User:Mrothroc/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
History of biochemistry

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am evaluating this article to ensure that it thoroughly covers the discovery of important concepts in biochemistry, as well as when they were discovered, and who they were discovered by.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

The lead includes an introductory sentence that explains what the article will cover and it's importance. Overall, the lead section does not include any information that is discussed in the article but does not give a defined explanation of each section of the article. It does state, however, that the article will address important discoveries in the history of biochemistry and each section addresses an important advance. The lead section is overall very thorough, however, for some readers it may be considered too long.

Content:

The articles content is extremely relevant to the topic and is up to date. There appears to be no information that does not belong and does a good job at including all pertinent people who contributed to these scientific discoveries in biochemistry.

Tone and Balance:

The article does not take a stance of trying to persuade it's readers. Rather, the article is neutral in tone, and very informative and accessible to most any reader, even if the reader has no background in biochemistry.

Sources and References:

All of the pertinent information is backed up by primary sources.

Organization and Writing:

The article is very well organized, accessible to all audiences, and is very detailed. No grammatical errors to be reported.

Overall Impressions:

Overall, I think this article does a good job at objectively reporting important discoveries in the field of biochemistry and explaining why they are and were important. The article is written in such a way that the reader does not need a background in biochemistry to understand key discoveries and concepts discussed by the article. Furthermore, the article explains the impact that these discoveries have had on the scientific disciplines as well as some impacts in medicine. Overall, this article is well written, very informative, and easily accessible.