User:Carleydf/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
 * Anti-greenhouse effect


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic, although not much is written in this article as it is practically a stub. One section even points to another Wikipedia article and that is the entirety of the section. The article is written neutrally. Each claim does have a citation, although there is only one paragraph that makes any claims or presentation of facts. The citations in the article are not reliable in that some links to the sources do not work. The references chosen appear to be from reputable sources. This article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps. Looking at this article's Talk page, this article has been in existence starting as late as 2006. There are many topics of conversation about this article (7), the most recent of which was January 2022. This article is missing the history of this topic in terms of who coined this term.


 * Sources
 * 1. R. Courtin, C. P. McKay & J. Pollack (May 1992). "L'EFFET DE SERRE DANS LE SYSTEME SOLAIRE". La Recherche. 23 (243): 542–9..
 * 2. C. Covey, R. M. Haberle, C. P. McKay & D. V. Titov (2013). "The greenhouse effect and climate feedbacks". Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets (S. J. Mackwell et al., eds.), pp. 163–179. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson,.
 * 3. D. C. Catling & J. F. Kasting (2017). Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds. Cambridge University Press.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Isotopes of xenon


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic as it lists all the isotopes of xenon and describes a few specific isotopes and their relevance in sections underneath the table. This article is written neutrally. Not every claim has a citation as there was a citation needed link about a claim of xenon coming from nuclear reactors. The citations are reliable and they seem relevant and appropriate. The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps. The article's Talk page is not as extensive in topics or history as the previous article, with four topics being discussed since 2013. Two of these topics are about dead links. This article does not talk about xenon being used to describe Earth's history.


 * Sources
 * 1. N. Coltice, B. Marty & R. Yokochi (August 15 2009). "Xenon isotope constraints on the thermal evolution of the early Earth". Chemical Geology. 266 (1-2): 4–9..
 * 2. R. O. Pepin & D. Porcelli (October 30 2006). "Xenon isotope systematics, giant impacts, and mantle degassing on the early Earth." Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 250 (3-4): 470–85..
 * 3. B. Marty, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, D. V. Bekaert, J. J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, B. Fiethe, S. A. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T. I. Gombosi, K. C. Hansen, M. Hassig, A. Jackel, E. Kopp, A. Korth, L. Le Roy, U. Mall, O. Mousis, T. Owen, H. Reme, M. Rubin, T. Semon, C. Y. Tzou, J. H. Waite & P. Wurz "Xenon isotopes in 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko show that comets contributed to Earth's atmosphere". Science. 356 (6342): 1069–72..

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Volcanic outgassing


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is an article that doesn't exist on its own yet, however there is an article titled "Volcanic gas". If instead I were to add to this article, it would be to talk about the impact of volcanic gases on the atmosphere in long-term timescales. Additionally, this article is focused on Earth's volcanic gas and not on other planets. This is currently the longest article I have reviewed so far and it seems extensive. However, it is labeled as a Start class article so there is more work that needs to be done. This seems evident by the lack of topics on the Talk page. There is only topic and it is about the use of reference 6. The citations used look appropriate and the links I tried were reliable. There are claims in this article that are not cited. This article is written neutrally.


 * Sources
 * 1. R. M. Ramirez & L. Kaltenegger (March 1 2017). "A volcanic hydrogen habitable zone". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 837 (1): L4 1–5..
 * 2. M. Grott, A. Morschhauser, D. Breuer & E. Hauber (August 15, 2011). "Volcanic outgassing of CO2 and H2O on Mars". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 308 (3-4): 391–400..
 * 3. K. Menou (November 1 2015). "Climate stability of habitable Earth-like planets". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 429: 20–4..

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Deposition (aerosol physics)


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic and is written neutrally. Each claim does not have a citation as only the first introductory paragraph has citations. There are only two references provided for this article which primarily talks about dry and wet deposition. The citations are both appropriate and reliable. The entirety of the article is very short. The article does not tackle any of Wikipedia's equity gaps, however this article is classified as a Start class article of mid-importance and is part of WikiProject Physics. There are currently three topics in discussion on the Talk page that occurred between 2010 and 2012. Currently, this article is needing more citations and sources.


 * Sources
 * 1. D. K. Farmer, E. K. Boedicker & H. M. DeBolt (May 28 2021). "Dry deposition of atmospheric aerosols: approaches, observations, and mechanisms". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 72: 375–97..
 * 2. I. Cheng, A. Al Mamun & L. M. Zhang (September 9 2021). "A synthesis review on atmospheric wet deposition of particulate elements: scavenging ratios, solubility, and flux measurements". Environmental Reviews. 29 (3): 340–53..

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Great Oxidation Event


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic and seems to be very thorough. This article has been written neutrally and provides both factual information as well as the currently debated topics of today. Each claim appears to have a citation, as the previous authors/contributors were very thorough. The citations are reliable, from appropriate sources, and the links that I tested worked. The article does not tackle any of Wikipedia's equity gaps. The topic has a large Talk page consisting of thirty-two topics between 2006 and 2020. This article is rated as Start class and C class, so the community thinks this article needs improvement. This article is part of five WikiProjects.


 * Sources
 * 1. A. P. Gumsley, K. R. Chamberlain, W. Bleeker, U. Soderlund, M. D. O. Kock, E. R. Larsson & A. Bekker (February 21 2017). "Timing and tempo of the Great Oxidation Event". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114 (8): 1811–16..
 * 2. M. R. Warke, T. Di Rocco & M. W. Claire (June 16 2020). "The Great Oxidation Event preceded a Paleoproterozoic "snowball Earth"". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117 (24): 13314–20..