User:MicrobiologyKat2020/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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epitope&diff=979991568&oldid=979990816
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 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * This is the article I chose to edit.

Lead

 * Guiding questions
 * The lead does a good job of introducing the topic. However, it does spend a lot of time on the distinction between conformational and linear epitopes, which doesn't really appear elsewhere in the article. The lead also doesn't introduce the major sections, there's just a contents box. The lead also contains a claim that isn't cited.

Lead evaluation
okay, could be better

Content

 * Guiding questions
 * The content barely talks about B cell epitopes in the function section and doesn't give a lot of detail in the epitope mapping section. It feels like it's missing a lot of information about epitopes. There should be more information about mapping and a reference to epitope-based vaccines. I don't think the article is up to date because the newest source is from 2016 and the rest are primarily from a decade or more ago.

Content evaluation
Needs a lot of improvement

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions
 * The tone is neutral and I see no huge issues. There is a couple of places that need citation but the tone remains scientific. There is an underrepresentation of information about B cell epitopes.

Tone and balance evaluation
good

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions
 * Sources are primarily from a decade ago. There needs to be an inclusion of newer information to better ascertain the state of the field. The links work but the sources are not current. They are thorough for their time I believe.

Sources and references evaluation
not the best

Organization

 * Guiding questions
 * What is included in the article is written well, but it doesn't include all information that is needed. Organization could be improved to demonstrate the differences between T and B cell epitopes.

Organization evaluation
improvements needed

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions
 * No images or media included.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions
 * A user mentioned they were going to add more information and separate things based off of T and B cell epitopes but they must have never gotten around to it. There's also conversations about uncited information.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions
 * The status is "start" class. I agree that there's a lot of room for improvement. The strengths are the tone of the article and that what's written is well-written. There needs to be more up-to-date information added to the article.

Overall evaluation

 * lots of improvement needed