User:Jo.starpower/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.

These articles will center local plants to the Boston area that I have become very interested in (native or invasive). While I have little experience working with these, I have an quickly growing interest to them all and a desire to gather more knowledge. This relevance to my current life should help with my research and completeness of this writing project.

Option 1

 * Solanum dulcamara
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, rated as Start-Class with Mid-importance. The article provides essential information on the biology and chemistry of this plant, but I feel that the History section is incomplete. There is mention that the vine has been used by ancient Greek herbalists to ward against witchcraft but there is no information of the way that witches themselves have used this. There might be more knowledge out there that could be of importance, but perhaps this should be under a different article of witchcraft. I will need to do more research to see how viable this content gap really is. There may also be missing information on other medicinal properties of this plant. Additionally, there is no information on its invasiveness in North America besides that it is invasive. Attaching academic resources about the dangers of this specific invasive vine as well as its complicated treatment process could be very beneficial link to knowledge.
 * This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, rated as Start-Class with Mid-importance. The article provides essential information on the biology and chemistry of this plant, but I feel that the History section is incomplete. There is mention that the vine has been used by ancient Greek herbalists to ward against witchcraft but there is no information of the way that witches themselves have used this. There might be more knowledge out there that could be of importance, but perhaps this should be under a different article of witchcraft. I will need to do more research to see how viable this content gap really is. There may also be missing information on other medicinal properties of this plant. Additionally, there is no information on its invasiveness in North America besides that it is invasive. Attaching academic resources about the dangers of this specific invasive vine as well as its complicated treatment process could be very beneficial link to knowledge.


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Option 2

 * Cornus kousa
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 * This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, rated as Start-Class with Mid-importance. Content gaps are hard to spot but since it is rated as Start-Class perhaps there will be more to include after further research. The table of cultivars is not fully completed so there is some work to be done in that spot.
 * This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, rated as Start-Class with Mid-importance. Content gaps are hard to spot but since it is rated as Start-Class perhaps there will be more to include after further research. The table of cultivars is not fully completed so there is some work to be done in that spot.


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 * Basil
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 * This article is within the scope of several WikiProjects often rated as High-importance. It has been listed as a level-4 vital article in Biology and rated as B-Class by the WikiProject Vital Articles. This is a very popular and informative article, but the Folk Medicine section only has one sentence. I believe this is a massive content gap as there is so much knowledge that should be shared. Perhaps the sentence is sufficient for the main article but a sub article could be linked from Folk Medicine to something specific to basil that could delve deeper into this specific topic.
 * This article is within the scope of several WikiProjects often rated as High-importance. It has been listed as a level-4 vital article in Biology and rated as B-Class by the WikiProject Vital Articles. This is a very popular and informative article, but the Folk Medicine section only has one sentence. I believe this is a massive content gap as there is so much knowledge that should be shared. Perhaps the sentence is sufficient for the main article but a sub article could be linked from Folk Medicine to something specific to basil that could delve deeper into this specific topic.


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