User:Joeybrown8/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
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 * Plecoptera
 * -General info on ecology, life cycle, and systematics
 * -most statements directly backed with references but the references aren't exactly rock solid for some
 * -neutral tone
 * -Disputes over certain lineages and their members still happening today
 * Sources: 16 references, half are old, Around 8 are peer reviewed(most recent 2019) while some of them seem to not add much at all (#7)
 * Sources: 16 references, half are old, Around 8 are peer reviewed(most recent 2019) while some of them seem to not add much at all (#7)
 * Sources: 16 references, half are old, Around 8 are peer reviewed(most recent 2019) while some of them seem to not add much at all (#7)

Option 2
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 * Mantidae
 * -Basically just a list(not labeled as one)
 * -very little information because of the extremely popular mantis page with much more specific information(only referring to mantis')
 * -Lists all members of mantidae family (mantids)
 * -not enough
 * Sources: 3 total references with at least two peer reviewed
 * Sources: 3 total references with at least two peer reviewed
 * Sources: 3 total references with at least two peer reviewed

Option 3
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 * Hydropsychidae
 * -General info on habits, life cycle, habitat, and specific info on its unique anatomy/  larval stage
 * -includes small section on environmental indicators
 * -statements backed with linked references
 * -neutral tone
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02705060.2004.9664517?needAccess=true
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22012420
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02705060.2004.9664517?needAccess=true
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22012420


 * Sources: Only 5 references, 5 books, most recent is 1996

Option 4
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 * Perlidae
 * -Smaller subsection of plecoptera(common only)
 * -very little extremely general information(habitat, diet)
 * -includes list of all genera in the Perlidae family (56)
 * Sources: 3 sources, maybe 1 peer reviewed

Option 5
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 * Peltoperlidae
 * -General information covers (habitat,life cycle)
 * -sparse references directly supporting his writing
 * -again includes a smaller genera list
 * Sources: 7 references, with at least 5 being peer reviewed, most recent is 2019 ===