User:Lukew11/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:American black bear
 * Article Evaluation:This is a very well developed article due to the attention that are drawn to the American black bear from its huge population and public interests. The lead does a well job of describing what this article is about by having a brief description of the American black bear and does not include information that are not brought about later in the article. The tone of the article remains very neutral and remain on the point of providing the factual information to the public about the American black bears. A lot of images are included within the article that provides an demonstration to the readers of the different possible appearances of the American black bears, their diet or eating habits, human interactions, etc that enhances the understanding of the information alongside from the writings. It describes from the evolution of the American black bear, to the taxonomy of American black bear, and its relationship with many other modern species of bears. The authors also well managed the sources, including correctly citing those uses and selecting those well known trusted organizations. A lot of conversations are going on under the talk section of the article including topics about the endangerment of the American black bears, pictures of the feces, and even suggestions of corrections of typo and grammar errors to the article. Overall the article seems pretty professional and provides a comprehensive overview about the American black bear.
 * Sources:https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/black-bear :https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/black-bears.htm

Option 2

 * Article title:Striped dolphin
 * Article Evaluation:It has a pretty brief first part of the article that gives information about the striped dolphin. And provides more information in the later article that it talks about its description, population and distribution, human interaction, diet and the conservation of the dolphin. Might be better with more elaboration with the relationship with other species of dolphins since it's a rare species. And perhaps bringing more details along the facts. It's a interesting species to look into.
 * Sources:https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/striped-dolphin/ :https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/striped-dolphin/

Option 3

 * Article title:Short-finned pilot whale
 * Article Evaluation:The opening is more detailed for this one and the later details about the short-finned pilot whale is about the same structure compared to the other two. It also has the evolution, reproduction, population status, and threats of the whale compared to the previous one. There could be potentially more information about the species along, and the information about human interaction with the whale; however, the article is well developed overall.
 * Sources:https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Globicephala_macrorhynchus/ :https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/short-finned-pilot-whale/

Option 4

 * Article title:Guadalupe fur seal
 * Article Evaluation:This one is fairly underdeveloped compared to the other two. The tone and information remain neutral and informational, there are just possibilities to add in more information. The opening is quite similar to the one for pilot whale with brief information and topics going to be covered about the Guadalupe fur seal. Probably not much revising of the current existing edits; however, maybe more information and be add on to the page.
 * Sources:https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/guadalupe-fur-seal :https://oceana.org/marine-life/guadalupe-fur-seal/

Option 5

 * Article title:California sea lion
 * Article Evaluation:This is a pretty well developed article similar to the one with American Black Bear, that with a lot of attention perhaps due to popularity. The tone and the structure of the article is very informational and neutral that gives a lot of information without much bias of the information included and what the information is about. It's very well developed, also later improved with the comments and suggestions in the talk section.
 * Sources:https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/california-sea-lion :https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=955