User:Nicvantuna/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: Clostridium botulinum
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I chose this article to evaluate because it is a medically prevalent bacteria that I would like to learn more about.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The Lead does include a good introductory sentence, and it is clear and concise with what the article is about. The Lead includes many details about the bacteria, and does give brief explanations as to what will be in the following sections. No, the Lead does not include any information that is not present in the rest of the article. I believe the Lead is not overly detailed, it gives a good summary as to what the bacteria is and what it is capable of.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

 * Guiding questions

the article's content is very relevant to the topic. the content is up to date and is easy to understand. As far as I can see there is no information in the article that is missing or does not belong in the article, it is well written.


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

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article seems very neutral and objective in it's facts and figures about the topic. there is no heavy bias in the article that I can see. There is no evidence that there is a position expressed in the article that is meant to persuade a reader one way or the other.


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

All sources I saw were backed by scholarly articles that were peer reviewed. there is plenty of available literature on the topic, the sources are current, or if they are not they contain relevant information.


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is well written, it is concise and clear, but it does contain jargon that could cause readers that are unfamiliar to the topic to be confused. there seems to be no spelling errors to the article. the article is broken down to various subtopics that are well organized and explained.


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

there is one figure in the article, and it enhances understanding to the topic. the figure is well captioned and is laid out in a visually appealing way.


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

there are a lot of comments in the talk page that suggest a lot of people dedicating some time to update and make the article better. the article is a part of the wiki project Microbiology, and it is placed in a C rated article but is a high importance rating as well.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

the articles overall status is very good I think. it's strengths are that it is relevant information, that is easy to understand and is written in a clear manner. it can be improved by explaining a little bit of the jargon that is used to give more clarity and understanding to non experts on the topic. the article for the most part is very well put together and is well developed.


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Optional activity

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