User:Jasmineburke/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Disinfectant

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I have chosen this article to evaluate because there has been an increase in use of disinfectants due to the global pandemic. I take particular interest in microbiology and toxicology. I believe this article could use some additional detail as well as some biased remarks removed. This article is also rated C-class.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)


 * The lead does a good job of summarizing the topic without giving too many details. However, the wording could be more readable.
 * The toxicological effects and environmental impacts of disinfectants are not discussed thoroughly. Additionally, the chemical mechanisms are vaguely mentioned. For example, the impact on microbiome diversity and health is not discussed.
 * The article describes what a perfect disinfectant would entail, which is not supported by a scholarly article and is only a conjecture.
 * The article implies that all microbes are bad, which is wholly untrue.
 * Observed general grammar errors, potentially helpful links missing, and text missing references. For example, species name is not italicized
 * More in depth detail could be added. This article mainly describes the what and not the why/how.
 * Aldehydes section does not contain a single citation and is very vague
 * Peroxy and peroxo acids should be under the heading "oxidizing agents" with the rest of listed oxidizing agents. Overall, order of text needs to be organized.
 * Categories of disinfectants are listed but not elaborated
 * The article implies that all disinfectants work through the same mechanisms, which I doubt is true (needs further research).
 * Images are not very informative. One image is a picture of a hand sanitizer station, which the article does not mention hand sanitizer once otherwise or which category of disinfectants it falls under. There are only 4 images all together.
 * The talk page provides helpful suggestions and comments such as technical terminology suggestions. Very few recent comments on the talk page.
 * Overall, I believe this article is underdeveloped.
 * This article is rated C-class and is part of several wikiprojects including microbiology and chemistry.