User:Peachmandu/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

 * Californian condor
 * The article looks very detailed, with many diagrams, pictures, and sections. This makes sense, as it is a featured article. The sources are listed, plentiful, and cited throughout the page. Also, the voice of the article does not come off as biased in any way. I was interested in adding to this article, because I remembered in class we talked about the conservation efforts for these birds. I also remembered learning about the bugs found on the condors during the conservation/captivity duration, and how these bugs became extinct after the cleaning and lack of the condors in the wildlife. I did not see this aspect mentioned in the article when I looked it over.:
 * As I expected, there are over a hundred sources already. Given that this is a featured article, I doubt that an article or source I find will have important information that is not on the article already. Thus, this is likely not the best topic for me to choose. I found some reliable sites about the condor, and I perused the article to check whether random key words I had chosen already existed. I saw that they did, and that they had been nicely paraphrased as well.
 * https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Condor/overview
 * https://abcbirds.org/bird/california-condor/
 * https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Birds/California-Condor
 * https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Birds/California-Condor

Option 2

 * Mourning Dove:
 * The article is extremely detailed, with good photos and diagrams to support claims and help readers visualize specific processes of the bird's life. The sources are reliable and covers a lot of information over centuries (Linneaus being cited was a nice surprise!). Overall, the tone of the article is informative/educational rather than having a specific lean or agenda, which is great to see. Like the condor page, this article is also featured, so it may not be my best option. I was interesting in tackling this article because I grew up around the cooing of mourning doves and are generally fond of them. :
 * https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/overview
 * https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/mourning-dove
 * https://abcbirds.org/bird/mourning-dove/
 * Again, after trying the keyword perusal and check approach, this article is already very detailed. I do not see a significant area in which I can improve it.

Option 3

 * Common Loon:
 * This article, although not featured yet, seems like it has had a lot of traction. The Talk page has several users conversing about vocabulary consistency and more, giving me the sense that it has been worked on quite a bit. Additionally, I see that it is part of a WikiProject Birds, which is a good sign in terms of people working on it. The article's references surprised me, with over a hundred cited, and articles are cited often throughout the article - often more than one is used to support a statement, which I see as a good sign that people have updated/helped each other. There are also distinct headers and sections, along with fitting pictures and layout. Overall, this is a very solid article already. :
 * https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Loon/overview
 * https://www.borealbirds.org/bird/common-loon
 * https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Birds/Common-Loon
 * These sources are all reliable ones I have gathered, but much of the information is already nicely paraphrased in the article. :

Option 4

 * Stellar's Jay:
 * This article is fairly detailed but is not extremely informational. However, many headers already exist, each dedicated with at least a paragraph on the bird. The citations are reliable and are utilized throughout the article to support the statements, and fitting pictures and maps outline the article as well. Looking at the Talk page, there have been several users updating the article from time to time, but nothing super consistent. It is also part of the WikiProject Birds, but it is of lower importance. This could be a good option, but I rather find a less detailed article where I am more confident I can make an impact.:
 * https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/id
 * https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/stellers-jay
 * https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/boise/learning/?cid=stelprdb5309760
 * https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/stellers-jay
 * https://www.nps.gov/brca/learn/nature/stellersjay.htm
 * Overall, the sources I have found have information that exists in the article already. Again, I like to see that others paraphrased details as well.

Option 5

 * Allen's Hummingbird:
 * This seems like a great article for me to choose. The references are not in the hundreds but at a good start, and there are only four sections, which I could definitely add to. Also, looking at the Talk Page, another user started working on this page since they saw that it could use some sprucing up - this was back in 2020. Seeing as it is considered a start class article and also starring a Californian creature, I would like to choose this bird for my project :) :
 * https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Allens_Hummingbird/id
 * https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/allens-hummingbird
 * https://abcbirds.org/bird/allens-hummingbird/
 * https://celebrateurbanbirds.org/learn/birds/hummingbird/allens-hummingbird/
 * https://www.fws.gov/species/allens-hummingbird-selasphorus-sasin
 * https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/allhum/cur/introduction
 * After perusing these sources, I believe they will lend me lots of information to add to the page. :