User:Leanafigueroa/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
MCherry

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 this Wikipedia article on MCherry because as a Biochemistry major, one major point of interest in the class is fluorescent proteins. They have a wide variety of uses and play great importance in Biochemistry research. This protein can be used to tag different parts of a cell and be used to visualize certain genes. This visual tagging can be used to analyze certain gene functions in experiments. Although I previously knew of this protein prior to reading this article, my preliminary impression was how important this protein is in Biochemistry Research. It also has unique properties that aid in its function including its low molecular weight.

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 lead section of this article is very concise and provides necessary information. The topic sentence explains which family of proteins mCherry came from and the lead section continues to explain what organism the protein is derived from, its common uses, how it functions, and its relevance to science today. It is not overly detailed but still remains informative and contains all the information that should be in a lead section. The content in this article appears to be up to date as the last edit was on January 10th 2021. The content of the article is relevant to the topic and contains information on the proteins development, structure, uses, and related proteins. As I have some prior knowledge on this protein I am not familiar with it to the fullest extent so I would not know if information is missing but the article seems complete. This article does not deal with Wikipedia's equity gaps and does not relate to underrepresented populations or topics.

This article has a neutral tone and does not appear to show any bias. This article is on a biological protein which does not carry infringe on any one particular viewpoint. All the links used are from reliable sources including peer reviewed scientific articles as well as scientific databases such as the Protein Data Bank. There are 14 different sources and all the links appear to work. The article is concise and easy to read. The different sections are broken up by topic and are labeled with a heading so they are easy to follow. The language is easily to read for a relatively complex topic and the article does not have any obvious spelling or grammatical mistakes. This article contains only one image of the structure of the protein but could contain more in order to show different representations of the structure as well as some of its uses. The one image is shown in the red color of the protein so it stands out and is shown in a visually appealing way.

In the talk page, there is some discussion but it is more regarding the phrasing of certain sentences and how some ideas can be clarified. Based on the talk page, there were no obvious conceptual mistakes but more so the wording of certain ideas. This article is considered part of the Wikiproject Chemistry articles as well as the Molecular and Cellular Biology articles.

Overall, this is a well rounded article that provides accurate information in a concise and easy to read way. The article's lead section provides good introductory information and the follow sections, all labeled by topic, provide supplemental information to learn about this fluorescent protein.