User:Vmoreno11/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Manganese cycle

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

My group and I are interested in adding information to this article as we each found sections that can be added that correspond to our backgrounds and research interests, there is plentiful academic research on this topic, and the page is currently very sparsely written. These factors all suggested that this would be a good topic to expand upon.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The article is relevant to the topic of this course, as it is one of the global, albeit minor, biogeochemical cycles on earth. The article currently only contains two sentences and one reference. Although the information that is currently there is correct and valid, there are many peer-reviewed academic papers on this subject that can be used as background information for this topic. The major component of this article that can be improved is adding more verifiable information.