Wikipedia:Peer review/Solar neutrino problem/archive1

Solar neutrino problem

Comprehensive, well-written article on an interesting problem in physics and astronomy. Would make a great featured article. — Brim 07:43, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

• Good stuff. I remember reading about this in the 90's and did not reallize it had been solved. A few things. 1) The intro needs a bit more about how the problem was resolved. I attempted to do that, but found it harder to make clear than expected. 2) The table at the right says "Neutrinos with mass change type" which leaves the option open that some neutrinos have mass and some don't. Is that correct? If not the wording needs to be more clear on that. 3) This article is deficient from meeting the criteria to become a featured article in a few ways: it needs a representative image or diagram, it needs to have references and cite them, and is short enough that it makes it hard to believe it is fully comprehensive on its topic. I myself can't see anything else it needs to cover as it is fairly understandable as it is, but maybe others will have some ideas. - Taxman 22:48, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
• It's a nice article, but I would suggest some improvements:

The stuff in the information box should form the basis of what's in the introduction. I think that the second para of the current intro should be moved into the 'history of the problem' section.

For such a long standing problem, perhaps more could be added about the various theories advanced to explain it, and how they were disproved. I recall theories about exotic particles deep within the sun absorbing the neutrino flux, and various mechanisms for lowering the temperature of the centre of the sun.

An image would be nice - perhaps of a neutrino detector, or the sun, or both.

The sentence starting 'As one researcher put it' doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to me, and its source should certainly be quoted if it's to remain in the article.

References from the scientific literature are really essential for an article like this, I think.

Worldtraveller 17:51, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)