User:ICapt.NemoI/Monkeypox virus/Dmancao7 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Icapt.NemoI


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ICapt.NemoI/Monkeypox_virus?veaction=edit&preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Monkeypox virus

Evaluate the drafted changes
(Compose a detailed peer review here, considering each of the key aspects listed above if it is relevant. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what feedback looks like.)

Taking a generalist overview at the Monkeypox paper first, the content does not seem up to date with the relevancy that monkeypox has in this current climate. The lead section begins with a pretty succinct overview of what the article will talk about, however, it seems to lack a basic overview of transmission, which is discussed in detail later.

The overall contents of the article seem up to date, with there being some general information about the 2022 monkeypox outbreak, linking a different article specifically talking about it as well. Some of the references may need updating as some of them are 20+ years old and possibly out of date on the subject. All sources seem to be from reliable journals and do not seem to favor a certain side or another. Certainly much more can be added regarding the general epidemiology of the virus, possibly giving some further detail in some of the outbreaks on how they originated and the variance in transmission rates between the different outbreak cases. Additional information can also be added in the virology section of the article, as I am sure more can be added regarding further classification of the virus and replication inside the cell. The overall tone of the article as of now seems to remain fairly neutral, in that it does not seem to favor or show bias to a particular point and remains succinct and straight to the point of having the reader understand more about what monkeypox is. The picture added about the comparison of monkeypox with other common viruses is also a great addition as it can give us an understanding of the size differences in these common viruses. The additional pictures in the article as well give great looks into what the virus looks like with good detail. They are all sufficiently cited and sorted.

Overall the article gives a decent look already on what monkeypox is and someone who has no idea about should be able to have a fair understanding of what it is after reading it. However, much more about it can be added especially in the micro scale where additional information about the virology characteristics can only serve to add more detail on what monkeypox is. Adding more up-to-date research is certainly a main area of focus the group doing this article can work on, especially with how prominent monkeypox has become in popular culture, there should be a plethora of new research journals done which could provide great additional information for this article. (~)