User:Jwbeyer/Choose an Article

'''Josh - All of those options already have existing articles about them. You'll need to choose one that does not have an existing article, or it's only a stub (less than a paragraph).'''

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
 * Ctenophora


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides an in-depth explanation about the phylum ctenophora, a phylum that I am interested in writing about for my Wikipedia article. The article mentions the basic characteristcs of this phylum, comparing it to other phylums such as cnidarians. The author(s) discuss the features that makes ctenophores a more advanced group of organisms due to different physical traits, specifically how ctenophores are the largest group of animals to swim using cilia. I would most likely need to find a specific group of ctenophores to use in order to write my article since this article is very detailed about the many characteristics of this group of marine organisms. However, this article serves as a great starting point to find similar articles about this subject.


 * Sources
 * Chen, Jun-Yuan; Schopf, J. William; Bottjer, David J.; Zhang, Chen-Yu; Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B.; Tripathi, Abhishek B.; Wang, Xiu-Qiang; Yang, Yong-Hua; Gao, Xiang; Yang, Ying (April 2007). "Raman spectra of a Lower Cambrian ctenophore embryo from southwestern Shaanxi, China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (15): 6289–6292.
 * Tang, F.; Bengtson, S.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X. L.; Yin, C. Y. (20 September 2011). "Eoandromeda and the origin of Ctenophora". Evolution & Development. 13 (5): 408–414.
 * Stanley, G. D.; Stürmer, W. (9 June 1983). "The first fossil ctenophore from the Lower Devonian of West Germany". Nature. 303 (5917): 518–520.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Portuguese Man o' War


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Portuguese Man o' War is a marine species under the phylum cnidara, the class hydrozoa, and the order siphonophora. This article provides a detailed overview of the major characteristics, anatomy, distribution, ecology, and other categories of characteristics for this specific organism. While this article provides a lot of important, basic information, there is definitely more that can be contributed to this article about this organism that does more than scratch the surface. The talk page for this article appears to be fairly active; additional contributions to this article consist of information about the reproduction and life cycle of the man o' war.


 * Sources
 * Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Physalia Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135382 Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-03-11
 * "Bluebottle factsheet". Western Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
 * "Polyp and medusa body shapes". Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Coral


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides a lot of useful information regarding corals; topics covered include: taxonomy, systematics, anatomy, and other basic categories of classification. Similarly to the article about ctenophores, if I were to choose to write my Wikipedia article about corals, this article would serve as a starting point to find similar articles that mention specific coral organisms. This article provides plenty of images of coral species, including links to the Wiki articles about them. The talk section of this article has been very active; there have been plenty of sections either removed or added by other Wikipedia users. Ideally, this should confirm that the information in this article is accurate and up-to-date.


 * Sources
 * Squires, D.F. (1959). "Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 1. Atlantic corals" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1965): 23.
 * Leroi, Armand Marie (2014). The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science. Bloomsbury. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-4088-3622-4
 * Egerton, Frank N. (2012). Roots of Ecology: Antiquity to Hackel. University of California Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-520-95363-5.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Osculum


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article talks about the osculum, the body cavity in sponges that releases the water inside their body back into the water column. It is a short article, however, it provides unbiases information. Given that there is plenty of research on poriferas that exists, there should be more than one reference listed in this article. Even if this is just a specific body part of a sponge, there is still more to be said about how the osculum contributes to the overall life of a sponge and the ecosystem that surrounds it.


 * Sources
 * Invertebrate Zoology

Option 5

 * Article title
 * List of vulnerable invertebrates


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides a long, extensive list of invertebrates that are considered threatened. This article does not appear to be biased, as it is a regurgitation of information produces by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There are only three references provided in this article, all of which are from the IUCN. There are no images provided in this article, however, every listed threatened invertebrate is a link to a Wikipedia page about the given invertebrate.


 * Sources
 * Invertebrate Zoology
 * Oceanography
 * International Union for Conservation of Nature