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Evaluation of the Article 1. Question: Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Answer: The second paragraph is somewhat irrelevant, as the origin of the word "Ootheca" is not really relevant to the rest of the article.

2. Question: Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Answer: The tone of the article is definitely neutral. There is nothing presented in the article that is skewed in favor of one side or the other.

3. Question: Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Answer: This is not really that much of an issue with this article, as the topic is not that controversial in nature.

4. Question: Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? Answer: The links work and support the claims.

5. Question: Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? Answer: Not all facts stated in this article are referenced, and references need to be added as needed.

6. Question: Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Answer: The information is for the most part up to date.

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8. Question: How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The article here is very brief and does not cover the subject material in depth. It can rightly be considered a "stub" article.

Outline of the Article (Ootheca) Paragraph 1: a definition of Ootheca and a pronunciation guide. Paragraph 2: Origin of the word Paragraphs 3 and 4: More information about Ootheca, specifically discussing what it contains, notable ootheca-making insects, how it is formed, how eggs are arranged, and where it can be found. Image Gallery: pictures of ootheca See also: one source References: one reference External Links: 3 sources

Changes that we plan on making to Ootheca We plan on making changes to Paragraphs 3 and 4, as the content in these sections is lacking the detail and depth needed for this page to be considered an adequately constructed Wikipedia article. Lots more can be said about how Oothecas are constructed and how oothecas might vary in different species. Although the article mentions that mantises and cockroaches form oothecas, it would benefit from including a more comprehensive list of species that form oothecas. In the beginning of the article it is mentioned that oothecas are formed by mollusks, but then mollusks are never mentioned again in the remaining portion of the article. We would also like to make changes to the reference section of the article. There is currently only one reference and we plan on adding some more to extend the content.

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