User:DanyZ6/Choose an Article

Article Selection

Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

Article title: Occupational dust exposure

• Status: Stub Class, High Importance

Article Evaluation:

• The article's content is relevant to the topic but in some areas, it seems overly simplified (e.g., listing examples of occupational dust in multiple sections instead of listing broader categories in the Lead section and then examples later on). Additionally, the Lead section doesn't really provide a good overview of the article.
• Information on control strategies to prevent occupational dust exposure (e.g., engineering and administrative controls, PPE) and ways to monitor occupational dust exposure should be included in the article.
• The article is written in a neutral tone.
• The majority of claims have citations, which are reliable. However, there could be more sources to pull information from.

Sources

• What are the effects of dust on the lungs? Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety
• Hazard Prevention and Control in the Work Environment: Airborne Dust WHO

Option 2

Article title: Occupational heat stress

Status

• Start Class, High Importance

Article Evaluation

• The content overall provides a good foundation--and the Lead is an appropriate summary of the article--but overall, the content needs to be expanded. There needs to be more information on symptoms and prevention. The article currently lacks information on treatment.
• The article is written in a neutral tone.
• The majority of claims have citations, which are reliable. However, there could be more sources to pull information from.

Sources

• Overview: Working in Outdoor and Indoor Heat Environments OSHA
• What is Heat Stress? University of Iowa
• How to Recognize and Prevent Occupational Heat Stress American Society of Safety Professionals

Option 3

Article title: Kill switch

Status

• Start Class, High Importance

Article Evaluation

• The Lead section is a bit on the longer side and would benefit from being made more concise.
• The article provides a great deal of information about kill switches in different industries and uses but more discussion on general types would be helpful as background information.
• The article is written neutrally but some of the phrasing could be simplified.
• The majority of claims have links but do not have citations. More sources are needed to pull information from.

Sources

• Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Employees from Amputations OSHA
• Emergency Stop Push Buttons Rockwell Automation (white paper)

Option 4

Article title: Contact dermatitis

Status

• C Class, Low Importance

Article Evaluation

• The Lead section and content are overall good, just more information is needed in general. Incorporating information about at-risk occupational groups, not just occupational agents, would be beneficial.
• The article's sections could also be reorganized.
• Citations need to be incorporated into the text.
• The article is neutrally written.

Sources

• Contact Dermatitis National Eczema Foundation
• Contact Dermatitis Harvard Health Publishing
• Contact Dermatitis: Tips for Managing American Academy of Dermatology

Option 5

Article title: Fiddler's Neck

Status

• C Class, Mid Importance

Article Evaluation:

• The article provides basic information on the condition but definitely needs to be expanded.
• There is a great deal of biomedical jargon so the content would benefit from being explained using non-medical terminology as well.
• There are only four sources total and at least one may be a primary source. The most recent source is from 2004 so information from more recent sources need to be incorporated into the article.
• The article has a neutral tone.

Sources

Fiddler's Neck: A Review Myint CW, Rutt AL, Sataloff RT, PMID

• 28231367
• Skin diseases in musicians Crépy MN, PMID: 25905552