User:WarningGates/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Myco-heterotrophy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I went through the provided guide to mycology and this page and the image alongside it caught my attention as monotropa uniflora has been an organism i always like to find in and amongst the leaf litter. This subject matter because it gives mycologists a purview of what the relationships between fungi and plants can look like when pushed to their extreme obligate ends. My first impression of the article is that it was short but dense with a good number of sources.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is nice and concise due to the size of the article and fits it quite well, explaining briefly what myco-heterotrophy is and what types of organisms it effects and doesn't contain any random information.

The content fits the lead section and isn't out of place. This article covers the basics and some in depth interaction of this niche subject and is equitable as far as I can tell. The content does seem up to date with the earliest source published in 1994 and the latest in 2018.

Since this is an article on a niche topic with no real sway over any highly contestable fields I feel this article does a good job at staying neutral and representing Wikipedia.

The sources that I checked were all reliable as they were produced by well known scientific journals and peer reviewed. The sources do back up the information on the article even though some are only used as case studies or in a one dimensional manner. The sources are current enough to accomplish what this page requires. The sources are written by a diverse group of scientists, with many different specialties. Many of the links work. One article that may be added to this page in the future I will link here : https://wrlc-gm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01WRLC_GML/19u1omk/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67237134

The article has no organizational errors, grammatical errors or, issues involving clarity

The images are what brought me to this page to begin with so they're definitely appealing and well captioned. They also serve to showcase the lack of photosynthetic pigment in one plant and an image of the interaction between myco-heterotroph and fungus. They also fit into the copyright regulations.

The talk page is mostly conversation between the main writer and other limited editors. The article was nominated and passed good article status by a senior Wikipedian.

The overall status of the article is good and it does a great job of explaining the process and examples of myco-heterotrophy. I believe it could use a bit more controversy by going to some more fringe knowledge bases as this topic, while not at the cutting edge, is a newer idea in its own right meaning that it should be explored more.