User:Pasibey/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
 * Organotherapy


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Very little information presented in the article
 * - Is stand-alone, does not refer to any other articles to provide more information
 * - Few sources provided
 * - Relevant topic that needs to be expanded


 * Sources
 * ^ Lenehan (2004), pp. 4–5
 * "Organotherapy, n." Oxford English Dictionary

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Hyena butter


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Article is a stub, needs expanding
 * - Generalized information presented about secretion, physiological role, and source
 * - Most recent sources cited are from 2004 and 2006
 * - Does not include any scientific explanation


 * Sources
 * Livingstone's Africa: Perilous Adventures and Extensive Discoveries in the Interior of Africa By David Livingstone Page 41 published 1872 by Hubbard bros. No ISBN number
 * ^ With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook By Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley Page 84 1964 published by W. Morrow Original from the University of California Digitized Feb 15, 2007. Accessed July 10, 2007
 * ^ Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates By Dietland Müller-Schwarze Page 154 2006 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-36377-2
 * ^ Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa By Edward Henry Winter, John Middleton, Dr John Beattie Published by Routledge 2004 Page 167 ISBN 0-415-33073-4

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Corpus luteum


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Very detailed and concise
 * - Extensive sourcing as related to effect in human females
 * - Little information pertaining to function in non-human mammals
 * - Little information pertaining to pathologies (corpus luteum inefficiency not listed)


 * Sources
 * 15 sources
 * Mostly scientific journals or textbooks

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Bartholin's gland


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Very general information
 * - Brief details on location and function
 * - Relevent to female sexual health
 * - Could benefit from expansion on history/discovery


 * Sources
 * - 11 sources
 * - Mostly textbooks and manuals with some journal articles

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Labial glands


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Rated as a stub in need of expansion
 * - Brief information provided on structure and function
 * - Could benefit from information about roles in different physiological functions


 * Sources
 * - Link to histology image
 * - Some text from public domain