User:Tfitz98/Ecological competence/Scarey1461 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Tfitz98


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:Tfitz98/Ecological competence
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Ecological competence

Lead Section
This draft doesn't have a lead section, but I believe it would benefit from one. A few introductory sentences about the general concept and perhaps the history of the word's usage would help to bolster and clarify the topic before getting into the specific details (i.e., Microbiology and Sociology).

Content
You did a great job providing a lot of detail that was lacking beforehand. The last couple sentences in the Microbiology section about the micro-niche and plasmids was a bit confusing to me. Perhaps consider working the topics of plasmids back into ecological competence and clearly laying out their relation. It's clear that increasing plasmid stability enhances ecological competence, but why?

I found the second paragraph overall to be confusing. The description of the sociological aspect of ecological competence is a bit broad and vague. The last sentence specifically is long but very unspecific. What relationships must be formed to identify what processes and stop the occurrence of what problems?

Tone and Balance
The sociology section seems a bit biased. While ecological competence is very important, the paragraph reads with a bias towards the development of this skill. Specifically, the last sentence is uncited and comes across as an opinion.

Sources and References
None of the citations function as links, but otherwise it all looks good. You have a variety of sources, and they're very current.

Organization
I only spotted one required grammar fix, namely that there is an "a" missing in the first sentence of the sociology section. The separation of microbiological and sociological competence into two sections was a good choice and helps to make their differences clear. The middle two sentences of the sociology section are short and could possibly be combined to enhance the flow of the paragraph.

Overall Impressions
The topic is much more fleshed out within this draft, as the original article was entirely missing the other definition of the concept. I think the most important change to be made is to edit the sociology section for clarity and tone. Also, the citation list should be edited to include functioning links. Good work on your article!