User:WikiGryphon/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Olive quick decline syndrome

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article outlines a new disease of a very important cultivated plant. It is a relatively recent disease and so people may be searching it more frequently at this time. Additionally this article does not have much to it yet, and so could serve

Evaluate the article

 * Lead section is lacking in overall description of the disease. Sentences run on and have too much information within them.
 * Content uses up to dates sources but lacks information overall. This article only focuses on the effects of the disease in Italy even though it makes reference to the disease being detected elsewhere. More information to cover the wider/global impacts would be useful.
 * More photos of what the disease looks like (leaf-scorch!) would benefit this article. Or, more close up images of the trees would also give further understanding to how this disease impacts of the olive trees.
 * This page is identified as a Stub, on list of articles known to be in need of further research.
 * References are all recent, but mostly pull from primary sources rather than secondary review articles. This may be due to the novelty of this disease.
 * Overall this is a good start to an article, however there can be more information added about the disease.
 * Are there any method used in combating this disease?
 * Has the source of this disease been identified?
 * More information on global impacts. Content seems focused on Italy rather than the disease impacts as a whole. When was it first detected in California, Brazil, and Argentina?
 * This article is part of 4 different Wikiprojects on Agriculture, Italy, Microbiology, and Horticulture and Gardening. It is rated at either low or mid importance.