User:Aliyajamil/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
 * Polar Seas


 * Article Evaluation
 * Mid-Importance, start class for Limnology and Oceanography WikiProject. No discussions on Talk page. There are hardly any citations listed throughout this article - more are needed. Lead section defines Polar Seas and geographic regions, and briefly discusses ecological importance and species of interest, but does not mention influence on global climate. There are no sections dedicated to ecological importance, but there is one on the role in global climate. Could add section on exploration/discovery, territory disputes, or policy. Sections appear out-of-order and figures appear in wrong sections. Sections appear as though they are simply copy-pasted from a text book - almost as a list of random facts. Article appears disjointed and sometimes incoherent. Needs major overhaul and re-organization.


 * Sources
 * K. Arrigo, D. Worthen, A. Schnell, M. Lizotte, 1998. Primary Production in Southern Ocean Waters. Journal of Geophysical Research vol 103 C8, pp 15587-15600.
 * R. Barry, E. Hall-McKim. Polar Environments and Global Change. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Print.
 * W. Broeker. The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2010. Print.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Ocean Color


 * Article Evaluation
 * Mid-importance, start class for Oceanography and Limnology WikiProject. Lead section is too long and seems to ramble on. One of the first header lines states that the article pertains to ocean color in the context of Radiometry, but it's not mentioned anywhere in the lead section. Lead section needs to be concise and descriptive. A more thorough definition of how ocean color is determined can be in it's own section. Could add section detailing related remote sensing products. Could add section of how it's predicted to change over time. There are no citations in this entire article, only has external links section to different webpages on satellites. The sections contain a lot of value statements: "..is a key tool" "This is very important for...." The most important substance is...". Honestly, this entire article should be re-written and majorly expanded upon. Talk page has one bot post and one person discussing the poor language of the article.


 * Sources
 * A. Morel, L. Prieur, 1977. Analysis of variations in ocean color. Limnology and Oceanography vol 22 4, pp 709-722.
 * M. Carr et al., 2006. A comparison of global estimates of marine productivity from ocean color. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography vol 53 5-7, pp 741-770.
 * P. Coble, 2007. Marine Optical Biogeochemistry: The Chemistry of Ocean Color. Chemical Review vol 107(2), pp 402-418
 * W. Esaias, G. Feldman, W. Gregg, C. McClain, 1992. SeaWiFS technical report series: Volume 1: An overview of SeaWiFS and Ocean Color. NASA, Greenbelt, MD.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Productivity (ecology)


 * Article Evaluation
 * High importance, stub class on both the Limnology & Oceanography and Ecology WikiProjects. Appears to be part of another school's wikipedia assignment project (Spring of 2019). Article only  has two sections: Primary and Secondary Productivity - links to main article only for primary production. No discussion on what might influence/impact ecological productivity. Lead section is brief overview of ecological productivity. Each section could be majorly expanded - summarizing info from main pages. No descriptive figures present. Tone is neutral, no discussions on talk page. May not be a good candidate for this project, but this article still needs some help.


 * Sources
 * National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board. Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems: Fishing, Food Webs, and Future Options. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2006. Print.
 * P. Falkowski, A. Woodhead, Primary Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Sea. New York: Plenum Press, 1992. Print.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Biological Oceanography


 * Article Evaluation
 * In the Limnology and Oceanography WikiProject at mid-importance, stub class. As one of the major sub-categories of oceanography, it is surprising to find such a scanty description. While it has a somewhat detailed lead section, there is no outline for the sections that follow. The only other text section is "History". It links to the Marine Biology article, but does not differentiate between the two topics. Article is missing a lot of information. Each sentence in the lead section should be expanded on within its own section in the article. No discussion of on going research or interdisciplinary intersections with other branches of oceanography. No discussions on the talk page.


 * Sources
 * https://mit.whoi.edu/academics/fields/biological-oceanography/
 * Jumars, Peter. Concepts in Biological Oceanography: An Interdisciplinary Primer. Oxford University Press, 1993. Print.
 * T. Parsons, M. Takahashi, B. Hargrave. Biological Oceanographic Processes, 3rd Edition. New York: Pergamon Press, 1984. Print.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Methane Chimney


 * Article Evaluation
 * Part of the WikiProjects: Environment, Climate Change, Geology, Limnology & Oceanography, Arctic, and Chemical & Bioengineering. Listed as Start-class across projects, and varies in importance level (mid-importance for Limnology and Oceanography). No discussions on talk page, only content is from a bot. Needs major expansion within all sections that have been started. Perhaps removal of the tree section as it is irrelevant. Since it is part of many Wikiprojects, perhaps some additional sections could be added as relevant to those topics. Some of the language is confusing and not well-written. Has some references, but could use more. Single figure provided is difficult to read (black text on dark blue section). Absolutely no mention of how it influences biology.


 * Sources
 * Boever, E., Swennen R., Dimitrov L., 2006. Lower Eocene carbonate cemented chimneys (Varna, NE Bulgaria): Formation mechanisms and the (a)biological mediation of chimney growth?. Sedimentary Geology, vol 185, 3-4, pp 159-173.
 * Takeuchi, R. et al., 2007. Methane-induced dolomite “chimneys” on the Kuroshima Knoll, Ryukyu islands, Japan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration ,vol 95, 1-3, pp 16-28.