User:Shrekinspector/Ore/ScoobyDoo78263 Peer Review

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The Ore article on Wikipedia is well written and well organized, the article introduces ore and talks about how ore can be refined or smelted to extract the valuable metals or minerals. The article also lists common ore minerals in a table. The article covers the topics of magmatic deposits, metamorphic deposits, porphyry copper deposits hydrothermal deposits and sedimentary deposits. The article is well structured for example there is a list of important ore minerals, and there is good subheading that help give a better understanding of ore for example the subheading ore and gangue minerals. The article has good neutrality, for example the definitions given are very factual and to the point for example the definition of ore in the introduction sentence is similar to many dictionary definitions.

The article has many sources however under the trade section there is only one source. Throughout the article there are also many places where a citation is needed for example in one of the images of a banded iron formation it is mentioned that the quartz or main gauge mineral can contain iron but cannot be economically extracted because it is intergrown with quartz could use a reference. Furthermore the article has a list of minerals that are common ore minerals and some of these also indicate the mineral or metal associated with the ore however it would be beneficial if all of the common ore deposits listed which minerals or elements are extracted from the specific ore type. The article contains many short forms that should be linked to other articles for example “Au, PEGs as platinum group elements to help the reader understand what these short forms mean. The sandbox draft of the article adds a hazard section which is very beneficial to the article and many additions to the list of important ore minerals have already been made.

The trade in the article mentions reserves, it may be beneficial to explain the differences between known deposits, resources, and reserves. The trade section of the article also only has one source listed and contains a lot of information that needs to be referenced. Furthermore the trade section could benefit by talking about other methods of trading between countries that occur and not just trading shares on the stock exchange, for example many countries especially the US and Canada trade many resources as exports and imports. Another topic that could be mentioned or is worth noting in this article is the history of ore production and the most commonly mined resources for example iron has been one of the most commonly mined resources for many years.