User:Gsloan18/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Diethyl Sulfate


 * Article Evaluation
 * Stub-class. Very short article, needs more information/detail. Uses and Properties should be expanded. Only 4 references. Need to list more properties. Preparation section needs grammatical fix ('it' --> diethyl sulfate).


 * Sources
 * PubChem (properties), SciFinder

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Indolium


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is only 2 sentences long with 1 source. Need to add uses, if it's involved in any common synthetic schemes, potential toxicity. Need to expand on the chemical compounds it forms with anions (importance, what functions these compounds serve).


 * Sources
 * PubChem, SciFinder

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Cytosine


 * Article Evaluation
 * Start class. Some of the writing sounds informal / needs improvement (chemical reactions category). Significance of products of chemical reactions it is involved in should be added. Add information on mutations. Images to show how it helps make up DNA should be included (image to show H bonding with guanine is not clear). Not enough references. Some of the sources are not peer-reviewed journals (Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Talk page discusses if there are 4 or 5 main bases in DNA and RNA; article says 4, but if DNA and RNA are included I think uracil makes it 5 (need to be clearer on the inclusion of uracil as a main nucleobase).
 * Sources
 * PubChem (to replace information cited with dictionary websites). SciFinder.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Chromic Acid


 * Article Evaluation
 * Space filling model image needed (image is sub-par). No rating on quality scale. Molecular Chromic Acid section uses conversational tone in writing, needs more citations with statements in this section. Multiple species are discussed with only one image. Link to reference 8 is faulty.


 * Sources
 * SciFinder

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Hexane


 * Article Evaluation
 * Start-class, mid to low importance. Links articles that have not yet been created. Grammatical issue in introduction (is --> are), Uses (hyphen in 'food based'), Reactivity (are --> is; contains --> contain). Lacking citations (last statement of Uses section). Production section is lacking in detail (fractional distillation used? If so, elaborate and link). Writing could be more academic.


 * Sources
 * SciFinder (distillation)