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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:Self-preservation:Link
 * Article Evaluation:The lead section is good overall, but some sentences seem repetitive and backtrack on what was already said. The dodo example seems out of place where it is currently. The lead section is easy to understand. There are a lot of headings but not much information under each one- this could be improved. Images could be added to make the article easier to read and comprehend. :I think the article could be more unbiased than it currently is. It introduces specific arguments and reads more like a paper defending a thesis statement than an informative article. More coverage of different perspectives could be added. The tone seems to lean more towards neutral, but I think some language and quotes used makes it seem slightly biased in the favor of whatever research the person who wrote the article came across. :Sources are cited throughout the article, but there could be more. Sometimes, there are statements made without a clear source attributed to them. Some of the sources are no longer available when they are accessed, and one is locked behind a paywall (needs a subscription) which is not allowed on Wikipedia.
 * Sources
 * "Self-preservation - definition of self-preservation by The Free Dictionary". TheFreeDictionary.com.
 * Lynn B (1984). "Cutaneous nociceptors". In Winlow W, Holden AV (ed.). The neurobiology of pain: Symposium of the Northern Neurobiology Group, held at Leeds on 18 April 1983. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-7190-0996-0.
 * Raj PP (2007). "Taxonomy and classification of pain". In Niv D, Kreitler S, Diego B, Lamberto A (eds.). The Handbook of Chronic Pain. Nova Biomedical Books. ISBN 978-1-60021-044-0.
 * Henry Gleitman, Alan J. Fridlund and Daniel Reisberg(2004). Psychology (6 ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-97767-7.
 * "Fear factors". CBC News. 31 October 2007.
 * "Definition of SELF-PRESERVATION". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved2017-12-01.
 * Brown, R. Michael; Dahlen, Eric; Mills, Cliff; Rick, Jennifer; Biblarz, Arturo (1999-03-01). "Evaluation of an Evolutionary Model of Self-Preservation and Self-Destruction". Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 29 (1): 58–71. doi:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1999.tb00763.x. ISSN 1943-278X. PMID 10322621. S2CID 28200019.
 * de Catanzaro, Denys (1991-01-01). "Evolutionary limits to self- preservation". Ethology and Sociobiology. 12 (1): 13–28. doi:10.1016/0162-3095(91)90010-N.
 * Karni, Edi; Schmeidler, David (1986-03-01). "Self-preservation as a foundation of rational behavior under risk". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 7 (1): 71–81. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.598.6500. doi:10.1016/0167-2681(86)90022-3.
 * Lyng, Stephen (1990). "Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking". American Journal of Sociology. 95 (4): 851–886. doi:10.1086/229379. JSTOR 2780644. S2CID 144098424.
 * "As World's Population Booms, Will Its Resources Be Enough for Us?". 2014-09-21. Archived from the originalon September 20, 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
 * Bush, Ronald F.; Hunt, Shelby D. (2011-10-15). Marketing Theory: Philosophy of Science Perspectives. Marketing Classics Press. ISBN 9781613112281.
 * Narula, Jagat; Young, James B. (2005-07-01). "Pathogenesis of Heart Failure: The Penultimate Survival Instinct?". Heart Failure Clinics. 1 (2): xi–xii. doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2005.06.015. ISSN 1551-7136.
 * Hughes‐Jones, Nevin (2000-04-01). "Inter‐group aggression: The multi‐individual organism and the survival instinct". Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 16 (2): 231–235. doi:10.1080/13623690008409516. ISSN 1362-3699. PMID 10893943. S2CID 30179440.

