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Part 1: Proxy Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article itself is very neutral, it gives a history of proxy climate, but does not allow any opinion or politics into the article. It also explains many examples of Proxies like tree rings, coral, and boreholes. Giving a fact orientated review on each faucet.

Check a few citations & references. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article? I checked many of the resource links and they all came from reliable sources, some being from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is a well established group. And the information that was taken from these sources did not contain any close paraphrasing or plagiarism.

Part 2 Palynology: The article hits on the data analyses of the method, which matched up to what I read online about palynology from other credible sources. But the article did not mention a lot of assumptions about the proxy method. During the introduction of palynology it discussed some of the “roots” of palynology. In the last section it mentions applications of palynology and lists out different things it can be used for. The article also points out a lot of the strengths of the proxy method, like the different applications, as well as the different ways palynofacies can be used. But it doesn't mention the weaknesses or what the proxy method is not useful for. Palynology. Austin, Tex: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, 1977. Internet resource. Tschudy, Robert H, and Richard A. Scott. Aspects of Palynology. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1969. Print. The two sources that I found were not listed on the Wikipedia page, but the first source came from the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, and the wikipedia page had other sources about palynology that came from the same authors as the article that I found. The second however was not on the wikipedia page.

I recommend that in the applications section there is a more broad definition and information about how it can be used. It lists out a lot of examples of things that it is currently being used for but there could be more broad information about it. I also recommend that there are more pictures added to the Chemical Preparation section, I think that's an area where a visual example would help to get a better understanding.