User:SootySalamander/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:Corylus americana
 * Article Evaluation:The article is well written so far in neutral tone. The sources vary from the 80's to the present day, showing continued and sustained interest. This has no social equity implications, but plants are considered an mid-importance wiki-project due to their neglected nature. If I chose this article, I'd like to flesh out the ecological relationships this tree has with it's pollinators, and any symbiotic relationships formed with other species. I chose this article due to the widespread knowledge of the tree species, and the relatively unfilled ecology section for the species.
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Option 2

 * Article title:Hierochloe odorata
 * Article Evaluation:This article is well written in a neutral tone, with recent and reputable sources. This has no social equity implications, but plants are considered an mid-importance wiki-project due to their neglected nature. The content of the article is lacking on the front of ecological information, while well filled out with cultural use. I chose this article due to it's significance to indigenous practice, and the lack of content on biological matter. I'd like to focus on the ecological niche the species fills in it's environment and the species it interacts with.
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Option 3

 * Article title:Northern pygmy owl
 * Article Evaluation:The article is written in a neutral tone, with a significant amount of sources, if not more than that. This article has no societal impact, but is a stub article for the animal wikiproject. While there is a large amount of content, the article isn't well cited. It also lacks an ecological niche/relationship section, interaction with humans section or a cultural significance section. I chose this article due to it's preliminary nature, and interest in fleshing out native species profiles for north America. I'd like to add the sections mentioned above, while Increasing the citation density.
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Option 4

 * Article title:DeKay's brown snake
 * Article Evaluation:This article is written in a neutral tone, with a good bibliographic mix while still needing some more citation.This article has no societal impact, but is a stub article for the animal wikiproject. The article is missing sections on interaction with humans, mating behavior and cultural significance. I'd like to fix these sections, and flesh out the ecology section more.
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Option 5

 * Article title:Desert riparian
 * Article Evaluation:This article is written in a neutral tone, and is relatively well cited, and has few but recent sources. The article is a stub article in two low importance wikiprojects. While the article does cover most of the infromation required of a ecosystem, it has not been properly formated and lacks sources compared to current literature. If I were to chose this topic, I would reformat the article to better organize and present the information, include more about the biosphere and interactions desert species have with each other, and increase the source count.
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