User:Jar07016/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-Snow Leopard
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article had a very high completeness score and seemed to contain a lot of information. It is a level 4 vital article rated as B-class. The article is very well organized and informative, and I did not notice any attempts of persuasion or bias in the writing. The facts all appeared to be supported and the links I clicked on worked. The sources themselves seemed to be legitimate and trustworthy. The talk page has a decent amount of activity, and the article is of interest to the projects, WikiProject Cats, WikiProject Mammals, WikiProject Central Asia, WikiProject Afghanistan, WikiProject China, and WikiProject Nepal. Most of these are of low importance. Information was equally distributed throughout the article and no one section received over emphasis or was less focused on. I think it could be improved by adding some more recent facts and statistics.
 * Sources
 * 1.) Google Books. 2021. The Snow Leopard. [online] Available at: < https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=K99bAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR17&dq=snow+leopard&ots=rmmLNO79rQ&sig=7Be4RFwrAIwpRqviMMA-FXp8bQY#v=onepage&q=snow%20leopard&f=false > [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 2.) Ghoshal, A., 2021. Snow Leopard. [online] Link-springer-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu. Available at: < https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu/content/pdf/10.1007/s12045-017-0511-0.pdf > [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 1.) Google Books. 2021. The Snow Leopard. [online] Available at: < https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=K99bAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR17&dq=snow+leopard&ots=rmmLNO79rQ&sig=7Be4RFwrAIwpRqviMMA-FXp8bQY#v=onepage&q=snow%20leopard&f=false > [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 2.) Ghoshal, A., 2021. Snow Leopard. [online] Link-springer-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu. Available at: < https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu/content/pdf/10.1007/s12045-017-0511-0.pdf > [Accessed 23 September 2021].

Option 2

 * Article title- Bay Cat
 * Article Evaluation
 * The overall status seems to be relatively complete, and I would agree that it is near complete, but still needs some new information and some more relevant statistics. There is not very much activity on the talk page and the article is of importance to the WikiProject Cats, WikiProject Indonesia, WikiProject Malaysia, and WikiProject Mammals. I think it could be improved by expanding the sections about Threats and Conservation and adding newer facts to the article. The article's content is relevant to the topic, and it seems like it is mostly up to date. However, the most recent date I saw used in the article was 2018, so I could probably add some more recent statistics and information. In addition, the article states that nothing at all is known about their feeding ecology or reproductive behavior. There doesn't seem to be much at all in these sections and I think some new information here would be important. The article claims that the Bay cat is one of the world's least studied wild cats, which would make them an underrepresented topic. I did not notice any persuasive sentences or statements and found the article to be neutral. I did not notice any biased claims either. All the facts seemed to be supported by a cited source. The links that I clicked on all worked, were diverse, and most seemed like they supported what was in the Wikipedia article. However, the books I checked were published in the early 2000s so they may not contain the most recent information. The websites on the other hand seemed relatively short so not as much content was present.
 * Sources
 * 1.) Mohd-Azlan, J. and Sanderson, J., 2021. Geographic distribution and conservation status of the bay cat Catopuma badia, a Bornean endemic.
 * 2.) Sunquist, M., Leh, C., Hills, D. and Rajaratnam, R., 2021. Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat. Available at: Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat | Oryx | Cambridge Core. [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 1.) Mohd-Azlan, J. and Sanderson, J., 2021. Geographic distribution and conservation status of the bay cat Catopuma badia, a Bornean endemic.
 * 2.) Sunquist, M., Leh, C., Hills, D. and Rajaratnam, R., 2021. Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat. Available at: Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat | Oryx | Cambridge Core. [Accessed 23 September 2021].

Option 3

 * Article title- Red Wolf
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article seems to contain a lot of information and it has a completeness score of 96. It is rated as a high importance article of B-class. I found the article to be very well organized and it seemed to be grammatically correct. The facts seemed to be supported by citations, however I did notice one wiki-link which said, “clarification needed.” The links I tried from the bottom all seemed to work fine and led to good sources. The talk page had a moderate amount of activity and the article is of importance to WikiProject Dogs. I did not notice any bias in the article and noted there was more content in certain sections than others, but despite this each section had an appropriate amount of content. I think that overall, this article is nearly complete and besides adding a few facts or making minor grammatical changes, there doesn’t seem to be much left to change.
 * Sources
 * 1.) Phillips, M., Henry, V. and Kelly, B., 2021. Restoration of the Red Wolf. [online] Digitalcommons.unl.edu. Available at: < https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1377&context=usgsnpwrc > [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 2.) Murray, D., Adams, J., Bastille-Rousseau, G. and Waits, L., 2021. The Challenges of Red Wolf Conservation and the Fate of an Endangered Species Recovery Program. [online] Conbio-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu. Available at: < https://conbio-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu/doi/10.1111/conl.12157 > [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 1.) Phillips, M., Henry, V. and Kelly, B., 2021. Restoration of the Red Wolf. [online] Digitalcommons.unl.edu. Available at: < https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1377&context=usgsnpwrc > [Accessed 23 September 2021].
 * 2.) Murray, D., Adams, J., Bastille-Rousseau, G. and Waits, L., 2021. The Challenges of Red Wolf Conservation and the Fate of an Endangered Species Recovery Program. [online] Conbio-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu. Available at: < https://conbio-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.bucknell.edu/doi/10.1111/conl.12157 > [Accessed 23 September 2021].