User:Rjlove46/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Electron hole

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is a topic related to electronic structures and properties of materials. This article matters because it describes exactly what happens when an electron were to be excited into a higher energy state, for example, and that there is a hole left behind. My preliminary impression of this article is that it describes what a hole is and is pretty easy to follow.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The lead section of this article is pretty concise and gives a good explanation of what a hole is.

Content: The articles content is relevant to the article. The article is on holes and what they are and the article explains what they are and how we can think about them. The content may be up to date, assuming that not a lot there isn’t a lot of new knowledge about holes, since the references used in this article is from decades ago. The article mentions how the concept of holes are important for some spectroscopies but doesn’t go more into detail, which I believe, would help people understand more why the concept of a hole (or lack of an electron) is important for semiconductors, for example. Other than that, I believe there is a good amount of content to briefly introduction the concept of holes and how physicists and chemists use this concept.

Tone and Balance: This article is pretty balanced and the tone is good. There isn’t any viewpoints being over-represented or under-represented.

Sources and References: The article is backed up by pretty reliable sources such as academic journal articles and textbooks, however these references are from decades ago, so it is uncertain if the material presented in this article is outdated or there is no new knowledge on the topic.

Organization and Writing Quality: The article is pretty easy to follow and they explain concepts by using analogies, which I believe is a good way for some one to learn a concept.

Images and Media: The article does include some images, that I believe, do enhance the understanding of the topic. There images are appealing in some ways and they do adhere to Wikipedia’s copyright regulations.

Talk Page Discussion: Some discussions going on on the talk page include a minor clarification discussion on how to view the hole when compared to an electron and to make sure that a hole is not the same thing as a positron. A section of someone liking the analogy that was made in the article and there is a discussion on how to properly title the article. The article is rated as C-Class on the project’s quality scale and High-Importance on on the project’s important scale. This article was a part of WikiProject Physics.

Overall Impressions: I believe this article is good in the way of understanding what a hole is and how to think about them. I believe the article can be improved in giving more examples of holes in terms of semiconductors and conductors. I believe that this article was well-developed.