User:Mej010/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Food microbiology
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I found it through the academic categories search and it seemed interesting.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? yes
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? concise

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Most of the articles are over 10 years old, however most of the information should still be accurate.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No, all the information is relevant, I don't think anything should be added.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Most of the sources are 11 years old, so still current but not within 5 years.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? I could not get any of the ISBN links to work, but I did get reference #5 to work.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, it is very concise which I appreciate
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? No
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Yes

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There are no recent conversations, the last conversations were talking about merging two pages that were titled the same thing.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? high importance B class. Yes, it is part of a Wikiproject called Wikiprojet microbiology.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The Wikipedia article talks about food testing and microbial polymers, which we haven't covered yet.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Top importance, B-Class
 * What are the article's strengths? I think the strength of this article is that it is very concise but for a reader who may not know lots on the topic it gives them ideas of where to look from there. It is not really in depth and uses laymen's terms.
 * How can the article be improved? There has been lots of research into biopolymers since 2009 and I think a more updated section on biopolymers would be beneficial.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I think that other than the biopolymer section, which is underdeveloped, the rest of the article is well developed.

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