Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemicals/Archive A-class articles

message: no sources cited. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC), and the Chembox needs completing. Wim van Dorst 11:35, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Acetic acid]] 

message: no sources cited. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* Re-assessment: still no sources, although improvement in chembox and text. Wim van Dorst 21:10, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Acetone]] 

message: I can't think of much else to write on this esoteric hydride of nitrogen, but I am sure you will provide me with inspiration if required! Physchim62 21:25, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A beautiful piece of work, A+ class!  Thank you so much for all the hard work.  The old version of the page was an "OK" page- but the new version seems much sharper in style to me.  I presume that things like NaSCN are not acids in liq. ammonia, so I rephrased that section, otherwise it looks great!  I'd nominate it for FA, if it wasn't for HCl being so recent. Thanks PC. Walkerma 16:53, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Regarding the FA comment, for variety I would like to see "something completely different", such as an organic natural product or something like that.  It should be something of general interest - but please, not lysergic acid, cocaine, etc...!  I agree with the 6 month suggestion. Walkerma 22:07, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, although what I would really like to see is a chemistry FA which does not deal with a specific chemical (outside the scope of this prjoect, I know). Limonene seems to have potential on these criteria, as would menthol. I'll have a think about it, but it is further from my central area of expertise. Physchim62 16:22, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ammonia]] 

message: no sources cited. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* Re-assessment: No changes yet. Wim van Dorst 21:03, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  1,3-[[Butadiene]] 

message: no sources cited. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* re-assessment: no sources added, and the rest isn't up to the expected level either. Wim van Dorst 21:13, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Carbon monoxide]] 

message: no sources, bad figure. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* re-assessment: Whoaw, lots of changes, by dozens of people. Although it definitely cannot be called a stable wikipage yet, the requirements for Chem A-Class are now definitely met. Wim van Dorst 21:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ethanol]] 

message: Contains only bio-info. Not enough chem. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
*My objection to Folic acid is that there are so many references that I wonder about its NPOV status. The references should be changed to Wikipedia:Footnote3 format to facilitate future editing (this is classic example of where FN3 format is useful, to avoid referencing errors in future updates).Physchim62 8 July 2005 10:02 (UTC)
*Have now rechecked the article, it appears to be OK for NPOV. However, the reference numbering is already broken... Some material needs to be moved to Homocysteine, and some more "hard" biochem would be welcome (at present it is mostly medical info). Physchim62 17:05, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Folic acid]] 

message: insufficient sources, whitespace, old style chembox. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* Handled whitespace, and updated chembox. Wim van Dorst 10:17, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Formaldehyde]] 

message: problem with image, old style chembox, no hazards data. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* I updated the chembox, added hazards data to the table. But the article needs much more info in the sections. As it is, I still don't think it is A-Class. Wim van Dorst 20:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Hydrogen peroxide]] 

message: no sources. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* re-assessment: A good page indeed, but still no current day references (that 1661 reference is interesting though: it predates the USA by far ;-). Wim van Dorst 21:38, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Methanol]] 

message: Minor isuues on article talk page. Physchim62 11:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Propionic acid]] 

message: Perhaps slightly short, and limited on various details, but nothing wrong with it that can't be solved with a big whopping full chemical infobox. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 20:23 (UTC).
Needs some chemical properties/reactions I think.  I may be able to do this, I have a book out at the moment on this topic, though I am travelling this weekend. Walkerma 8 July 2005 22:00 (UTC)
*Thanks for the marvellous work Martin. I will pile into the Uses section on this one at the start of August, when I will have the references in front of me. After all, I did my PhD on rhodium and iridium complexes! Physchim62 11:31, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Rhodium(III) chloride]] 

message: Although a no-brainer for upgraded classification, I would formally here like to propose to make the sodium sulphate article a full A-Classer. Thanks, Martin, for the excellent work on it. Preliminarily, I already re-graded the worklist entries, as I'll be off for holidays, presently. Wim van Dorst 21:58, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow. And I thought it was just a drying agent. Great work. Definitely A-Class. ~K 00:56, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent article, but do we really need the "Precautions" section? Physchim62 21:24, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

text: PC, you tend to be our toxicology person- if you're OK with it, I'm happy to lose the precautions section.  I'll just make sure we have an MSDS linked via the table.  Is that OK? Walkerma 23:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would quite like a "Precautions" section along the lines of "Sodium sulfate has been used as a laxative: ingestion may have laxative effects"... maybe not! ;) The MSDS should be linked from the "External links" section of either the main page or the supplementary data page (not from the table because of MSIE bug). Keep up the good work! Physchim62 00:16, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Sodium sulfate]] 

message: insufficient sources/references. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* Re-assessment: I don't know whether this wikipage complies with the requirements for the Drugs wikiproject, but IMHO it doesn't fulfill the references of a Chem A-Class, still. I'll accept the Drugs chembox, though. Wim van Dorst 21:41, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Testosterone]] 

