User talk:Jbalescarrollu/sandbox

These are all acceptable topics, so I want you to feel free to choose any one based on your interests. However, I think that some will be easier and/or better to edit than others. For example, it may be difficult to add a cohesive summary of the genus Spirulina, because that may require substantial work to sort out what applies to individual species versus the whole genus. However, you do have a nice template in Oscillatoria (another of your potential choices). Depening on what sorts of research is available out there, the Oscillatoria page might be quite easy or somewhat difficult to improve. If you work on inflow, be sure to limit yourself to hydrologic inflows, which I think is the most appropriate for this assignment and that article stub. The algicide page could definitely use some additions, just be sure if that's your choice that you have a good sense of what you want to add, rather than adding hodgepodge. You are definitely on the right track here. Good start!QuestioningAnswers (talk) 19:39, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Egor's Review of the Algaecide Edits
Hi J.,

My name is Egor and I am in the final year of my PhD studying the role that carbon plays in promoting phytoplankton growth and evolution. Nice work on your edits, the algaecide page definitely needed that. Here is a list of some of my comments and suggestions.


 * I like your reference, however I think that it would be good to add one or two more, so that the whole section is not based on a single source.
 * I would also avoid phrases written in bold caps, as this is un-encyclopedic and more like something out of an instruction manual, especially since you address the reader by saying "you". You don't know if the reader is not interested in spreading algaecide or not.
 * I wasn't too sure what broadcast crystals were, so I think that would be worth explaining.
 * Also, how do you treat only half of the waterbody at one time? I suppose by spreading the algaecide on only part of the water body, but won't it just mix if spread on a windy day?
 * Finally, I would try to think of a way to better fit in your section with the rest of the article. Perhaps by specifying that this section focuses on synthetic algaecides.

Great job overall, and I hope that this experience inspires you to make more Wikipedia edits!

Cheers,

Egor --Ekatko1 (talk) 21:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)