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Reviewer: Reconrabbit (talk · contribs) 15:48, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm going to be taking on this review. Reconrabbit 15:48, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Comments on the talk page regarding the discovery by Georg Fabricus have not been addressed. A better source on this or explanation would be great.
  • Better source added.
• Dates on photographic films (1727, 1816) aren't confirmed by the sources. Maybe it is from the dead link but a better source will be needed now. I will add citation needed tags to spots that I can't confirm with [4].
  • 1727 confirmed in source 7, 1816 confirmed in source 8.
• Ullman's Encyclopedia is cited many times on this page. It would benefit the article a lot if locations in the chapter or page numbers were provided, with sfn or rp templates or otherwise.
  • The reason I'm avoiding this is because I had trouble the last time I tried to do this. Would be nice if you could give me a few pointers. Keres🌕Luna ^edits! 15:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  The way I would do it is like this: "Silver chloride has been known since ancient times. Ancient Egyptians produced it as a method of refining silver, which was done by roasting silver ores with salt to produce silver chloride, which was subsequently decomposed to silver and chlorine.^[1]: 1.3"

  Some people prefer sfn though .^[2] I haven't been able to find a few of the references in the text that should be referred to when trying to make an example though - do you have access to the text? I couldn't find the equations for silver nitrate to silver chloride specifically. Reconrabbit 16:24, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes, I do have access to the text. However, the equations are implied for a meththesis reaction, and do not need to be referenced. Keres🌕Luna ^edits! 17:09, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Added all the page numbers. Keres🌕Luna ^edits! 17:27, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Okay, looks good. Reconrabbit 17:40, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• [12] "More info on Chlorine test" needs a full citation.
• Considering how much of the article is related to it, an image depicting silver chloride as used in photography would be useful, but not required.
• If cyanidation is the most common process used, it should be expanded on. Also, "cyanidation is the most commonly used" makes the sentence hard to follow.
  • Rephrased.

• "unreactive toward water" is it unreactive or insoluble?
  • Changed to insoluble.
• Indicating the photosensitivity of other silver halides belongs in its own paragraph.
  • Done. Keres🌕Luna ^edits! 19:21, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I did a quick literature search and the first thing I found was a lot of articles related to antimicrobial applications and nanoparticles of AgCl. It may be prudent to provide more than just a single sentence bullet point on this though it could just be a research trend related to medical uses of silver.
  • Added a new section.

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Progress is going very well. Only thing that needs to be done is to give locations in "Silver, Silver Compounds, and Silver Alloys". Reconrabbit 05:45, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]