User:Mer0814/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:Midge
 * Article Evaluation:Its a very small article, with a lot of links to more specific articles about species. I think some more generalized information about midges could be helpful, as much of the limited information there is about biting midges, or otherwise framing them as nothing more than a diverse group of pests, which while that may be true, is leaving out a lot of information on their symbioses with other invertebrates, which is a big part of a lot of species' life cycle. I think this and a expansion on their feeding habits generally would be a good thing to build upon in the article. There seems to be a large gap in information on wikipedia about their symbiotic relationships, which is surprising considering the diversity of the kinds of relationships across so many species. Additionally, these relationships that midges hold are further influenced/ influence symbiotic relationships between other organisms in an environment.::- theres a small, general introduction, and then an "examples" section which is definitely a super general subtitle and examples of exactly what they are trying to present is unclear. There mostly talk of pest activities and "bloodsucking" species.:- I wouldn't say it's exactly written neutrally, it seems to be written by someone or some people who think of them as pests (which is fair in some cases) but doesn't really seem to be written from a scientific perspective. :- theres actually a big portion of the little amount of information on here that isn't cited, and a big portion of the references that are not used.:- the talk page is pretty barren, the most recent edit being a instance where someone removed the word "blood" in reference to the insects hemolymph, the rest are relevance discussions from 2010.
 * Sources:- not a lot of sources in general here, only about 11. Of which, only 6 are peer reviewed (the rest are websites and news articles).:- the peer reviewed sources are not all super relevant, but also not very old (oldest is from 1995, newest is from 2022). I'd say they are mostly from 2004-2010:

Option 2

 * Article title:Springtails
 * Article Evaluation:- the content is definitely relevant, but there are a lot of specifics about certain topics that dont necessarily have to do with the animal. More information on the biology and ecology of the animal could be useful.:- info on morphology, distribution, evolution, relationships with humans, and some (limited) information on climate change impact, reproduction, and eating behaviors/ predation:- each claim from what i could see was cited, although not always by a peer-reviewed source.:- neutrally written, but a lot of information about springtails and their relationships with humans, which was not all super relevant:- no equity gaps tackled here:- there aren't any recent conversations in the talk page about them (most recent is 2022), but some important questions are posed that seem to have not been answered.
 * Sources:There are a lot of references for this article :- about 85 out of 107 of them were peer reviewed:- many of them are pretty old for for peer-reviewed references. The oldest being from 1985, and the newest being from 2022 new relevant references are definitely lacking for this article.

Option 3

 * Article title:Horseshoe crabs
 * Article Evaluation:- There's information on their taxonomy, anatomy, and relationships with humans, but very limited information on their growth, conservation status, and diet.:- the article is written neutrally.:- each claim is cited:- no equity gaps are covered, except for maybe the exploitation of their blood for medicinal use (not sure if that counts as an equity gap):- There is a decent amount of discourse on the topic in the talk section, and most of it is recent, however much of it are minor edits needed to the information.
 * Sources:There are a decent number of citations. For a total of 80, about 46 of them were peer-reviewed. There were many news articles about them, most of them having to do with their blood.

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