User:Cattastic123/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
 * Genoese map


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article briefly summarizes the use of Genoese maps on the lead section and it contains fewer citation sources. It remains neutral, although it would at least a history on how the Genoese map came to be in the first place, whether it had any relations with Italy or another country.


 * Sources
 * Medievalists.net. “The so-Called Genoese World Map of 1457: A Stepping Stone Towards Modern Cartography?” Medievalists.net, 19 May 2013, www.medievalists.net/2013/05/the-so-called-genoese-world-map-of-1457-a-stepping-stone-towards-modern-cartography/.
 * “Genoese World Map 1457 AD.” Indian Ocean, 22 Mar. 2017, firij.georgetown.domains/indian-ocean/genoese-world-map-1457-ad/.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Abiotic stress


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides good comprehensive background content to the topic, along with the pros and cons of having that type of stress into living and non-living beings. The talk page includes questions regarding the abiotic stress' effects on the ecosystem and the environment which was something that needs to be answered. Other than that, the article remains neutral in Wikipedia's standards.


 * Sources
 * Warwick, Suzanne I., et al. “NYAS Publications.” The New York Academy of Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 24 June 2009,
 * nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04576.x.
 * Bacon, Charles W. “Abiotic Stress Tolerances (Moisture, Nutrients) and Photosynthesis in Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue.” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Elsevier, 30 June 2003, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/016788099390042N.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Noise pollution


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article mostly talks about how science can help detect how much sound waves the noise everyone is making can produce; and it seems to be an issue in the article's talk page because users had been saying that is should talk about how humans are affected by the noise pollution and what they can do to reduce it. There are sources that are cited which are reliable. I was also wondering how are people coping with the noise they were making and if there were any solutions to it.


 * Sources
 * Cabrera, Izumi Nomura, and Mathew H.M. Lee. “Reducing Noise Pollution in the Hospital Setting by Establishing a Department of Sound: A Survey of Recent Research on the Effects of Noise and Music in Health Care.” Preventive Medicine, Academic Press, 25 May 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743500906388
 * L. Goines, L. Hagler, et al. “Noise Pollution and Impact on Children Health.” The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Springer India, 1 Jan. 1970,
 * link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12098-017-2579-7.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Firewater (fire lightning)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is currently a stubbed article which briefly summarizes what firewater is and how it relates to the pollution on our planet. It needs more citations for most statements provided in the lead and sections part of the article. The article should at least have a couple of sections needed to describe what and how firewater is being used at different locations and for our well-being.


 * Sources
 * “Firewater System.” Firewater System - an Overview | ScienceDirect Topics,
 * www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/firewater-system.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Indoor cycling


 * Article Evaluation
 * It appears that this article has a couple of issues regarding its use of citations and the need of a neutral tone to fit Wikipedia's standards. Users had been talking about the complicated word use of "spinning" and "spin" and should have their own pages, so people can tell which one is which; plus most of them were confused about indoor cycling as acrobatic cycling as it contains too much specific details on the topic for audiences to understand.


 * Sources
 * “Mental and Physical Health Benefits of Indoor Cycling.” LIVESTRONG.COM, Leaf Group,
 * www.livestrong.com/article/13719717-indoor-cycling-benefits/.