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Article Selection
Option 1
Article title
Human Genome Diversity Project (Human Genome Diversity Project)
Article Evaluation
Introduction
- This article was chosen for evaluation because the topic is mainly about the study of population genetics. Ethics is implied as the article states the use of informed consent in the research of human migration and evolution.
Lead Evaluation
- The Lead is short as it contains two paragraphs. It explains the purpose of the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP).
- Lead includes a list of the article's major sections. It is concise and straight forward.
Content Evaluation
- The article contains information relevant to the topic. It states what populations were studied, the benefits and non-benefits of the research, how genetic data is used, etc.
- Facts are given in this article and are explained with details. The information is up to date since it was last updated in September 2019.
Tone and Balance Evaluation
- The article is neutral and does not contain any biases.
Sources and References Evaluation
- Some information needs citations that are missing.
- Majority of sources are reliable because they are from scientific articles. Also, majority of the sources are not current.
- Two of the sources (reference 13 and 14) does not lead to a reliable source.
Organization Evaluation
- Each section within the article are concise and easy to read. Majority of information are explained with details.
- Some grammar can be improved.
Images and Media Evaluation
- The article contains one image and one table.
- The image is cited correctly and contains a caption that is easy to comprehend.
- The table is easy to read and contains information that is related to the image.
Talk Page Evaluation
- Some discussion is given in the talk page. One person talked about improving the introduction of the article; one person mentioned the use of work by Jenny Reardon, who has written books about HGDP; one person states that the article contains a good source; and explained something that was missing from the "Potential Problems" section.
- This article is related as Start-Class with low importance. The WikiProject associated with this article is Genetics.
Overall Evaluation
- Overall, the article has many strengths in the amount of information that is provided along with the sources used. Only a few statements needs some citations to back them up.
Sources
- http://comphacker.org/comp/engl338/files/2012/08/Indigenous-Peoples-and-Biocolonialism.pdf
- https://thepolyphony.org/2019/06/18/biocolonialism-perspectives-from-the-humanities-review/
- https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1592&context=sjsj
- These sources are an attempt to back up the statements that needs a citation.
Option 2
Article title
Unethical human experimentation (Unethical human experimentation)
Article Evaluation
Introduction
- This article was chosen for evaluation because it explains a variety of research methods that are unethical when it comes to human experimentation.
Lead Evaluation
- The lead defines "unethical human experimentation" and gives a brief background about what will be talked about in the article.
- Lead does includes a list of the article's major sections. It is concise and straight forward.
Content Evaluation
- Content contains a lot of details about the different human experimentation that occurs in different parts of the world.
- Some grammar and sentence structures can be improved.
- Information in article is relevant and up to date as it was last updated in July 2019.
Tone and Balance Evaluation
- The article is neutral and does not contain any biases.
Sources and References Evaluation
- Some sources do not work and some are unreliable as the look like blogs. Other sources are from scientific articles and other reliable sources.
- Not a lot of the sources are recent.
- However, a lot of sources are used in this article, which seems unnecessary.
Organization Evaluation
- Each section in this article is lengthy as it contains a lot of information about human experimentation. Everything is easy to read but some grammar and sentence structures could be better.
Images and Media Evaluation
- This article contains two images, both containing a caption. However, there's no citation for the images.
Talk Page Evaluation
- One person explained how these human experimentation were barbaric around WWII.
- This article is rated as a Start-class with low-importance.
- WikiProjects involved with this article is: Germany, Medicine, Statistics, Philosophy, and United States.
Overall Evaluation
- Overall, the article was developed well and a lot of the statements and facts were supported with sources. However, some of the sources can be improved, especially the ones that are not found.
Sources
- https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30933718
- Some of these sources back up the resources that were not found in article.
- Not much sources needed.
Option 3
Article title
Ethics of bioprinting (Ethics of bioprinting)
Article Evaluation
Introduction
- This article was chosen for evaluation because it explains the ethic issues behind bioprinting with medicine.
Lead Evaluation
- The lead introduces what the ethics of bioprinting is as long as a brief background on one of the bioprinting methods (3D printing).
- The lead contains a list of the different sections in the article.
Content Evaluation
- Each section in this article is concise and the information provided are up-to-date. This article was last updated on May 2019.
- Needs more information behind the ethics of bioprinting and/or 3D printing.