Option 2

 * Article title:Sentinel cell:Link
 * Article Evaluation:This article needs a lot of work. The first sentence talks about a "line of defense" in the body without specifying what this line of defense is, what it does, where it's located, etc. There needs to be more information under the headings, as well as more sources. Some of the headings only have 2-3 sentences under them. The sources are mostly from the same place and there is a lack of diversity in the sources referenced. At least one is not from a credible source. Informal language is used such as "Interestingly" that should be removed as is a value statement that creates bias. For what the article covers, it is balanced and unbiased, but there is a lack of information that needs to amended.
 * Sources
 * "sentinel cells". Retrieved November 13, 2013.
 * Romani, Nikolaus; Ebner, Susanne; Tripp, Christoph H.; Flacher, Vincent; Koch, Franz; Stoitzner, Patrizia (15 August 2006). "Epidermal Langerhans cells--changing views on their function in vivo". Immunology Letters. 106 (2): 119–125. doi:10.1016/j.imlet.2006.05.010. PMID 16828878.
 * Pozzi, Lu-Ann M.; Maciaszek, Joseph W.; Rock, Kenneth L. (15 August 2005). "Both dendritic cells and macrophages can stimulate naive CD8 T cells in vivo to proliferate, develop effector function, and differentiate into memory cells". Journal of Immunology. 175 (4): 2071–2081. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.175.4.2071. ISSN 0022-1767. PMID 16081773.
 * Zaba, Lisa C.; Fuentes-Duculan, Judilyn; Steinman, Ralph M.; Krueger, James G.; Lowes, Michelle A. (September 2007). "Normal human dermis contains distinct populations of CD11c+BDCA-1+ dendritic cells and CD163+FXIIIA+ macrophages". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117 (9): 2517–2525. doi:10.1172/JCI32282. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 1957542. PMID 17786242.
 * Sheu, Katherine; Luecke, Stefanie; Hoffmann, Alexander (December 2019). "Stimulus-specificity in the Responses of Immune Sentinel Cells". Current Opinion in Systems Biology. 18: 53–61. doi:10.1016/j.coisb.2019.10.011. ISSN 2452-3100. PMC 7450653. PMID 32864512.
 * Nou, Xuefei Angelina; Voigt, Christopher A. (28 September 2023). "Sentinel cells programmed to respond to environmental DNA including human sequences". Nature Chemical Biology. 20 (2): 211–220. doi:10.1038/s41589-023-01431-1. ISSN 1552-4469. PMID 37770697. S2CID 263229824.

Option 3

 * Article title: Nature writing ( Link)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section is okay. It is clear and easy to understand but I feel like it could be a little more clear. There are vague or mundane details, such as most of it being in first-person; I don't think this belongs in the lead section. The final sentence about William Bartram feels out of place.
 * There are two headings, one for earlier works and one for works ranging from the 20th century to present. There are no diagrams or pictures- inserting images could be an improvement. The article could be more balanced. It almost exclusively touches on nature writing in Great Britain and America, leaving out other countries and continents. Because of this, I think the tone of the article could be more neutral. It feels like whoever wrote it is biased towards the few books they included.
 * The sources could be improved. Some of them no longer work or are locked behind paywalls. I think better sources could be used, or sources that show more diversity for the subject that go beyond Great Britain and the United States. :
 * Sources
 * Lyon, Thomas Jefferson (2001). This Incomparable Land: A Guide to American Nature Writing. Milkweed Editions. ISBN 978-1571312563.
 * Gosse, Edmund (1903). ""Gilbert White"". English Literature: From Milton to Johnson. London: William Heinemann. pp. 375–378.
 * Hazell, D.L., Heinsohn, R.G. and Lindenmayer, D.B. 2005. Ecology. pp. 97-112 in R.Q. Grafton, L. Robin and R.J. Wasson (eds.), Understanding the Environment: Bridging the Disciplinary Divides. Sydney, NSW: University of New South Wales Press, (p. 99).
 * Letter LXVII (1777)
 * Bartram, William. The Travels of William Bartram, Naturalist Edition. Edited with Commentary and an Annotated Index by Francis Harper. University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1998, p118
 * Squier, E.G. (1848). Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 46.
 * Gosse, Edmund (1906). "CHARLES DARWIN". English Literature: From the Age of Johnson to the Age of Tennyson. New York: Macmillan Co. pp. 298–302.
 * Bain, Iain. "Bewick, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
 * Knox, E V. "Lucas, Edward Verrall", Dictionary of National Biography, 1949, online edition Retrieved 13 March 2013
 * Cole, D. J. (2007). John Moore - True Countryman. Blacksmith Publishing. ISBN 978-0954358518.
 * Stade and Karbiener (eds). Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present, Volume 2, 2009, p.522
 * A Childhood in Edwardian Sussex: The making of a naturalist. Saiga Publishing. 1981.
 * "Rachel Carson". Science History Institute. June 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
 * "Archives of environmentalist Roger Deakin given to university". Guardian. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September2012.
 * Subsequently made into a film starring Burt Lancaster.
 * McGrane, Sally (2016-01-29). "German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
 * "Preis für Nature Writing 2018: Sabine Scho und Christian Lehnert ausgezeichnet". boersenblatt.net. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
 * "Writers by Nature: Stipendium". britishcouncil.de. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
 * "Writers by Nature: Stipendium". britishcouncil.de. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-13.

Option 4

 * Article title: Victoria Lautman :Link
 * Article Evaluation:The article is good overall, it is easy to understand the lead section and it is organized well. The improvements needed are related to citations. There are several citations needed within the article as there are several statements made with no citation to back them up.
 * Sources
 * These are the sources I found and implemented into the article:
 * - Lautman, Victoria (March 2021). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). victorialautman.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
 * "Subterranean Ghosts: India's Vanishing Stepwells with Victoria Lautman – Adventurers Club". Retrieved 2022-09-11.

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