Talk:Dioxygen in biological reactions

Dioxygen in biological reactions was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 14, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed

What is this article about?

This article seems to be about the role of the molecule dioxygen in biological redox reactions, rather than the role of the element oxygen in biology. Either this article is mis-named, or it is seriously incomplete. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, it is about dioxygen. Is the name ok now? Nergaal (talk) 23:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, yes, it makes more sense now. Tim Vickers (talk) 23:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still puzzled by this article, I don't think it has a clear focus and the subject itself is such a large one. The article is kind of fragmentary. This comes I think from the huge scope of the subject, so it isn't possible to cover all of it in any reasonable way. For example, the article doesn't discuss the various kinds of oxygenases at all, or the roles of oxygen in the nitrogen cycle, and the function of oxygen in the carbon cycle is only implied, not discussed specifically. Similarly, the concentrations of oxygen in sediments and water are vital in determining the ecology of an environment, but this is also missing from the article. I think this topic is just too broad to be covered in an article. Please feel free to find a second opinion on this, since this is just my opinion, but I can't describe this as a Good Article when it lacks comprehensiveness and focus. Tim Vickers (talk) 20:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]