User:Gopherfrog47/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:Urban prairie
 * Article Evaluation:The biggest problem with this article is that it only has one section, called history, that doesn't actually mention history. It barely mentions conservation, instead focusing on examples of how these areas are created and the dangers they may pose. This article also only has four sources, and overall lacks in depth coverage of the topic. To improve it I would add an introduction with so basic info on what exactly defines these spaces and how they are managed, followed by a section detailing the cleanup that may be needed, and finally a section about the different ways they can be repurposed, with some successful examples. Overall, I think this page has the notability and there enough sources available, it just hasn't got much love, making it a good candidate for me.
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Option 2

 * Article title:Prairie restoration (adding a specific urban restoration category)
 * Article Evaluation:This page is built out in a lot of ways, with indepth sections on the purposes of restoration, but lacks a section specifically listing urban restoration. The way the page is set up urban grasslands are briefly mentioned under a micropraries subheading, so I could pull that out and expand it into its own section. I would draw from a variety of scientific sources on the subject and think I could create a new balanced section. My only worry would be matching the style of the rest of the page, and that a larger indepth section would be out of place with other relatively short ones. This wouldn't be my first choice.
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Option 3

 * Article title:Urban Grassland Restoration (creating a new page)
 * Article Evaluation:This page doesn't exist yet, and it's still a question of whether it should. I do think it has the notability and sources, but wikipedia seems to discourage making new pages if there is another place where that information could live. I would set up the page with an overview section, and then a break down of the different types of restoration projects, and how they are each important individually. Initially I was excited about this idea, but now I think "refurbishing" an existing page would be a better option.
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