User:Knikritin/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Electrochemistry

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article due to the importance of electrochemistry in regards to chemical reactions and biological mechanisms. Understanding electrochemistry is crucial in fully comprehending several reactions that occur in the human body, such as cellular respiration.

Evaluate the article
The article discussing electrochemistry is simple to follow and provides a plethora of information relevant to the topic. The article begins with a strong lead section, introducing and providing a brief explanation of electrochemistry. The lead also includes an image of the founders of electrochemistry, which assists in providing background history to the article.

The article then begins to discuss the history of electrochemistry in extreme detail. Personally, I felt that the history section was a little too lengthy compared to the other sections. Additionally, most of the images provided in the article were associated with the history. In my opinion, I believe more pictures related the principles of the topic would be beneficial. However, I recognize the importance of history and recognition to those who contributed to electrochemistry.

Following the history section, the article discusses the several principles of electrochemistry such as redox reactions, electrochemical cells, batteries, electrolysis, and applications. The article provides several equations, formulas and reactions to support the material. All the content in the article is written in a neutral point of view, and many citations are provided throughout. Most of the sources provided are from peer-reviewed articles and are accessible.

Looking through the talk page of the article, many contributions are made by several users on improving the article. There are differing opinions between users on what should be added or removed from the article. For example, one user felt that the article is too long and needed to be condensed. Another user felt that some information in the article was irrelevant to the topic. The article is rated a B-class on the assessment scale.

Overall, I believe this article provides a good foundation of understating electrochemistry. The article goes into depth in explaining the history of electrochemistry throughout several centuries. Additionally, the article provides detailed formulas, equations and mechanism relating to electrochemistry. Several images are seen throughout the article which contribute to the history. However, I believe other images relating to principles and applications would be more significant to the article. Additionally, the history section seems too lengthy, and should be condensed in my opinion. Other users in the talk page also state that the article is too lengthy and contains some unnecessary information to the topic. However, the article overall is well-written, organized, and provides a good amount of information regarding electrochemistry.