User:Mf6130/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Chloroplast DNA

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 it because we learned about it two weeks ago in lecture. It matters because it tells us about the evolution of plants and the origins of chloroplasts which are a unique feature in plants. My first preliminary impression was that it was very detailed.

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.)

Lead section

The first sentence was great. It defined the subject well and concisely. Other than that the rest of the lead section wasn't very useful. It doesn't give an overview of the different sections. It doesn't give a summary of the most important aspects of the subject. It only provides a brief summary of the research discoveries related to the subject.

Content

I thought the content was well organized. I think it covered all the important aspects related to chloroplast DNA including its genome, transcription, and protein. The content seems up to date.

Tone and Balance

I thought the tone of this article was very good. It is neutral and explains different points of view like for the DNA structure saying that different studies have found different results including circular, linear, or even branched.

Sources and References

The sources seem good. Most of them come from academic journals with a variety of different authors. I didn't see any sources beyond 2017, so there could be more recent discoveries that haven't been included. The links I tried worked.

Organization and Writing Quality

I thought it had good organization and writing quality. I did not spot any obvious grammatical errors.

Images and Media

The images were great! I thought it supported the article well and the captions were detailed and helpful. I think maybe the image layout could be adjusted to fit better in the text. Also some figures have borders while others don't.

Talk Page Discussion

The article is rated as a C-class, so it can be improved. It is associated with the Molecular Biology and Plants WikiProjects. The only discussion that happened many years ago was about including an interactive image that still is not included in the article. In class we talked  more about the evolution of the chloroplast and how its genome informs us of its history. This was not mentioned much in the article.

Overall Impressions

I think the main strengths is that it is well organized and has good images. I think there is more recent research to include in this article and I think it may be missing some important sections. The article is very detailed and specific in some sections but I think it can still be improved.