User:Mkalarobinson/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: nuclear gene
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

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? No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise.

Lead evaluation
More sections and detail could be added to the lead. Otherwise, it is a fairly good start.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes

Content evaluation
Some of the content, such as the protein section, seems out of place. The information could be better organized into subheadings and detail added to the individual subheadings.

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

Tone and balance evaluation
Tone and balance is good.

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? No
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Sources and references evaluation
Some of the sources need to be from more recent studies.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? For the most part, yes.
 * 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? No

Organization evaluation
The article should be broken down into multiple sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No
 * Are images well-captioned? NA
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? NA
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? NA

Images and media evaluation
Images added would be helpful/beneficial to the topic.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Gene expression is going to be talked about more in this article possibly, but there haven't been any recent conversations.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is a stub of high importance in the wiki project of genetics.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It talks about some new topics that I have not been introduced to before such as respiratory chain-expression.

Talk page evaluation
No comments were made on the talk page by the person who last edited the page.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? Okay, but needs improvement
 * What are the article's strengths? The lead is concise and fairly clear
 * How can the article be improved? The organization of the article could be improved, and more recent sources could be found.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? Underdeveloped

Overall evaluation
This article is overall underdeveloped. The lead is concise and fairly clear, but the rest of the content could be better organized and more recent sources for some of the information could be found.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nuclear_gene&action=edit