User:Jmarsh36/Cabled observatory
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Article Evaluation Notes
Content
Description of cabled observatories is concise in the lead paragraph and I think it could use expansion and clarification, particularly on characterizing research platforms. Further expansion should detail the functions of a typical cabled observatory, what research platforms can be used, and what innovations could be developing from this technology. The description of the cables themselves is good, and I think a section detailing recent development in the cables could be relevant. Cable design and key functions could be good to summarize and include. Also featured is a list of cabled observatories, with some entries leading to informative articles, a few leading to stubs, a few leading to articles that are inaccessible, don’t exist, or are not linked to articles.the list could perhaps include summaries of teach entry. A history of cabled observatories and recent developments made by cabled observatories would be good to find and include. Finally, pictures or visuals would help the reader quickly understand the subject.
Tone
The tone is professional, educational, and not suggestive of bias or distraction. The sentences are clear, concise, and informative. I will attempt to preserve the professional tone in my contributions and add clarifications to make the information more consistent and less jumpy from topic to topic.
Sources
Many of the sources listed lead to pages that don’t exist anymore or lead to low level pages created by companies operating cable observatories. There is a peer reviewed article listed that appears to be relevant source of information for this page and could be explored more. There are many sections of the article that are missing citations, such as the discussion of limitations on the quality of data from cabled observatories, and discussion of characteristics that prevent usage or installation of cables from observatories.
Talk Page
Activity on the talk page in minimal. The article has been rated as a stub and has been recommended by the author to be included in the ocean and telecommunications wikiprojects. The article has not been rated for importance. There has not been any discussion by users so far on the talk page.