User:Smfilosa/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Galactan

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 of the lack of information on it. This article briefly talks about what Galactan is and some plants it could be found in. This article feels very lackluster because it does not go into any other details about it (such as chemical properties and possible uses of this molecule).

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 lead section is very weak because it does not give a good overview of the molecule. It only states what it is and some plants it could be found in. It may be better if some chemical properties were discussed, as well as if there are any uses of this molecule for the plants or people. From all of the information included in the article, it seems it all comes from a source.

Content overall is relevant but there is not enough information about the molecule (as stated earlier).

Tone and balance is fine, the information given is neutral and factual.

The sources are outdated, with the oldest one being from 2003. Most of the sources seem secondary, except for one (number 4). All of the links in these sources seem to work, but it would be better to use updated sources for this information.

From the very little information written in the article, it is written well and does not have any glaring grammar or spelling errors. Because there is not much information in the article, the one section is enough.

The article lacks any images of this molecule. There should be a generic image of it, especially since common formations of the molecule are stated.

There is only one talkpage post and it discusses spelling issues. It is rated as stub class and has low importance.

Overall, the article is underdeveloped and could use more information about this molecule. It has some of the bare minimum information, just needs to have more added to it.