User:Mic Goodwill/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Borrelia burgdorferi
 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead- The lead is good and concise; I feel like the article provided the necessary information to lead into the rest of the article. It establishes sections for morphology, disease, as well as the species complex that this bacteria forms.
 * Content- Based on the sources provided in the article as well as the sources I have below, the content seems up to date but I will need to look at some secondary sources to compare. I do not think I have any complaints on the content section. I am unsure what the protocols for microbiology Wikipedia pages are, but I do wish that there was a section on typical growing methods for microbiology research. Maybe there is just a general section for spirochete bacteria and what types of media they grow on? Not sure.
 * Tone: It's very difficult to bias a microbiology topic, and the wiki-author(s) seemed to use sources that were relevant and often cited.
 * Sources- Every section appears to have multiple sources attached, so I am quite happy with the development of the references section. However, in the life cycle section, I saw no explanation of why larger mammals cannot support B. burgdorferi survival, unless it's saying that larger mammals cannot transmit the bacteria further.
 * Organization- The organization is decent, I think I would switch the evolution and genome sections but that's about it.
 * Images- Two images provided, one of how the bacteria looks and the other is one of the characteristic symptoms of the disease this bacteria causes (Lyme Disease). Both are very relevant to the article.
 * Talk Page- Appears to be a lot of talk on the talk page, although language is a little coarse between editors at times. This page has been part of 3 separate Wikipedia microbiology projects
 * My Sources
 * Organization- The organization is decent, I think I would switch the evolution and genome sections but that's about it.
 * Images- Two images provided, one of how the bacteria looks and the other is one of the characteristic symptoms of the disease this bacteria causes (Lyme Disease). Both are very relevant to the article.
 * Talk Page- Appears to be a lot of talk on the talk page, although language is a little coarse between editors at times. This page has been part of 3 separate Wikipedia microbiology projects
 * My Sources
 * Talk Page- Appears to be a lot of talk on the talk page, although language is a little coarse between editors at times. This page has been part of 3 separate Wikipedia microbiology projects
 * My Sources
 * My Sources
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