User talk:ChristieBirdsong

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Peer review
Hi Christie! Overall I really like this and all the examples you give of this phenomenon, but it's still unclear to me what exactly condition dependent signaling is and how it differs from/is connected to sexual selection. Perhaps use your first paragraph to explain this a little better. Speaking of the first paragraph, is the first paragraph your lead? If so there is too much here... it should give an overview of what you will discuss in rest of article. For example, the chunk in this paragraph about phenotype in males would make a good stand-alone section. How do you plan to organize this? Right now it is hard to tell and it all runs together... see in text comments for some suggestions! Esallinger1 (talk) 17:51, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

peer review
Christie, Good job on explaining a complex topic. The only things that need revising are the few grammatical errors and addition of headings. The topic you chose was interesting and you did a great job explaining each section. The flow of your paper was good and I'm sure once you get the headings in place it will be even easier to read and follow. Great job overall! Whouse141 (talk) 02:32, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Peer review review
Hi Christie! This is a really great start. I agree with your reviewer comments about organization. Make sure you have a lead section that is an overall summary of your article, and then divide the rest into sub-sections (there were some great suggestions on how to do this). Think of it in an outline form, and that way it is clear what you are trying to convey in each section. It is a really interesting topic, and there might even been a few more examples you can add (I like the ones you have - they are very helpful for understanding the concepts). I think you can also add some photos and links (later), and that will make this even better. But for now, just focus on the organization, and getting all the Wikipedia formatting in (including references). I have a few more specific comments in your sandbox. Advevol (talk) 22:00, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Peer review response
I appreciate all of the feedback from the peer review and Dr. Haselkorn. I edited the page to include organization, as all of my reviews suggested. There are now 8 sections. They have also been further edited for grammatical errors. I also excluded a section on female selection that was not helpful to the flow of the page. I expanded a few sections to be clearer while shortening others to be more concise. Overall I am now ready to publish this as my final draft. Thank you again for the feedback - Christie ChristieBirdsong (talk) 05:23, 16 April 2019 (UTC)