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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:33, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Article Peer Review from Howie

The lead is quite good. It is succinct and to the point, I did not feel that any words or phrases were considered “extraneus” in the lead. Just one suggestion for the lead: I feel it would be helpful to simply name the other forms of menstrual hygiene after the last sentence of the lead. (Rather than just in “See also Section”). Hyperlinking each other form to its respective article would help the direct the reader if he/she might want to learn about the other forms. The article also does a good job with fitting pictures in throughout the WikiArticle. I found the bullet point presentation of the content of different subsections effective (e.g. Use -> Advantages, Use -> Access to water and hygiene) but I was unsure if bullet points fit in with the standard of Wikipedia articles. I would like to see a bit more added to the History section, as well as potentially organizing the section into different subsections (e.g. “Models”, “NGOs”, and “Companies”). Statistics on Menstrual Cup usage, such as number of women using them currently (estimated) or amount being produced and sold, or a graph showing the approximate use of menstrual cups by women over time (possibly as compared to other forms). There may be potential in adding a disposal section (just trash? Or… and also the environmental effects of the disposed cup (since environmental benefits to using the cups were included already).Berzzerkerz (talk) 07:35, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

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I believe that the introduction was very informative and a good introduction to the paper. It informs the reader without overloading information. In this article like may others the date and information seem a little dated. Maybe try to make it current with current studies and statistics. For example, the section on the price of the menstrual cup has probably changed and will continue changing so maybe make a note of that in the section. You could say something to the effect of “In November of 2019 the average cost was…” so that people know when the information is from.

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