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Evaluate an article - Rosalind Franklin

 * Name of article:
 * This is a person in history that did not receive credit for her work until years after her death. Wikipedia is all about distributing knowledge people in a free way, the spread of knowledge is the antidote that will allow for the crediting of the right people at the right time.

Lead
Lead evaluation


 * The lead starts off with the name of the subject of this article " Rosalind Elsie Franklin ". It gave a brief and concise description of her research and contributions. The lead gives any reader a great understanding of what the entire article will be about.

Content evaluation
The content in this article focuses on Franklin's life, research, and honors she received past her death for all her work. Even though her life ended in 1958, she is still a topic of discussion for many researchers and writers. Most of the content is relatively recent because she is still being talked about unlike many of her contemporary scientist.

Tone and balance evaluation
For the most part the article is neutral and expresses the life of Franklin in an unbiased way. Since this is a biographical article, there is no persuasion. This article is also supported by peer reviewed and credible literature that focuses on this topic as well, making a more rounded article with various viewpoints.

Sources and references evaluation
In this article there are 285 citations. The information is backed up by sources like the National Library of Medicine, the University of Cambridge, the Science History Institute, and Spartacus Educational. As well as primary sources such as Transactions of the Faraday Society, Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France, and Journal de Chimie Physique et de Physico-Chimie Biologique that indicated the work she did and her findings. Many of the sources used are still available and accessible to anyone that clicks on the links. Because Franklin is the subject of this article, slightly older resources are acceptable, the subject is a big factor when considering how current the sources have to be.

Organization evaluation
This article is quite lengthy and detailed but it is easy to read and understand even for people that are not part of the scientific field. Throughout the article there are no grammatical errors, it is possible that many people review and edit this page to ensure that the information provided is easy to read and understand. The article's organization is easy to follow it makes sense. However, if there were to be a slight change it would be to put the beginning of her personal life before he career. Although, it is understandable to put a summary of her entire life under the lead and discuss her career and research. There is a logical organization of all the sections and groupings made within each.

Images and media evaluation
For an article that is as lengthy as this one there should be more images. This entire article has a total of 6 images which are well selected and make the writing comprehensive to the reader. All the images are captioned and explained well throughout the article. Since all the images are part of the public domain there all adhere to the copyright regulations. The pictures used are a visual aid for the reader and they are not many preventing distractions for the reader. They are all placed on the side of the article and do not interrupt any text which make them visually appealing and great accompaniment to the text.

Talk page evaluation
The conversation for this article is the title related to the sexism section of the article that discuses the sexism that she faced in her field of work. One editor suggested different titles like Victim of sexism,  Effects of sexism, Sexism in work place, and Exclusion due to sexism?. This truly shows how helpful people in this platform can be and give others ideas to further develop their articles. We have not discussed this specific topic in class but the talk page is really similar to the way that we evaluate each others work on the digital campaign.

This article is rated is rated as a B-Class level-4 article. It is part of a few WikiProjects such as Biology, Genetics, History of Science, Women;s History, United Kingdom, and East Anglia.

Overall evaluation
This article is overall good standing and very detailed. One of the article's strength is the amount of research done, this gives the entire article more depth of information and detailed explanations. Moreover, the article is very well organized, easy to follow and understand for any reader regardless of their field of study. One area that could be improved are the images, three of the six images are in one section of the article. Adding more images would make the article more comprehensive and provide the visual aid that readers might need. The article overall is well developed and useful for anyone wanting to get more information about Franklin's life, research, death, and the impact she left on the world.