User:DuneBuggy123/sandbox

Week 11 Catch Up
I misread the week 7 and week 11 content so I put them under the same tab. I had made some edits during week 7 instead of just creating a plan so I had it all mixed up. Here is a more complete draft.

Bats are the only mammals specialized for flight for a few reasons. They have specialized forelimbs, membranes, large pectoral muscles and large back muscles used for powering their wingbeats in flight. Both of these muscle groups are similar in appearance among vertebrates. However bats have a unique muscle group known as the occipito-pollicalis. A necessary muscle group for mammalian flight. These muscle groups act to power flight and utilize the plagiopatagium which is the skin overlapping the forelimb, similar to the skin on species of flying squirrels.

Week 7 04/08/2022-Respond to Feedback
Stuff I need to do:

Reword to avoid bias

More clarity

More article links

Thanks so much for the feedback there were definitely a few things that I didn't realize that needed work. A common example is the use of the word "impressive" which I didn't even notice could be biased. I also wanted to clarify that I am editing the bat flight page and this will be new information under a brand new heading called: Flight Adaptations. I will change the wording of impressive as well as making sure that my edits are easier to read. I am planning the following edits which were inspired by your feedback.

Bats are the only mammals specialized for flight for a few reasons. They have specialized forelimbs, membranes, large pectoral muscles and large back muscles used for powering their wingbeats in flight. Both of these muscle groups are similar in appearance among vertebrates. However bats have a unique muscle group known as the occipito-pollicalis. A necessary muscle group for mammalian flight. These muscle groups act to power flight and utilize the plagiopatagium which is the skin overlapping the forelimb, similar to the skin on species of flying squirrels.

Week 6 03/18/2022
I plan to add this edit into the Bat Flight page under a new heading titled "Flight Adaptations" as this is something that isn't discussed in great detail on the page currently.

Bats are the only mammals specialized for flight for a few reasons: they have specialized forelimbs and membranes, impressive pectoral and back muscles used for powering their wingbeats in flight. Both of these muscle groups are similar in appearance among vertebrates. However bats have a unique muscle group known as the occipito-pollicalis. A necessary muscle group for mammalian flight. These muscle groups act to power flight and utilize the plagiopatagium which is the skin overlapping the forelimb, similar to the skin on species of flying squirrels.

Week 5 3/10/2022
Topics


 * The chest and back muscles on the bat are really interesting and thicker than I would have thought.
 * The tissue and vasculature of the wings is quite unique and could be talked about in the flight page.
 * We could add more about the evolution of the wing from tetra pods since they have all the same bones that we do.

Articles


 * 1) Brigham, R.M., Ianuzzo, C.D., Hamilton, N. et al. Histochemical and biochemical plasticity of muscle fibers in the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). J Comp Physiol B 160, 183–186 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00300951
 * 2) Microbat
 * 3) I found a really great article by a number of universities with links to many primary research papers. We should be able to find lots of info here.

Images This image would pair well with a picture of our dissection and we could color code it the same way.

Week 4 - 3/4/2022
Megabat Edits: Megabat

This article could use some changes in it's evolution family tree which is manifested as a bunch of bullet points on the page instead of having a clear image provided. As for my interest I always thought these bats were really neat to look at.

Vampire Bat Edits: Vampire bat

The anatomy and physiology is lacking for this animal. I would have expected a more in depth look at it's structures and more images would be present. There are also weird worded sentences: "The feeding is mediated by its anatomy and physiology"

Townsend Bat Edits: Townsend's big-eared bat

This article has a few citations that wouldn't go through so looking into those might prove fruitful in our quest to better Wikipedia. I love the ears on these bats and looking into them could be interesting; why do they have these ears?

Bat Flight: Bat flight

I think the fact that bats are a flying mammal is really cool. So I am sure we could make edits onto this page.

Article Evaluation
I am using this article "Cephalochordate" for my article analysis.

What the article contains is all relevant to the larger topic, however there isn't as much information as I would have expected for such a general topic. Not all information provided is associated with a reference. For example the article mentions the use of genomic studies in the creation of the phylogeny but doesn't cite a source for this information at the end of the sentence. When checking the sources I found that #4 leads to a page which no longer exists, there could be more of these types of errors in the page that could be updated. Most of the sources at first look seem to be reliable (from scientific) journals and such, however a more in depth analysis wouldn't hurt. Information that is present seems to be correct and up to date, however as mentioned previously there are some facts without sources tied to them (plagiarism is a possibility). Overall I would say that the article is in relatively good condition but some small tweaks would make it much more valuable and could remove the possibility of plagiarism on the page.

Draft for Cephalochordate Talk Page
The last sentence of the first paragraph of the morphology section of this article states that gene-expression studies were used to understand morphology, however no citation exists at the end of this information. Is Plagiarism possible here?

Draft for Live Wikipedia Edit to Talk Page (2.24.2022)
I mentioned in a response last week that the information discussing genomic studies to confirm the origin of the body plans for chordates. I found this article which I thought we could cite there but I would like some feedback on it. Please let me know your thoughts as I am unsure if the information present fits the needs of the citation.

Possible rewording of the information could be: Genomic studies show the evolution of many different structures within the cephalochordate grouping.

Question Brainstorms
Discuss this with your group during our Wikipedia session and be prepared to share:


 * Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why? They are not rooted in science and are created just to draw people in.
 * What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company? It would most likely favor that company.
 * What are some other sources that may not be appropriate? Non reviewed pieces of information and articles.
 * What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism? copyright is a violation for profit
 * What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism? Avoid looking at the source when writing about it, instead read it then summarize without referring back.