User:Prabal09/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Helicase

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Since the smallest component of all living organisms is a cell, it is necessary to understand the process of DNA replication. Helicases play an important role in unwinding the dsDNA at the origin of replication and turning it into ssDNA for further replication, repair and recombination. Although the Helicase article listed on Wikipedia runs in a chronological order but the articles referenced for the said information are not up to date.

Evaluate the article
The article in question mentions a clear and concise introductory sentence but with only the brief description of a few major sections like function. It lacks to mention different superfamilies and various disorders and diseases associated with helicase mutations in the lead section.

Although the content mentioned in the article is relevant to the topic but in some instances,(Bloom helicase) is not up to date. Most of the content listed dates back to late 1900's and early 2000's and is missing latest findings regarding Helicases. The article does weigh heavily around the function but barely touches the structural features of helicases.

Overall, the article has a very neutral tone and is concise which flows nicely from one topic to another with no grammatical errors.

Random audit of this article confirmed that majority of the information was sourced from functioning peer reviewed articles(research & review) for Helicases. But there were quite a few references listed from random websites ("Researchers solve mystery of how DNA strands separate". 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-05) and discontinued blogs ("Kevin Ahern's Biochemistry (BB 451/551) at Oregon State University").

The article does include images that help explain the content but the figure legends are not as through as it should be.

The talk page discussion includes active discussions about improvement of various sections such as helicase disorders and diseases, diagnostic measurement and methodologies & function of human DNA helicase. The article has been rated as C-class on quality scale which means there is a lot of room for improvement.

In my opinion, the article needs to be updated with information from peer reviewed sources and research from the last decade. The content listed in the article covers various topics important for understanding the role of Helicases but lacks thorough detailing.