User:ECD DeVries/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Antiseptic

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate it because it was it is something interesting to me as I am potentially going into the field of surgery. This article matters because it can help inform people on the important topic of antiseptics and how the use of it affects our daily lives. My preliminary impression is that it is a lot shorter that I was expecting it to be because it is such an important thing is everyone's lives.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section of this article is very well written. It includes an introductory sentence that provides a good precise summary of the article. The article then goes on into further detail giving a summary of what it is going to be discussing further in the article however, it is not overly detailed so as to remove the need for the later parts of the article.

Content

All of the content in this article is relevant to the topic, it all goes on to help the reader more fully understand the topic. The content is mostly up to date, the last end was in 2021 so there are most likely some small changes that need to be made but nothing major. It seems as though some content should be added and with more detail about current antiseptics that are in use. This article does not seem to deal with Wikipedia's equity gaps.

Tone and Balance

This article is neutral, providing facts about the past and present, lacking any claims that appear biased, and not attempting to persuade the reader towards anything. It does seem that current viewpoints and viewpoints of the very distant past are underrepresented in this article.

Sources and References

All the facts are backed up by reliable secondary sources that are cited and linked in the article. The sources are also current, citing peer-reviewed articles from 2021. The authors of this paper and other articles are diverse and include many historically marginalized individuals. Though there are better sources available in some cases, the authors did seem to well use the articles they had available at the time they wrote their sections.

Organization and Writing Quality

This article is very well written with concise language that helps the reader to understand the article. The article also had no major grammatical problems that created difficulty in reading the article. The layout of the article is also very well-formatted into sections that reflect the major topics.

Images and Media

The article does include images that are well laid out that help to enhance the understanding of the topic however, I think they would do to add a couple more images to further help in the understanding. The images are not captioned very well and could do to have a little more detail included. These images do all adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk Page Discussion

There are not any conversations occurring on the talk page of this article. This is a C-Class rated article that is a part of WikiProject Medicine, Microbiology, and Pharmacology.

Overall Impressions

This article could be improved by adding more information related to the present as well as better addressing the creation of antiseptics. I would assess this article as underdeveloped as there are definitely things that could be added to the article. The strengths of this article are that it is laid out very nicely, it is very easy to read, and it has a good lead section that allows the reader to get an understanding of the article before getting into all the details.

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