User:Meghanherlitzka/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Haloquadratum walsbyi

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is relevant to the course material and project at hand. Haloquadratum walsbyi is Archaea that resides in salt-containing environments and gets its energy from the sun. This article did not seem to cover all possible topics regarding Haloquadratum walsbyi such as genetic makeup, habitat, physiology, novel strains, and so on.

Evaluate the article
The Lead Section was adequate and covered a large amount of background knowledge useful to the reader. It clearly introduced the topic but did not give a clear introduction to the main section, as there is only one section following the Introduction. The author(s) did a nice job at making the introduction concise, and there is not much to be done until other parts of the article are developed further.

The Content appeared to be relevant to the topic but not up to date. Citations ranged from 1999 - 2006, while it appears new research has been developed since then. There is clearly content missing, however, as the Description of Haloquadratum walsbyi does not give a comprehensive overview of all elements of the Archaea species.

The Tone and Balance were well maintained and there does not appear to be a biased viewpoint in the article.

The Sources and References are lacking and could use improvement. All facts do appear to be backed up, however all of the information came from just four sources. The sources seem to be credible but dated. The links work, however, upon clicking the links it came to my attention that one source was cited twice. This means that the information in the article came from just three sources.

The Images and Media are sprinkled throughout, as information and pictures appear when hovering over key words. There is certainly room for improvement in this area, though, as many more images of Haloquadratum walsbyi exist and could be useful to the article to include. The images that do appear have adequate captions and citations.

On the article's Talk page, there appears to be one addition that took place in June of 2018. This editor noted that they included some new information and also shared a link to more sources for other editors to reference if they wish.

My overall impression of the article is that there is a lot that could be done to better this article and the discussion of Haloquadratum walsbyi. It is clear that the author(s) focused on elaborating on a general definition of the Archaea species and did well at that. However, the article's content and sources need the most improvement. It seems that the article is underdeveloped as compared to other articles in the same realm of research. It would be useful to look to more up to date sources and supplement some of the important discussion missing such as elaboration on genetic makeup, habitat, physiology, novel strains, among others.

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