User:LisaTruong3/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

 * Article title:
 * Biodiversity loss
 * Article Evaluation
 * Class: C
 * Completeness Score: 58
 * Tone and balance: the article is neutral; no signs of bias from the article or from original source. Also, there was no promotion or advertisement of specific organizations when environmental organizations were mentioned.
 * Sources and References: Moderate variation of sources that came from different publications and authors are used.
 * Note: the lead section only consists of the citation of one article. It might be best if another article was used to compare or confirm the information (greater repetition of information from other sources ensures that the information is correct). Also, the link that was used in the lead section did not work.
 * Note: Same source was used in the “Pollution” and “Invasive species and over exploitation" headings, but were numbered differently. Additionally, the information from the headings “Pollution” and “Invasive species and over exploitation" does not reflect the information written from the original literature.
 * Furthermore, there needs to be more peer-reviewed articles used.
 * Some sources that were cited were from current or recent information.
 * Not many sections demonstrated multiple sources being used. Thus, not all facts in the article were supported by credible secondary source.
 * Organization and writing quality: the article contains some grammatical and spelling errors and some paragraphs need to be separated (not well-organized). However, the article seems to be well-written, excluding the section titled "Invasive species and over exploitation" and “Pollution”.
 * Example of a sentence that sounded awkward was in the section “Invasive species and over exploitation”, where the sentence was, “Human over harvesting of biodiversity example through over fishing will finally lead to their extinction.”
 * Images and media: the article includes images that support and are relevant to the topic, and they are well-captioned. However, one image in the "Environmental organizations" section seems to lack citation (does not include original source link), so not all images follow Wikipedia's copyright regulations. Talk page discussion: there is no discussion occurring in the "Talk Page", only an unrelated comment regarding the article that was posted in 2019. However, the article has been edited in the past for grammatical errors, information being added, etc. A point that I would like to further discuss regarding the article is the "Pollution" section as many problems were noted in that portion of the article. For example, the information regarding particles emitted from fossil fuel burning was not mentioned in the original source. Also, this article is rated as a C-class and seems to lack significant contribution, despite having importance in five Wikiprojects.
 * Sources
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11148?report=reader
 * https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040277
 * https://www.pnas.org/content/113/40/11261.short
 * https://science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5800/787.abstract
 * https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040277
 * https://www.pnas.org/content/113/40/11261.short
 * https://science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5800/787.abstract

Option 2

 * Article title:
 * Forest ecology


 * Article Evaluation
 * Clase: S (stub-class)
 * Completeness Score: 47
 * Requires additional information and citations from reliable sources.
 * Sources
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470995242#page=31
 * https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=I4ISDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=forest+ecology&ots=5iuQHRJWBw&sig=Rn54WFI82xwriiF2phHyNdaNp2A&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=forest%20ecology&f=false
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470995242#page=31
 * https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=I4ISDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=forest+ecology&ots=5iuQHRJWBw&sig=Rn54WFI82xwriiF2phHyNdaNp2A&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=forest%20ecology&f=false

Option 3

 * Article title:
 * Urban reforestation


 * Article Evaluation
 * Class: S (stub-class)
 * Completeness Score: 24
 * Limited information and citations on this article. Could potentially include benefits and disadvantages of urban reforestation (environmental, economical, societal).
 * Sources
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275104000526
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02827581.2010.498384
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-018-0760-z
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/016920469290006L
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-018-0760-z
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/016920469290006L

Option 4

 * Article title:
 * Water extraction


 * Article Evaluation
 * Class: S (stub-class)
 * Completeness Score: 7
 * This article requires additional information and citations to improve the article's quality. Such as including different methods of water extraction, the effects of water extraction (e.g., could lead to land subsidence), process for water extraction, etc.
 * Note: This article only focuses on surface water extraction. There is no information regarding groundwater extraction (no Wikipedia article for groundwater extraction).
 * Sources
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304386X01001864
 * https://ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-6592.1991.tb00358.x
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10040-011-0775-5
 * https://cvc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/GreaterLakes-ECT-Withdrawals-Dicharges-GI-6-Municipalities-Final-20160510.pdf
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10040-011-0775-5
 * https://cvc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/GreaterLakes-ECT-Withdrawals-Dicharges-GI-6-Municipalities-Final-20160510.pdf

Option 5

 * Article title:
 * VOC contamination of groundwater
 * Article Evaluation
 * Class: unrated
 * Completeness Score: 25
 * Article requires additional information. For example, could include health risk of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from groundwater. Also, additional information about each specific VOCs can be given.
 * Sources
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-015-4551-z
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169772206001975
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896970801276X
 * https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es030401p
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169772206001975
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896970801276X
 * https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es030401p