User:Tygodin17/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)Toothbrush

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

The toothbrush is something I use everyday, it is odd to think that it has not been around forever. This is an important tool used in oral hygiene that has come a long way throughout its history.

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.)

The lead section answers the question "what is a toothbrush?" and does include a brief description of the articles major sections. The lead is concise while still touching on enough information to understand what the rest of the article would be about.

The article content is relevant because and in good sequential order starting with the history of oral hygiene. This article has been reviewed and updated a couple days ago. I do believe that there could be a section about eco-friendly toothbrushes because the article mentions the plastic ones get tossed into landfills which is not good for the environment. This article addresses many different groups of people ranging from the Qin Dynasty to the UK.

The article is in a neutral point of view. There were not any biased claims made in this article, also no section was over represented or under represented. The article does not try and persuade the reader one way or another. There are relevant thorough sources for all facts in this article. There is a wide array of sources.

This was a clear and concise read filled with useful information about the toothbrush. It is well organized and reviewed for no grammatical errors.

There are a couple of pictures of toothbrushes or people using them. These images are well captioned with a good description. Images are placed thoughtfully throughout the article with no complications in regards to Wikipedias copyright regulations.

There were multiple discussions going on throughout the years about people wanting to add to or edit the article. This article has a rating of b-class and is supported by WikiProject Dentistry. This is different than discussing it in class because this is all based on facts and not peoples opinions, feelings, or ideas.

Overall, this article has a good status. It is lively in the talk page, it has solid sources, and it is still up to date. I found a big strength of this article to be the History topic, it gave me a lot of information on what was used before the toothbrush, such as chew sticks. Putting in a part about kids brushing their teeth might be useful. Such as a recommendation for what type of toothbrush to use on a child. This article is well-developed.