User:Rajeshly/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Thermithiobacillus

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The reason I have chosen this article is that close to what we a studying. It is an extremophile, which is a bacteria which lives in extreme environments.

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.)


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Nothing was distracting but there seemed to be a lack of disorganization. There was no sub categories as it transitioned from the reasoning behind the name to the DNA classification
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * no
 * What else could be improved?
 * more organization. They can add more detail about the scope of the
 * more organization. They can add more detail about the scope of the


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * It is difficult to be not neutral in an article which uses
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * no they are all represented


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * one of the citations does not have a proper format and is just a website link
 * most of them have the appropriate links to websites.
 * Though one of the citations contains a red link and does not seem to add much to the paper (citation 4)
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * all the sources are neutral but they are mostly science databases containing discrete
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications?
 * There are 4 sources and they are relatively diverse. For a stub the sources seem fairly diverse. Though there is only one source per fact which may decrease the potential validity


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * "This page should really redirect to Thermithiobacillus tepidarius, being the only species within the genus. Cheers, Jack (talk) 23:16, 24 December 2008 (UTC)"
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * Low class microbiology stub
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * its not. There is not much discussion