User:Moose1917/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: Ecological Niche
 * Article Evaluation: C with 206 views a day
 * I do think that the article is very informative but that there is still a lot that can be added about species interactions (more than the niche differentiation later mentions). The lead section seems overly detailed and could be simplified to give a better definition of a niche, rather than sections describing what it could be. The lead vaguely goes over the rest of the layout of the article. The lead speaks more to the overall environment rather than the parts of the environment that create roles for organisms to play, which are other organisms.
 * The content is highly relevant to the topic. There is a lack of the mention of how niches can be created and satisfied through species interactions. There is mention of niche differentiation through competition, but not how roles can be created through the integration of another species activites, as mentioned in the first image with the insect and animal waste.
 * The article is very neutral and I do not feel persuaded by the information. There is ample information, but there are long parts without references.
 * There are about 80 sources referenced. They are diverse and I only saw 2 repeated use of a source while looking through the list. The writing is also well done, it is broken into small sections often and easy to follow.
 * I would have liked to seen more images in such a long article. The one chosen for the lead was very well done.
 * The talk page shows that this article was actually part of the wiki education foundation as well. It actually was not edited too much but there was mention about a misleading paragraph that I found interesting.
 * Sources:Ecological niche
 * The talk page shows that this article was actually part of the wiki education foundation as well. It actually was not edited too much but there was mention about a misleading paragraph that I found interesting.
 * Sources:Ecological niche
 * Sources:Ecological niche

Option 2

 * Article title: Biological Interaction
 * Article Evaluation: C with 824 views a day :The lead of this article was concise and straight to the point which I liked. However the second paragraph was a bit confusing as it seemed slightly persuasive. It does also relate a lot to the known relationships of articles, rather than all of biology (as microbiology is not referenced at all). :I assumed that this would include Biological interactions in both micro and macro bio but it focuses more so on the macro. It was not overly detailed and does include links to other wiki pages but there are definitely some terms that could be linked as well that were not. :The content is relevant to the topic, although there could be a lot more written about this. There is also no mention on selection or evolution which is highly relevant to the topic. Biological interaction is extremely broad and the article tries to dip its toes in sub sections without really going into the full possibility and discussion of possible interactions between living organisms. I feel that there is a gap when discussing bacteria or other archaea, which are relevant in biological interaction because they are living as well. This could easily be mentioned in a pathogenic section as well. :The article is somewhat neutral, besides the lack of mention of archaea and brief mention of bacteria. The mention of pathogenic interactions is highly important and could attract more views to the article. There is also only mention of one person in the first paragraph of History, which is misleading in my opinion.:This article has 60 sources and it also references other wiki pages quite often throughout it's discussions. However, there are blanks where citations are needed in the article which make it seem very un-credible at times. :The talk page discusses my concern from the lead, which is that this article relates heavily to symbiosis article, which is also the last article chosen. :
 * Sources:Biological interaction
 * Sources:Biological interaction

Option 3

 * Article title: Symbiosis
 * Article Evaluation: C with 108 views a day :This article overall is similar to the biological interaction article, but more narrowed down, lacking the mention of behaviors such as predation, competition, and ecosystem service. :The talk page is the best of the three articles so far listed. It had a great photographed that is slighly overly detailed, and the definitions given are descriptive/easy to understand.  :The content is highly related to the topic and the examples chosen are great references. There could be more discussion with more references to other articles or :All the claims that I saw were cited and there actually was discussion of microbiology in symbiogenesis, and even discussion of evolution which is highly relevant as these are organisms interacting with one another (which can lead into discussion of things like co-evolution). More informatino can be added as there are only brief discussions to the termenology (e.g. parasitism is extremly brief but is highly complex and highly relevant to symbiosis) The sources are great diverse and there are many citations for all the claims. If there was more content to supplement the claims, then there would be more references, which I would like to add.
 * The talk page is infrequently visited (many comments are a decade old) but there were many people who worked to add supplemental material and I feel that there could be much more added to this article, which is likely why people suggested the articles to be combined in the biological interaction talk page. :
 * The talk page is infrequently visited (many comments are a decade old) but there were many people who worked to add supplemental material and I feel that there could be much more added to this article, which is likely why people suggested the articles to be combined in the biological interaction talk page. :

Symbiosis
 * Sources