User:PineappleCinnamon/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Aromaticity

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose Aromaticity as an article because I used it as a research topic last semester in my Organic Chemistry class. I know a lot about it, so this will make it easier to understand. I also thought it would be specific enough of a topic so that the article wouldn't be perfected already. Aromaticity is an extremely important concept in Organic Chemistry as it explains the existence of molecules that shouldn't be as stable as they are perceived to be.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The leading sentence is simple and describes aromaticity based on its dictionary definition and then describes it in a little more detail. I think this is a good introduction because it's gives information needed to understand the concept, but doesn't overdo it. There are a few sentences describing future sections of the article. Not all of them are mentioned, but big points are. The introduction does not include information that is not within the article. The lead is concise and gives a few examples of aromatic compounds.

Content

The content in the article is relevant to aromaticity. It describes the qualifications to be aromatic, history, and examples of aromatic compounds. The last edits made to this article were in 2020, so three years ago. For a concept like aromaticity, that is fairly up to date. There are a few sections missing or unfinished. The Aromatic Ion section even has a note asking for an expansion. Other sections are very short and could use some more detail.

Tone and Balance

This article is neutral. It describes aromaticity in a scientific approach, without bias. It even describes how aromaticity was discovered with all the minor details of who worked on it. Many people made small discoveries, so it's hard to give a name to who discovered it first. The article gives no bias toward a certain scientist.

Sources and References

There are a total of 29 sources referenced in this article. Most references are academic publishing. All the links that I clicked on worked and they are all recent articles (post 2000). However, there are many paragraphs in this article that are not sourced at all. There is a notice at the beginning of the page that asks for someone to cite the information that is written.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is written very well and describes the topic in an informative manner. It goes in detail of the important qualifications for a compound to be aromatic, but still describes the history and characteristics of an aromatic compound. I don't see any grammatical errors. There are a few paragraphs that could have some additional information added to them, but overall the article is very well written.

Talk Page Discussion

There are many discussions in the talk page about merging similar articles with this one, and based on the headings at the top of the talk page, I am guessing this happened already. The article was rated a level-5 vital article in Science, Chemistry. It is also in the WikiProject for Chemistry.

Overall Impressions

The article is a good starting point for understanding aromaticity, but it is missing some information such as Aromatic Ions and Neutral Homocyclics. Besides being incomplete in some sections, it has good information on the history and characteristics of aromatic compounds.