- There are a lot of grammatical errors in this article that needs improvements.
Tone and Balance Evaluation
- The article is neutral and is not biased.
Sources and References Evaluation
- Source #4 in article does not work and some sources are unreliable as some of them are from certain organizations.
- Other sources are reliable, however, better sources can be used to back up statements in the article.
Organization Evaluation
- This article is concise and easy to read, even though there are a couple of grammatical errors.
Images and Media Evaluation
- This article does not contain any images or media.
Talk Page Evaluation
- In the talk page, people put some sources that would improve different sections within the article.
- This article is not rated and does not have any WikiProjects.
Overall Evaluation
- Overall, the article does not really have much about the ethics behind bioprinting. It mainly explains what bioprinting is and how it can benefit others. More sources are needed to explain the ethics of this application.
Sources
- https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-bioprinting-4163337
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28185142
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776500/
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-017-9874-6
- https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/wfjlapo5&id=280&men_tab=srchresults
Option 4
Article title
Mitochondrial replacement therapy (Mitochondrial replacement therapy)
Article Evaluation
Introduction
- This article was chosen for evaluation because it explains the purpose of mitochondrial replacement therapy and the ethics behind this method in the medical field.
Lead Evaluation
- Lead is concise and easy to read.
- The lead talks introduces what mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) is and what it is used for.
- Lead includes a list of the sections for this article.
Content Evaluation
- The information in this article contains a lot of details which make comprehension of the topic easy. There are few grammatical errors but they are not that noticeable.
- This article is up to date as it was last updated on May 2019.
Tone and Balance Evaluation
- The article is neutral and is not biased.
Sources and References Evaluation
- Articles has a lot of information to back up the statements and facts in this article.
- Overall, majority of the sources are reliable and backs up the article.
Organization Evaluation
- The order of the sections of the articles can be improved so that the article can flow better.
Images and Media Evaluation
- Article contains three images that contains captions to help explain what is being shown.
Talk Page Evaluation
- One person in the discussion states that the langues needs to be fixed for a certain part of the article because it contains grammatical errors.
- With the WikiProjects Medicine/Reproductive medicine and Women's Health rated this article Start-class with mid-importance. WikiProjects Genetics rated this article as C-class with low-importance.
Overall Evaluation
- Overall, the article is well written and have a lot of good sources to back it up. The only big thing that should change is the order of the sections so that the article can flow better.
Sources
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5890307/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590917303272
- Not much is really needed in this article.
Option 5
Article title
Human enhancement (Human enhancement)
Article Evaluation
Introduction
- This article was picked for evaluation because it talks about how enhancements may be done to the human body to improve the physical and/or mental abilities. It also mentions the ethics behind such enhancements.
Lead Evaluation
- The lead is very short and includes one sentence that defines human enhancement.
- Lead includes a list of sections used in this article.
Content Evaluation
- The information in this article is concise and easy to read and comprehend.
- The information relates to the topic as it explains the different types of enhancements that exist, the types of enhancements that are emerging, and the ethics behind human enhancements.
- Article is up to date as it was last edited in September 2019.
Tone and Balance Evaluation
- This article is neutral and is not biased.
Sources and References Evaluation
- Some references can go under the "Emerging technologies" and "speculative technologies" sections.
- A lot of sources are used in this article to back up the article.
- Majority of sources are reliable.
Organization Evaluation
- The organization of this article is well written and not much grammatical issues are shown.
- Each section contains good details and sources to back up the facts and statements.
Images and Media Evaluation
- This article contains one image about gene therapy and it includes a caption. However, caption can be improved to explain more on what is happening in the picture.
Talk Page Evaluation
- Many discussions occurred in this article that varies from the modification of the external links to other topics that could be included in the article such as regeneration.
- WikiProject Transhumanism rated this article as Start-class with Top-importance. Wikiproject Futures studies rated it as Start-class and Wikiproject Technology rated it as C-class.
Overall Evaluation
- Overall, this article was well written and had much details that made it easy to comprehend.
Sources
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5635529/
- https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2016/07/26/human-enhancement-the-scientific-and-ethical-dimensions-of-striving-for-perfection/
- https://www.verywellhealth.com/artificial-nutrition-and-hydration-1132312
- https://gizmodo.com/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-a-mind-to-a-new-body-1822622161