User:Jgourl/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Tab (drink)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I like Tab soda, I think it is significant because of it's development history and contested carcinogenic ingredients.

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.)

Introduction


 * initial opening provides a very good summary of the rest of the article, going over popularity and varieties of the diet soda
 * citation for study regarding saccharin increasing the likelihood of rats developing malignant tumors on bladders is misleading. it does not cite a scholarly article, nor provide any sort of medial abstract that the study concluded towards. i want to propose to the page a new citation that links the aforementioned study. Study abstract concludes their development of lesions has the possibility of being enhanced with the saccharine dosing. Further regarding this study, I can speak coming from a professional medical background it was my understanding the species of rats were simply susceptible to bladder cancer even without the varied administration of saccharin over lifetime. If i remember correctly, this is why no other corroborating evidence was published regarding carcinogenic risk of the artificial sweetener.
 * Citation might be beneficial to support evidence of Tab having a cult following. The "bring back tab" campaign website could be a candidate for citation.

History


 * the section regarding naming of the diet soda was very insightful. I would like to see a more direct citation of where this story comes from though. The internet archive site does not provide a summary or copy of the material cited, or I do not know how to download it maybe.

saccharin safety debate


 * i think is a fairly complete assessment of the saccharine controversy, I'm not entirely sure how to incorporate it but Sugar substitute would be a nice link since it shows a comprehensive group of studies showing no correlation between artificial sweetener consumption and cancer. Perhaps a footnote about well-documented health effects of soda consumption too?

History


 * I also like the amount of history included in this section. The "save tab" campaign is highlighted and unfortunately there's no updated information to include regarding the movement.

Variants


 * the lack of pictures to show the varying labels is unfortunate, I feel like what I can gather from the talk channel it is due to copyright issues. Though if it is a defunct product would it not be fair use to include photos?
 * Might be more comprehensive to include more discontinuation dates for all products listed.