User:EmilyM04/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
 * Forest cover


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article lacks a discussion on how forest cover is measured. The section on ecological impact also lacks any explanation on why it has the impact it does, it simply lists what impacts there are. I also think the definition section could be nixed, with the definition just being at the top part of the article like most other wiki articles. This article is a high stub, so it is worth checking out. It also could use some pictures to help demonstrate its point.


 * Sources
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2012.713190

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Fecundity


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article lacks substance, It mainly discusses the differences between fecundity in ecology and human demography. To make this less confusing, it should be separated into two different sectors of the page. It also lacks in-depth information on what changes fecundity, what measuring it helps with, and how it is measured within ecology. Citations are a bit off, with a large section of the text lacking any citations. Overall, this article needs a lot of work. This article is a high start.


 * Sources
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12232 - Selection theory
 * Textbook for our class

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Carbon source


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is almost no information in this article. Really the only critique to make is that it needs more information or get ride of the article and include it in another on, such as a section of a wiki article about carbon. Perhaps talk about carbon source utilization or carbon sources vs carbon sinks. This article is a mid stub.


 * Sources
 * https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/carbon-sources-and-sinks

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Population Size


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article lacks proper citations, needing additional sources for verification. It also discusses genetic drift too much for an article about population size, It should instead discuss more about how one counts a population, what affects a population... etc. Essentially it needs more relative information about population size, and less about genetic drift, which seems to be this articles bias. This article is a mid stub


 * Sources
 * Chapter 1: Main Factors Driving Population Growthhttps://www.pewresearch.org › religion › 2015/04/02 › m...

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Closed Ecological System


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article defines and gives examples of closed systems, yet does not explain what happened to those ecosystems. This article is organized in a way where the information on why a closed ecosystem could work is there, but is not articulated in such a way. It also lacks an explanation on why many fail and what they can reveal.


 * Sources
 * (PDF) Key ecological challenges for closed systems facilitieshttps://www.researchgate.net › publication › 257108512_...