User:Ty.olkkola/Betula populifolia/Muffinwrites Peer Review

General info
Ty.olkkola
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 * Link to draft you're reviewing:User:Ty.olkkola/Betula populifolia
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists):Betula populifolia

Lead
Your lead looks really good, and I like how it gives an overview of the species that makes it easier to understand the rest of the article. I would just be wary about putting too much information in the lead that isn't present in the rest of the article - for instance, the sentence about what species it shares its range with.

Content
I really like the content that you added about human use of the wood. This adds a layer to the topic that wasn't there before, and ensures that anyone who comes to this page looking for the impact of the tree on human lives will find what they're looking for. I further enjoyed reading about the characteristics of the tree (the "Description" section), but I would suggest reading over this section one more time to make sure that it's as understandable and concise as it can be. The content you have looks good and I'm pretty sure that it seems notable enough, but I would just recommend keeping that in mind as you're migrating your work to the Wikipedia page. Something that might really help your "Description" section seem more understandable is breaking your work up into multiple paragraphs. That way, the information on each section will be concise without seeming as overwhelming as it is now.

Your notes on what you plan to add in "Taxonomy" and "Ecology" also look great!

Tone and Balance
I think that your tone is mostly neutral, but consider going back over your edits in "Wood Products" to make sure that they aren't conferring opinion about the value of the wood. (There might be a way to rephrase this section to make it sound more neutral.)

Sources and References
I can tell from your notes that you're doing some good work to remove plagiarism and uncited work that was in the article, which is awesome! Your added sources look reliable from what I can tell, and your information is mostly all backed up by sources. If you could find a citation for the final sentence of your lead, though, that would be good!

Organization
As I mentioned above I would check on whether your sections are as concise as you can make them, but other than that, your content flows nicely! You don't have to put colons after "Wood Products" and "Landscape Use" - let these stand as headings on their own. Glance through one more time for grammar and spelling before you publish to the Wikipedia page, but I can't even find the one typo I thought I'd noticed, so I think you're pretty good on this! If you have time, I would recommend seeing if you can go over the rest of the article that's currently published to improve grammar and sentence structure, but your sections look great!

Images and Media
You haven't added any images, but I might recommend moving the ones on the main article page out of the "Gallery" section and distributing them through the article instead.

Overall Impressions
Wow! The information you've added is laid out very well: it sounds comprehensible and it helps me understand the characteristics of this species and its use in human life. I obviously can only look at the sections that you've drafted so far, but your ideas of the others look like they'll also be good contributions to the article. My primary recommendations for you would be to make sure that your contributions are concise and organized in an order the promotes logic flow when you move them to your article's Wikipedia page, but they look great! One suggestion I had for further content if you're interested is discussing whether this is one of the types of birch that is edible, and its uses in that sense as well. Great job overall!