User:Cupnodels/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Antibacterial soap

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because I was interested in the biochemical mechanisms through which anti-bacterial soap prevented disease and how effective the commercial antibacterial soap are compared to other products such as hand sanitizers. My initial impression on seeing the article was that it was a lot shorter than I had anticipated given a topic as broad and proliferate as antibacterial soap especially given the recent pandemic.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article is very concise, touching briefly on the history and the effectiveness of antibacterial soaps, both of which are discussed later on in the article. Content-wise, the article appears to focus heavily on the effectiveness of antibacterial soap while neglecting the history and development of antibacterial soap. On that note, some things that could be added to improve the article include a more extensive history on the development of antibacterial soap as well has a description of how common antibacterial soaps function on a chemical level. While the article is up to date, citing sources from 2017, it does not really examine the equity gaps that could have been associated with the topic. To do so, one might consider looking into minority contributions to the development of antibacterial soap and who had access to this product over the years. Overall, the article adopts a neutral tone of voice by presenting research conclusions without trying to heavily influence the reader to favor one side or the other. From my research, the sources used in the article were relatively trustworthy and up to date, with the information mainly coming from peer reviewed articles and websites from trustworthy sources such as the FDA, and all the links appear to be functioning. Overall the article is concise with no grammatical errors. In terms of images, the article has an image providing an example of an antibacterial soap with the active ingredient chloroxylenol. The image does minimally enhance the quality of the article by giving an example of a popular antibacterial product but not much else. Perhaps images of the chemical composition of some of the antimicrobial agents would be appropriate to provide more information on the topic. This article's talk page mainly centers around two major concerns: the lack of content and some inaccuracies when referencing sources. There are suggestions to increasing the coverage on the history section of antibacterial soap, which I agree and also find quite lacking at the moment. Furthermore, there are concerns over some misunderstanding in the translation from the source material on antibacterial soaps to the article. The article is currently rated C-class with Wikiprojects Microbiology and Pharmacology expressing major interests in it. Overall I would say that the article is still incomplete. The article's strengths include well sourced references and concise delivery on select topics such as the effectiveness of antibacterial soap. The article can be improved by adding more information on the history, ingredients, and perhaps some other more critical topics on antibacterial soap such as their mechanism and industrial impact that are critical to understanding their role they play in today's environment. Overall, I would rate this as an underdeveloped article that has a good start but has room for improvement.