User:Owen Gunderman/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Mycelium

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because the topic interests me. The article seems like a good start, but much more information could be added.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The introduction to the article gives a clear explanation of what mycelium are. Although the introduction does not outline the other topics in the article I think it makes sense in this form. The article is not long so there are not many points to outline. The article does a good job of briefly summarizing the information about mycelium but much more detail could be added to explain the organisms and their uses. I did find it strange that when talking about modern uses for mycelium the article linked to only a few specific companies. This could be biased. The images and media in the article clearly help the reader understand mycelium, however it seems slightly lacking in sources. It was interesting to see the different editors in the talk page bouncing ideas around about what to include in the article. One person wanted to include mycelium that have been mentioned in fictional stories like StarTrek.

For the most part I feel this article is good, it could just be expanded to include a bit more important information. It provides a good basic understanding of the topic, but does not go beyond that.