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Alexander du Toit


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Everything in the article is related to the life, work, and achievements of Alexander du Toit. There is no distracting or irrelevant information in the article.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

There is nothing overtly biased in the article. However, there were a couple of sentences in the "Career" section that seem opinionated. Specifically, the last sentence of the first paragraph and the last sentence of the third paragraph read like a personal viewpoint.


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

The article primarily focuses on du Toit's work in geology. This makes sense, however, as geology was the subject of his studies and writings. Little is mentioned about his early life outside of his education.


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

The citation links all function correctly and support the information for which they are cited.


 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

The entire "Career" section contains only one citation. For the amount of information in this section, there should be more citations. The information that is cited comes from neutral, reliable sources. The sources include maps, technical writings, and university and professional society lectures.


 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

The information is not out of date, however there are content gaps present. It mentions du Toit's appointment in 1903, and the next date given is 1920. What did he do for the 17 years between those dates? His work is mentioned, but the article does not include when he did this work. Additionally, aside from mentioning some awards and honors, the article does not discuss what he did from 1937 to his death in 1948.


 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

This article received a major overhaul in July 2007, when it was merged with other articles covering the same topic. A few other minor edits were made in 2008 and 2010, but it seems the article has remained untouched for the past nine years.


 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

This article is rated as Start-Class. Importance is not mentioned. It is part of WikiProject Biography and is supported by the science and academia work group.


 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

We haven't really discussed late 19th century earth science yet in class, so names like Alexander du Toit and Alfred Wegener have not been mentioned.

Articles for Beatrice Mabel Cave-Brown-Cave
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P. 20-21

https://books.google.com/books?id=ofbFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA452&lpg=PA452&dq=beatrice+mabel+cave&source=bl&ots=8SrHv4o92B&sig=ACfU3U0YZB2OlfgcjnrQHXNSLT_DfqrHKQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjylODJ44DlAhVB-qwKHT4uDZg4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=beatrice%20mabel%20cave&f=false

P. 452

Notes:
 * Started working at Galton Laboratory in 1913 (p. 452 Arthur L Bowley: A Pioneer In Modern Statistics And Economics)
 * Started government work on airplane design in 1916 (p. 184, A Lab of One's Own)
 * The last sentence in "Birth and Education" is not incorrect but it is phrased in a somewhat confusing manner.
 * The sentence starting with "They worked unpaid" is very similar to the referenced material and could be considered plagiarized.
 * Worked as computer at Pearson's Lab, 1913 (p.21 Women in Mathematics)

Article Draft
In the years just before the First World War, Cave worked under Professor Karl Pearson in the Galton Laboratory at University College, London.[4] In 1903, she was among six researchers, including her sister Frances, that collaborated on a large child development study led by Pearson. Initially the work was unpaid, but in 1904 a grant was provided by the Worshipful Company of Drapers that allowed the research assistants to receive compensation.[3] Pearson hoped to establish evidence of the inheritance of attributes by collecting physical and mental data from 4000 children and their parents, which included some of Cave's high school students. She assisted in the collection and processing of data as well as related computations.[4] Cave started working full-time as a computer at the Galton Laboratory in 1913, in which time she co-authored two papers published in Biometrika, including Numerical Illustrations of the Variate Difference Method, and conducted statistical analyses for the Treasury and Board of Trade. [2][3] Cave also created correlation tables in 1917 based on a series of mice breeding experiments by Raphael Weldon, a colleague of Pearson’s at University College. Her correlation tables included tables showing amount of pigment, connecting old and new process of determining amount of pigmentation, mother and son pigmentation percentages, grandparents and offspring, and father and son amount of pigment in mice.

In 1916, Cave began working for the government on airplane design. She carried out original research for the government on the mathematics of aeronautics which remained classified under the Official Secrets Act for fifty years.[5] She examined the effects of loads on different areas of planes during flight, and her research helped to improve aircraft stability and propeller efficiency.[2] Some of her works are held in UCL archives which include correspondence from her time at the Galton Laboratory for work on bomb trajectories, terminal velocities, timber tests, and detonators, for the Admiralty Air Department and ministry of Munitons.

In 1937, she retired from being an assistant to the Zaharoff Professor of Aviation, Leonard Bairstow, at the University of London but continued to live at 36 North Side, Streatham Common where she died on July 9th, 1947. At the age of 73.

Peer Review by Clayton meyer (talk) 15:33, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
The ordering of the sandbox flows well to allow a chronological ordering to Beatrice’s life. One thing that did impress me about the article was the amount of sources used to cite your work.

Changes that I would suggest would be to make sure that you are citing your sources and linking off to other articles whenever relevant (this might be an issue with working in the sandbox, and you already took care of this). This would improve the article by showing how the article branches off to other articles and what she has worked on.

The most important thing that could be done to improve the article is to add more about her life, there was not any information related to her early life. I think that would be a great add if it is not already in the main article.

Something that I could also apply to my article would be to find other sources to use as further evidence to support my main source. This would add a different perspective to the article that could benefit it greatly. Clayton meyer (talk) 15:33, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Peer Review by Atpm8d (talk) 15:37, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
I like how the draft has multiple sources and makes sure to utilize them in creating a good frame of reference of Beatrice’s work and life. I am impressed by the amount of sources and the important data presented.

I would say just continue to add relevant information to the article. Also find more information on Beatrice’s life including things she worked on from 1904-1913 and from 1916-1937. There might be more details on her work during these time periods. This would help add more details about Beatrice and then these information gaps would be filled.

Add more information on her later life and things she accomplished or worked on then maybe if she had awards or something of that nature awarded to her after retirement. Also more information about her education could be added like some classes she took or other things of this nature.

Your article draft does a great job of utilizing multiple sources and giving valid information about Beatrice’s life and career. I like how there are some sentences that are backed up with two sources because this ensures the reader that this information is correct because multiple valid sources are cited. Atpm8d (talk) 15:37, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Response to Clayton Meyer
The reviewer mentioned to ensure citations are present and functioning. I believe the citations in the actual article are functioning but they do not show up properly in this sandbox because I did not format the citations correctly for draft purposes. I will check the article to ensure that the citations are working. He suggested adding more information about Cave's early life. While I would love to do this I have not yet found any sources that provide information about her early life beyond what is already in the article. I will continue searching for sources and add any information that I can find. Overall I agree with most of what this peer review says. The biggest challenge for writing this article will be finding new information and sources but I will continue to search.

Response to Atpm8d
These are some great suggestions, we are looking into more research about her because most of our sources have been exhausted and in general there isn’t much information about her. Recently we found that some of her work and correspondences have been archived in UCL but the details aren’t too specific and there’s a lot in there which i’m not sure if she worked on or was just included in because she was apart of the college in the department of Applied Statistics. The one thing that seems to be a trend is that her later works aren’t has highly regarded as her wartime works so that could be why they are harder to find.