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The wikipedia article "cytology" has an academic purpose of bringing awareness to Cytology, the study of cells. The biggest problem I see here with this article is the lack of information. It appears to be somewhat incomplete and vague. To fill in the gaps I would recommend adding more information on the history of the study and maybe how cytology has evolved from the older days to modern days. I would also add information on research projects and studies that might have helped lead to advancements in this field of study. Incorporating the pages/links in sentences that explain their correlation to this article (Cytology) instead of just listing them is another recommendation. I checked each link and they do work, so that is one thing that does not have to be altered. The methods and format used to convey this information is not ideal for wikipedia; I would recommend cleaning up the presentation of this page to make it easier to navigate in order for readers to extract information from this article once more information is added. There are no problems with the way that this article cites information. The sources that are cited in this article seem to come from reliable sources, so that is another good thing I would not change. Another way to strengthen this article would be to add images and/or videos. I would recommend an actual photo of a cell that can be refrenced in the article to talk about cell structure. I would even mention related studies or theories, maybe even mention "Cell theory." This article is very vague and it has the room to narrow in on a lot of great related topics. One thing I will compliment this article on doing is refraining from bias statements; all information is completely factual. All in all, this article has a good start but it also needs a lot of work in order to expand and strengthen it.