User:Bio-m77/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 Thermoregulation
 * Article Evaluation
 * While the opening is good, I think that the line " within certain boundaries" is vague. Perhaps it could be rephrased so that readers understand that the "certain boundaries" are specie specific.
 * The picture at the top of the page needs a caption that explains what the figure is showing, otherwise people may not know what they are looking at.
 * The biggest concern that I have with this article is that it does cite any sources when discussing the classification of animals by thermal characteristics. Since it does not contain any sources, I would consider it an unreliable resource.
 * In terms of reading it, I would say that the material is very similar to what we are taught in class so I think that the addition of sources would make this article better.
 * I checked the sources for other subtopics that were discussed throughout the article and they seem to be quality sources and all of the links worked which is important so that others readers or users can verify the information if they are skeptical.
 * However, I noticed on the talk page that this article has been listed as a c class article so improvements are definitely needed and I'm sure that the addition of sources could aid in this.
 * The source that I found could help in further explaining what ectotherms are and the mechanism that they have to avoid freezing.
 * Sources
 * Costanzo, Jon P, and Lee, Jr, Richard E. "Avoidance and Tolerance of Freezing in Ectothermic Vertebrates." Journal of Experimental Biology 216, no. Pt 11 (2013): 1961-967.
 * Costanzo, Jon P, and Lee, Jr, Richard E. "Avoidance and Tolerance of Freezing in Ectothermic Vertebrates." Journal of Experimental Biology 216, no. Pt 11 (2013): 1961-967.

Option 2

 * Article title Ecophysiology
 * Article Evaluation
 * The introduction to this article is good because it explains what ecophysiology is by defining the term. The one things that I would suggest adding is a summary of what will be discussed in the article. I find that when I use wikipedia I read the first part to see where the information that I am looking for will be found in this article. If the article doesn't outline what is going to be discussed, the reader might just skip the article. Due to the lack of information in the first part, the page is very plain and not very interesting to look at. The addition of a picture may make the article more visual appealing.
 * I liked that the article is separated into plants and animals. The information that I have been previously taught seemed very similar to the article. This article does not cite many sources which could be contributing to the low class.
 * This article would be rather hard to edit because so much information needs to be added. I think that this article is in the stage where it needs a lot of work and because of my very little knowledge on this topic, I would not feel comfortable making large amounts of edits on my own but perhaps as part of the group paper.
 * I think that this article needs to be further divided because it has animals as a category and then proceeds to talk about humans, however the adaptations of humans is different from other mammals. Mammals also have different adaption then other vertebrates and invertebrates. I have found a source that talks about ecophysiology in terms of mammals and I think that the information could improve the animals section of this article.
 * When looking at the talks section, there seems to be some disagreement on the title of this page and whether it should be called ecophysiology or physiological ecology however it was mentioned that ecophysiology focuses more on the physiological aspect which is the main purpose of this article. I agree with leaving the name the same because this is an article about physiology in relation to the environment not the other way around.
 * I checked the limited references that were used and all of the links that I used were working and provided the information that was needed and used in the article.
 * As of right now, I would not consider this a reliable resource because it contains so little information.
 * Sources
 * Tomasi, Thomas E, Anderson, Briana N, and Garland, Theodore. "Ecophysiology of Mammals." Journal of Mammalogy 100, no. 3 (2019): 894-909.
 * Sources
 * Tomasi, Thomas E, Anderson, Briana N, and Garland, Theodore. "Ecophysiology of Mammals." Journal of Mammalogy 100, no. 3 (2019): 894-909.

Option 3

 * Article title Homeothermy
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is in very early development and a lot of improvements need to be made to this article. The opening sentence is rather weak and could use some improvement, I think a more "textbook" definition would be better. Further on in the opening paragraph the article states the Homeothermy is opposite poikilothermy. While this term is linked, it should be defined so that readers know exactly what poikilothermy is without having to jump to another article or page.
 * Since this article is not well developed, it talks about the pros and cons of this technique but it does not seem to really talk about the mechanism that various animals use or the animals that even use this type of thermoregulation. I think it is very important to note that not all animals are homeotherms.
 * Since this article is in the beginning stages it has few references and limited information. I would not considered this a trusted nor a valuable resources because of these facts.
 * The links for the sources worked fine however only three sources were used in this article. Very little has been discussed on the talk page, however this article is a wiki project.
 * If I was editing, I would add information about the types of animals that are homeotherms, add a definition for poikilothermy, and add pictures.
 * Sources
 * https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poikilotherm
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 * https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poikilotherm

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