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Notes on Climate Proxies
•All the facts that were given within the wiki page appeared to be correctly referenced but not all of the references are exactly what would be considered "acceptable", aka some references were websites and not scientific articles that were peer-reviewed.

•All of the subtopics within the page related to the original topic.

•I detected no bias in the article, nothing referred to how the proxies can be used to prove climate change but how proxies are used to gather data (for any information).

•Some of the information for the article has been gathered from "pro" global warming/climate change websites but I do not think that affected the overall article.

•Some of the subtopics have much more information given on them compared to others.

•Some of the links for the references are no longer working or active (references #6, #13, #15) and reference #1 is the same as reference #19.

•The page is not locked and is open to editing. This could be abused if someone wanted to go in and mess the information up or if someone mistakenly writes something wrong or misleading in the article.

•I don't know if 2000 is considered out of date per say, but in my opinion more up to date/newer data or information would be highly desired. The only thing missing in my opinion are that some of the subtopics in the article could do with more information.

Pack Rat Notes
1.This article about pack rats explains how pack rat midden can be used as a climate proxy. It explains how middens are formed, used and then analyzed. They contain macrofossils, plants, fecal matter and pockets of air that can be measured for scientific purposes. It also gives a few ways that middens are better in certain areas and other ways of study. 2.The only reference used for this topic in the article is no longer relevant and can not be found through it's link provided. This subtopic would be do well to have a new more up to date reference. Possible References: https://paleoecology.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/putting-wsat-to-work-bat-guano-packrat-middens-as-sources-for-ecological-proxies/ http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/student/tilton3/packrat.html

3. The reference in this article #7 is no longer active and should be replaced with a peer-reviewed source if possible. The subtopic about Pack Rat Midden should also contain more sources if possible as it only had one before (which doesn't work anymore) to be a more credible source.