed as a class B article of mid-importance. There needs to be many citations added and updated, as well as sections added and enhanced. This article needs some work.