User:Ngin227/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Halogen bond

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Halogen bonding is an important interaction under the broader class of σ-hole interactions that are found in many main group elements. The interaction is highly directional and important in understanding the electronic topology of the halogen group. The topic of halogen bonding is fairly new (mid 2000's), but there is abundant research in understanding and applying the concept in various applications. The wikipedia article should be the most detailed in comparison to the other σ-hole interactions, such as Chalcogen bond, since it was formally described first.

Evaluate the article
Lead Discussion

Intro statement covers the main topic in an accurate manner. The careful wording conveys the important details without being extraneous. The overall paragraph is short and concise and somewhat reflects the entire article. It does introduce concepts that are not outlined well or not described fully in the rest of the article (Ex. mathematical breakdown of σ-hole). List of applications mentioned in the end could be in the correct order as they appear in the article, and also truncated to better reflect the applications the article mentions.

Content

Overall content is relevant to the article, although it is severely lacking in adequate mathematical/fundamental discussion of the concept, especially when compared to chalcogen bonding page. The given section redirects to a defunct page, so perhaps there were plans to migrate some of that information that was not accomplished. Applications is missing many topics mentioned in the lead discussion, namely organic catalysis and liquid crystals. The supramolecular application and drug design can also be better described, besides within other application sections (Ex. polymer control and biological macromolecules).

No noticeable equity gap.

Tone and Balance

Overall tone feels neutral.

Sources and References

Sources are almost entirely of scientific journal articles or reviews. The links work correctly and lead to relevant sources to what is being cited on. The sources could be up to date on some places (namely the fundamental areas), but there are recent discoveries that have been included within the last year. May want to reconsider expanding on older references, since more can likely there are newer sources that have altered the current viewpoint of the previous source. Some statements missing citations; they have been noted in the talks section verbally, but missing the symbolism.

Organization and Writing Quality

Article is well-organized, with major sections labelled and splitting into relevant smaller sections. Placement of some of the references appears to be compacted in the end, so formatting that section could be improved.

Images and Media

Images are mostly static, but have captions that describe the image well. Some images could be added to better reflect the fundamental portions, but the other images do convey the interaction within the context of a given system. Copyright of images displayed currently seems adequate based on what is being discussed in the talks pages.

Talk Page Discussion

Talk page notes that the article is within the chemistry wikiproject and has been reviewed by editors for articles for creation. Conversations seem active of recent (within the last year), but mainly to clear up uncertainties in specific literature. There does not seem to any plans for major revisions or plans to fix some of the issues mentioned above.

Overall Impression

The page is fairly well-developed within what is covered on the topic. There needs to be improvement on some of the more fundamental/computational sections, either within the article or in the defunct page it redirects to. There also need to be a more concerted effort in updating the page to current knowledge, as many things appear to be a decade or more behind.current understanding in the literature.