User talk:D.Azani

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Hello, D.Azani, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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Hi there!

My name is Ruwan. Below are my suggested edits to your article, in the form of the 4 questions asked by our wiki edu training

1. What does he article do well?

You have provided a lot of new information, which is great. The information is useful in understanding the amino acid's practical uses, as well as how it is made chemically and biologically. Most of it is properly cited, too.

Your citations come from various evidence-based, peer-reviewed journals, which is perfect for Wikipedia.

Structurally, the sections you've added make logical sense. You may consider organizing them slightly differently (see below).

I also like that you don't have any unnecessary media that would clutter the page.

2. What parts of the article could be improved?

I don't know that it's overall really beneficial to the article to add that asparagine must be hydrolyzed to yield aspartate. If you do state this, explain why the hydrolyzing causes that.

Organization: Some of the titles for your sections can be a little confusing. For example, Chemical synthesis and Biosynthesis have different formats, with the former bold and the latter in smaller font. It's a little unclear if one is under the other or if they are two separate sections. You may want to have a larger "Synthesis" section, with 2 subheadings: biosynthesis and chemical synthesis.

Grammar: no need to capitalize aspartate, it is not a proper noun.

Information: in the biosynthesis section, you say that aminotransferase activity produces aspartate. But which exact aminotransferase is that? This would be a good place to find and cite an article. Also, you may want to mention that when it is synthesized, it is not in the acidic form (protonated) because it is synthesized in physiological conditions. Under the chemical synthesis section, what kind of biotechnology can be used, and, briefly, how does it work? This sentence should have a citation for this information as well.

Citations: Under "Participation in the urea cycle", you don't cite any sources for the sentence you wrote. The sentence also lacks a period at the end, and has unnecessarily capitalized words. This section is very sparse, so organizationally you may want to append this to another section, such as a new section, "Biological functions", under which you can put the "Metabolism" section as well.

3. What's the most important thing the author can do to improve the article?

Mainly make sure your citations are thorough, and de-capitalize words that aren't proper nouns. Also, organizationally you could make things easier to understand (see above). But otherwise, all of your information is helpful to understanding this amino acids and its functions. The biosynthesis section is very important, and I'm glad you added it, but I think it could be expanded on.

4. Did you find anything about this article that could be applied to your own?

My article concerns allosteric cooperativity, so I unfortunately couldn't find anything. But, I find that your addition of the section on supplements is very helpful in picturing how this amino acid is used. I think my article could use more examples. But anyway, great work! Ruwan23 (talk) 00:11, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Aspartic acid. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. ''You are misrepresenting sources (or at best mis-summarizing them in a way that winds up making unsupported claims). It's especially problematic because it involves medical claims as supported by primary scientific research (see WP:MEDRS). As usual for controversial edits, you need to take a step back and get support or discuss rather than simply re-inserting edits that someone disputes. And finally, see Amino acid to learn why your diagram of two carboxylates and neutral amine is definitely not likely in vivo (unless your body is pH>10).'' DMacks (talk) 22:23, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
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