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Notes on the Wikipedia Page on Climate Change Reference Validity:

The article I read was the one on the effects of climate change on Biodiversity. It points out the fact that the environmental factors do not act independently, but in a more interconnected web. The facts are mostly all backed up by a reliable reference, and if they are not backed up by a reference you are notified that there is no references for that particular section. I checked out the references and they were published scientific papers. I saw one from the Nature publication, which I have used many times to get reliable sources from. The articles are broken up into concise sections, which made it clear how they relate back to the original topic. The information seems neutral with no clear agenda besides to educate readers further on the topic. This is important in being a reliable source as learned in “Evaluating Articles and Sources”, because it is not about what people believe, it is what about the facts and research has found. In reference to Climate Change being a protected article, I think a main reason why this could be is because it is a bit of a controversial issue. People have varying viewpoints on Climate Change, what it is, what is causing it, how to fix it, if it is even true, so by making it completely open it may cause the page to be edited on the daily with constantly differing viewpoints that are contradicting themselves. I think this makes it valid to have a security check on it.