User:Taylorwikipag3/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bloodstain pattern analysis

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because bloodstain pattern analysis is a widely used and accepted forensic science technique, but it is relatively misunderstood or misinterpreted by the general population. For this reason, I believe it is crucial that the Wikipedia page be as detailed and accurate as possible, to best educate those not in forensic science.

Evaluate the article
In terms of relevance to the article, the sentence "A 1952 episode of the police procedural radio series Dragnet made reference to bloodstain pattern analysis to reconstruct a shooting incident" under the "history" portion of this article felt unnecessary to the field of bloodstain pattern analysis, as it is not based on a real case or scientific evidence, but a show.

This article is also entirely lacking on the limitations of bloodstain pattern analysis, they are only briefly mentioned a couple of times. In my opinion, there should be an entire subsection acknowledging what bloodstain pattern analysis cannot tell us, and what the gaps in knowledge still are. This would give the reader a better picture of the field as a whole, and not make it seem like it can tell us more than it actually can (this is what happens when people see it on television especially).

As with many Wikipedia articles, most of the history and relevant case examples and details are United States centered. I find that information on how this field is performed and applied in other areas of the world, or even just outside of America, are not mentioned, which gives a narrow viewpoint.

This article is rated "start-class" on Wikipedia, but there is good, constructive conversation going on in the talk page. There has been some important edits made and noted.