User:Yaatch/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
 * Desert Growth


 * Article Evaluation
 * Currently, there is no article on desert growth, but it is listed as a WikiProject in the category "Geology".


 * Sources
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61085-0
 * https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/chapter-3/
 * https://www2.atmos.umd.edu/~nigam/Desert.Biome.Final.published.Nigam-Thomas.16October2019
 * https://www2.atmos.umd.edu/~nigam/JCLIM.African.Sahara.Desert.Expansion.published.29March2018.pdf

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Overhunting


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article currently does not exist and the term redirects to the overexploitation article. "Overhunting" is listed as a project, since there is a separate article already for "Overfishing".


 * Sources
 * https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2095
 * https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/61/11/919/223755
 * https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.01.015
 * https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0955.1

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Siberian natural resources


 * Article Evaluation
 * The articles relies on two sources, one being from 1977, so a lot of the topics described still mention Siberian resources as belonging to the Soviet Union. Also, none of the sources are primary, e.g. reports from the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation. Furthermore, almost no information presented includes a citation. Therefore, the article needs serious editing with the addition of new and reliable sources.


 * Sources
 * https://www.rosnedra.gov.ru/data/Fast/Files/202105/da9530e87ca241467e176a41e0793ed4.pdf
 * Родыгин А. И. Геология России и сопредельных регионов : учебное пособие / А. И. Родыгин ; Том. гос. ун-т. - Томск : Издательство Томского университета, 2006. URL: http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000218786
 * https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/mineral-industry-russia-2016-pdf

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Phosphate


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is well-rounded in most of the sections except for "Mining". This section contains only one small paragraph and does not provide a good overview on phosphate mining around the world, so it could use some expansion.


 * Sources
 * https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/historical-statistics-mineral-and-material-commodities
 * https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr02156

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Mine safety


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has several sources, but most of the sections are either lacking citations or are not well-developed enough (e.g. explosives).


 * Sources
 * https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2017.08.001
 * https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2009.09.005