message: meager info in the sections. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
* It still isn't fat in the text, but as a short and concise article, it does have all the requirements now. Another benefit of the doubt, to be given Chem A-Class? Wim van Dorst 21:45, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Toluene]] 

message: insufficient sources? Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 15:24 (UTC).
*Needs some work doing on it, even if most of the basics are there. At present it reads as if the authors doesn't quite know what their talking about... I will see if I can get around to it once I have finished with Ammonia. Physchim62 23:08, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Water_(molecule)|Water]] 

message: Seems to be rather complete. Wim van Dorst July 8, 2005 20:38 (UTC). Needs some chemistry, I think, for example formation of dichlorocarbene. Walkerma 8 July 2005 22:02 (UTC)
*There has been no significant improvement to the article since we downgraded it to B-Class. My objections still stand: this article needs carefully written Toxicology and Safety/Hazards sections before it can be considered complete, all the more so given the controversy over the chlorination of drinking water. Oh, and a bit more pure chemistry wouldn´t go amiss either! Physchim62 11:31, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Chloroform]] 

message: Needs to have the rest of the chembox filled in, but otherwise it's a really good article. ~K 22:29, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, this is close.  I would also like to see a short section on reactions to help students learning organic chemistry, otherwise it's very close.Walkerma 00:35, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Benzene]]

message: K has been very busy on this, and others have added pieces.  Is it A-class yet?  If not, what still needs to be done?  I would say a short safety section, and possibly a short uses section- though indole itself doesn't have many real-world applications that I know of.  A few pertinent comments here could help it graduate to A-class. Walkerma 05:37, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Indole]]

message: These articles have in the first assessment process of all articles on the worklist of the Chemicals Wikiproject been classified as A-Class. Later scrutiny have shown open issues still to be resolved before full compliance to A-Class classification. Unless these issues are dealt with, these articles are recommended to be re-graded to B-Class, by September 2005.
* I have re-assessed all the still open items, with updated status. My proposal is to do this weekend the administration on the ones that have no problems anymore IMHO (at present unless contradicted soon: Acetic acid, Ethanol, Folic Acid, H2O2, Toluene) and the ones that have to be removed from the Worklist (DNA, Protein), and do the administration on the problematic ones next weekend. Wim van Dorst 21:55, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preliminary classified as A-Class, with remarks 

message: While re-assessing the worklist, I found these two little gems. Compliments to most WP:Chem contribuants, as I see from their history lists that many people contributed. For me, A-Class material. The corresponding phosphorus pentachloride is just a redirect to the catch-all phosphorus chlorides and thus still needs a lot of work. (Or we may drop it from the worklist?). Wim van Dorst 14:41, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Phosphorus trichloride]] 

message: While re-assessing the worklist, I found these two little gems. Compliments to Martin, as I see from its history lists that he contributed significantly. For me, A-Class material, as is commonly so from him. Wim van Dorst 14:41, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Phosphoryl chloride]] 

message: Well done article now. Good work of Shimmin. Wim van Dorst 20:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Still a B class, IMHO, though what Shimmin has done is very nice work.  I think it still needs firstly a structure/MO diagram.  I always teach this in Organic II, butadiene is the simplest example of a conjugated system.  Secondly, I think it should have some chemistry - again this is stuff covered in organic II, things like the addition of HBr at low and high temps giving different products (kinetic vs thermodynamic products) make the chem quite interesting. Walkerma 07:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[1,3-Butadiene]] 

message: Blimy, this is an improvement over the last assessment (Start). A big chunk of work by Martin, and a lot of tweaking by numerous others. Really A-Class now, I'd say. Wim van Dorst 21:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, at least it's not so embarrassing now!  Still needs a bit of work and a little more content, IMHO, but a fresh pair of eyes is needed - I've looked at it too often!  I'd like to see worldwide industrial info (why does Kirk-Othmer only give US data?).  As with sulfuric acid, it needs PC to do the safety stuff.  I'd really love to get a picture of the Alkali pub in Jarrow, UK, built in 1876, if we can confirm that it is named after a nearby NaOH factory.  Any Geordies on this project? Just a quirky idea of mine... Walkerma 22:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Sodium hydroxide]] 

message: This one has been close to A-Class for quite some time. Is it there now? Wim van Dorst 21:36, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This was last assessed as B-Class because of lack of refs.  I have a little more to add from Kirk-Othmer; then I'd like to see it given the PC Hazards treatment before it gets to be A-Class.  Such an important compound needs to be a long and comprehensive article to meet the A-Class criteria - is there anything important still missing? Are there any other good refs we can use as sources? Walkerma 22:32, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

text: *There are several serious references now. And I don't see anything obvious missing. Wim van Dorst 22:47, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Sulfuric acid]] 

message: While reassessing the worklist again, I noticed that now Ozone is becoming a fairly nice article. The Chemistry section could need some help, but all in all a good article at least. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ozone]] 

message: Mainly pharmaceutical content - but this looks pretty good to me.  Then again biochemistry isn't a strong point of mine.  Do others agree this should be an A-Class? Walkerma 03:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Aspirin]]