User:Menacing djungelskog/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: Short-tailed chinchilla
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article on short-tailed chinchilla provides a very brief summary on the species. The first few sentences at the top of the page introduce the species by names, origin, and introduces the topic of endangerment for the species. The opening paragraph summarizes the main sections in the article. The lead doesn't include information that's not expanded upon in another section. The lead is very concise and provides a good overview of the species in general. The content of the article is somewhat up-to-date. However, I believe that statistics from at least the last five years should be included in the conservation section of the article. Updated numbers on population trends should be added. I don't think any particular content is missing, but more detail and a few new sections could be added to increase the amount of information on the page. The article doesn't include any of Wikipedia's equity gaps. It does talk about the fur trade and animal poaching, but not in great detail. The tone and claims of the article are very neutral, but I think a section on cultural significance of chinchillas could be added. Overall, the article is concise, easy to understand, and well-organized, but it can be improved by adding more information and figures. There are two images of the species and a map showing where they originate. The images that are in the article are well-captioned, but aren't specific to any section. The images could be of better quality. I think that this article is mostly underdeveloped because it has a main article with an overview of chinchillas as a species. There are two sub-articles on each of the two species if chinchillas. Since the main article on chinchillas is quite detailed, the editors may have not felt inclined to go into more detail.
 * Sources:
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/rediscovery-of-the-chinchilla-in-bolivia/D991BEE44CFC8D9D134E6A1F050BDE01
 * https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4651/22191157
 * https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-021-03085-4
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320795001166
 * https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.add7709
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320795001166
 * https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.add7709

Option 2

 * Article title: Amami rabbit
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article on the Amami rabbit gives a basic overview of the species, but some of the content is not relevant to the article. The section on evolution is a single sentence and has no information of real importance. It could be taken out completely or improved greatly. The sections on diet and morphology are fairly detailed, however, I believe more research could be done on the behavior part of the article. Although the rabbit exists in only two places in Japan, more information can be given on why this is and how it's affecting the population. The section of the article discussing the threats to the species does a good job at being brief and concise, while still being detailed. But, in the conservation section, there are some unnecessary details that aren't really relevant to the article. Enough history and background is given, but the page needs to be updated with current sources. The article is written in a mostly neutral way, but the writing doesn't seem overly professional. I think more sources should be added with more recent publications at least within the last 10 years. Most of the claims have a citation, but not all of them are reputable sources. More images and figures should be added as well. The main page picture is a taxidermy specimen, which seems out of place.
 * Sources:
 * https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tropics/10/1/10_1_87/_article
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/distribution-and-abundance-of-the-amami-rabbit-pentalagus-furnessi-in-the-amami-and-tokuno-islands-japan/D6A10CA86C9E5C1C9E12C4C19F2E2B3C
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-017-1489-5
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/distribution-and-abundance-of-the-amami-rabbit-pentalagus-furnessi-in-the-amami-and-tokuno-islands-japan/D6A10CA86C9E5C1C9E12C4C19F2E2B3C
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-017-1489-5

Option 3

 * Article title: Baiji
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article opens with a very detailed overview of the species. In the first paragraph, the author mentions the decrease in population and the IUCN conservation efforts. The reasons why the species is declining are stated in the overview. Some might say that there's too much detail provided in the overview, but it's a good summary if you're not going to read the rest of the article. The article's content is very appropriate for the article and a lot of research has gone into organizing and writing this article. Lots of effort went into building the evolutionary history and conservation efforts sections. There are over 50 references and citations included, which shows that this article has been well-researched. There are numerous images, figures, charts, and maps. This article denotes the cause of the decline as being related to poaching, pollution, fishing, and industrial factors. This article written on the Chinese Baiji appears to be written quite well. While the sources could be updated, the species has been listed as possibly extinct. The last sighting was in 2018 and it hasn't been confirmed and all of the baiji that lived in captivity have since died.
 * Sources
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aqc.1141
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3708
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aqc.547
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/3879219#metadata_info_tab_contents
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aqc.547
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/3879219#metadata_info_tab_contents

Option 4

 * Article title: Galapagos penguin
 * Article Evaluation
 * The Wikipedia article on the Galapgaos penguin is well-developed, but needs additional citations to improve the credibility. The introduction provides a brief overview of the origin, morphology, mating, behavior, habitat/environment, and life expectancy of the species. This is an example of a great summary of everything that's covered in the article. The only thing that I would add is a sentence or two about the threats and conservation status of the species. The distribution map of the species can be improved to provide more detail about where specifically the species inhabit. A lot of the article focuses on breeding, behavior, and climate change of the species. More charts and figures could be added to improve the visual appear of the article. Detailed labels can also be written to describe these images. There is an "other" section of the article that describe threats to the the species, including pollution and predators. A reduction in genetic diversity is mentioned as a risk to the species due to the existence of two subspecies. I think that a few other sections could be written to go into more detail about these topics. One section could talk about threats/risk and the other could talk about gene flow and diversity of the species. Overall, this is a thoroughly researched article that needs slight improvements.
 * Sources
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320705003095
 * https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.200.4349.1481?cookieSet=1
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00251-007-0221-y
 * https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.200.4349.1481?cookieSet=1
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00251-007-0221-y

Option 5

 * Article title: Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is severely underdeveloped. While the introduction has a good amount of information and provides an adequate overview of the species, the rest of the sections are lacking. There is no section on size, morphology, distribution, habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, or conservation efforts. There are no figures or graphs and there is only one image of the species. The main image for the article is an illustration instead of a real image. While there is a paragraph on the discovery of the species and about the status, there is no information provided on why the species is endangered or what we're doing to preserve this species. There are less than 20 citations.
 * Sources
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128146750000245
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128146750000105
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vJbgDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Wondiwoi+tree-kangaroo&ots=0FYVx9JAG0&sig=2Q8feqN5wggwoh6oqDlZWdvY6L0#v=onepage&q=Wondiwoi%20tree-kangaroo&f=false
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128146750000105
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vJbgDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Wondiwoi+tree-kangaroo&ots=0FYVx9JAG0&sig=2Q8feqN5wggwoh6oqDlZWdvY6L0#v=onepage&q=Wondiwoi%20tree-kangaroo&f=false