User:Jpena6/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Forensic toxicology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am interested in the area of forensic toxicology and want to make sure that other people who are interested in this topic can get factual information.

Evaluate the article
Leading Section:

The leading sentence was good and contained several hyperlinks to other pages for uncommon definitions. The leading section could have been more concise as the second paragraph into the article could have been better as separate body paragraphs. The physical content of the article was mediocre.

Content:

The section entitled blood was stated blood was the "sample of choice" in terms of toxicological testing yet, there was little evidence to support the statement. The latter section of the article spoke about the chemical tests that can be preformed on samples. The analytical techniques needed to analyze the samples for toxicological purposes are complex chemical techniques that the average person would not know about or understand. However, the hyperlinks associated with the techniques did little to help clarify what the tests are. Overall the article is unbiased in the relying of information about forensic toxicology. The format for the article is organized in a standard format that allows for easy access to skim the article to find the section that contains the most relevant information the reader is looking for, with no notable spelling or grammatical error. However, there is some information that is introduced in the introduction and the information stated that is not relayed or elaborated on further in the body of the article.

Talk Page:

The Talk Page discussed potential inaccuracies in the information written in the article. While editors state they are not experts in the field of forensic toxicology, they believe the information stated is in conflict with other reputable sources. This article was rated Class C - article low importance. The article is of interest to several Wikiprojects groups including: Medicine/ Toxicology, Law Enforcement, Pharmacology, and Chemistry. The basis of a potentially good Wikipedia article is present, it seems as though there was no follow through with the original ideas developed in the creation of the Wikipedia article.