Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/JHU MolBio Ogg 2013/Group 81D

Group 81D
This is the Wikipedia page for 410.602 Molecular Biology, Spring, 2013, group 81D. This group will be working on the article Fluorescent tag.

Use the talk page here to collaborate as a group, when learning to use and navigate Wikipedia, assessing articles, or for any other topic.

Use this page (not the talk page) for article assessments; rationale for selecting an article; etc.

Please create a new section here for each of those assignments.

Cell-Cell Interaction
1)Well writtten? This article lacks content so it is difficult to judge on the nature of the content. As more material is added, the current posting will need to be modified to contribute to better flow.

2)Verifiable? There is one source cited in this article. More research will be needed to back up the additional material.

3)Broad Coverage? There is minimal coverage on this article. More topics will need to be added.

4)Neutral? The material present is neutral.

5)Stable? There has not been a considerable amount of editing on this article.

6)Illustrated? Illustrations are needed. There are currently no illustrations.

Coding Strand
1)Well writtten? The content thus far is rather choppy and could use some editing to aid in flow.

2)Verifiable? 2 sources are cited in the reflist, however, some of the statements could use a source to back it up. The talk page of this article mentions a statement to be incorrect.

3)Broad Coverage? The coverage of this article contains 3 distinct topics for content. More content needs to be provided.

4)Neutral? The material present is neutral.

5)Stable? There has not been a considerable amount of editing on this article.

6)Illustrated? Illustrations are needed. There are currently no illustrations.

Polymerase

 * 1) Citations: The article does not contain many citations at all.
 * 2) Flow: The article has little flow. The few paragraphs that it has are choppy and are not cohesive with respect to one another.
 * 3) Neutrality: The article is neutral
 * 4) Pictures/Diagrams: The article contains one picture, with no explanation and therefore does not clearly use diagrams to help it explain the topic.

Origin of Transfer

 * 1) Citations: The article contains a few references, but no citations within the article itself
 * 2) Flow: The article has little flow.
 * 3) Neutrality: The article is neutral
 * 4) Pictures/Diagrams: The article contains no pictures or diagrams to help it explain the topic.

Article Selection Rationale

 * Our Group has chosen the Fluorescent tag article. Currently this article:
 * lacks content
 * contains no references and secondary sources
 * displays no images and visual descriptions of the fluorescent tagging procedure.


 * The article in total has three sentences poorly structured describing the basics of fluorescent tagging. Since it is rated as High Importance on the project importance scale and is considered a stub article, we thought it would benefit from improvement. We chose this specific article because editing this article will expand our knowledge of laboratory techniques and display the link of theoretical molecular biology to practical genetic research. We plan to modify the article with the following additional types of information:


 * The history of fluorescent tagging and how it was invented, as well as where it stands today
 * The different kinds of methods and types of tagging used
 * When fluorescent tagging would be useful vs other methods
 * The chemistry behind fluorescent tagging, and how it differs by method, including common sources one would use to perform this technique in the lab
 * Famous people that have made breakthroughs with respect to this technology


 * Moreover, visual images describing fluorescent tagging techniques will benefit this article as well. It is our intent that Wikipedia viewers looking to understand the modern methods of genetic research will be able to learn about the various ways fluorescent tags are utilized as well as the background and chemistry behind them.

Unit 9 Progress Report
All of our contributions are prose.

Final Progress Report
The contributions that were made to this article are as follows:


 * Images were added to the article to display what fluorescent tags look like, different types of tagging compounds and viewing methods, and historical figures
 * The following sections were added:
 * History
 * Methods for tracking biomolecules
 * Use of tags in fluorescent labeling
 * Recent advancements in cell imaging
 * Advantages of fluorescent tagging


 * Clarified similarity of fluorescent tagging vs fluorescent labeling terminologies
 * Article was improved thanks to contributions and suggestions from our reviewers. The following are the significant additions or modifications we added due to their comments.
 * two additional sources provided by Nguych01
 * suggestions from Dugalmaguire for rewording
 * Klortho pointed out the terminology confusion to readers
 * Ppelletier contributed with suggestions for reorganization to help with flow