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Article Evaluation
Content:

Everything in my article Lateral Eruption is relevant to the article though it's severely lacking in the amount of content. I wasn’t necessarily distracted but the amount of content or lack thereof did surprise me a little. The latest example they used was a lateral eruption in 2002 when I do my research I'll see if I can find more up to date examples. The way the content is conveyed in my article is well written and factual. The article also links other articles to further my knowledge on the subject of Lateral Eruption.

Tone:

The article has a neutral tone and isn't biased toward a position. It utilizes the information to inform the readers about Lateral Eruption without any kinds of bias.

Sources:

There is a single citation for the article and it leads to a "Page Not Found" error. This makes the information unreliable because it basically has no source.

Talk Page:

There are no conversations on the talk page but the article is apart of the WikiProjects Volcanoes and is of mid importance to the project.

Jcollins302 (talk) 05:02, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Article Draft Edits
Lead Section

Lateral eruptions, also known as flank eruptions or lateral blast, are eruptions that occur on the side or flank of a volcano.

Article

Lateral eruptions are caused by the outward expansion of flanks due to rising magma. Breaking occurs at the flanks of volcanoes making it easier for magma to flow outward. As magma is pushed upward towards the volcano it diverges towards the flanks before it has a chance to erupt from the crater. When the expanding flank finally gives it releases a flow of magma. More explosive lateral eruptions are referred to as lateral blast.

One specific example of a lateral eruption is Mt. St. Helens, a Stratovolcano located in Washington. Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980 after a series of small earthquakes and small eruptions. Around April 1980 the northern flank expanded due to rising magma. The final straw was the destabilization of the volcano by an earthquake. The destabilization of the volcano caused the crater to collapse resulting in the eruption of the flank.

Jcollins302 (talk) 08:24, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Theresa's Peer Review
Lead Section: The lead section is easy to understand. It states a good definition of what a lateral eruption is. In the published Wikipedia lead section, it seems to have a lot of details about specific eruptions (Mount St.Helens, Mount Pelee, Mount Etna) which could be better described outside of the lead section.

Article Structure: I'm not really sure what your sections are since they are not labeled. It seems that you have a section explaining what a lateral eruption is and how they form and then a section about Mt. St. Helens specifically. You could potentially have two sections, one for "Formation/Creation" and one for "Examples."

Balance of Coverage: The balance of coverage seems pretty fair. The description of the eruption type and the examples of flank eruptions is about equal. This seems to make sense because in describing the examples of flank eruptions more details about flank eruptions in general are also explained. Nothing is off topic, and I do not believe any viewpoints are left out. The article does not draw conclusions or try to convince the reader to accept any one particular point of view.

Neutral Content: The article does a good job of maintaining a neutral tone. There are no biases present and no suggestive phrases or words.

Sources: The statements that are drafted to be put on Wikipedia look to be well sourced and reliable. I'm not sure why they are cited with the source number at the beginning of the paragraph though. I thought citations were supposed to be at the end of the information cited. There are only two of the five sources used in the draft, so I am not sure how the other sources are being utilized. On the published Wikipedia page, the "References" section looks a bit strange. There are floating source numbers not attached to any content, which is a bit confusing.

Thsieh37 (talk) 17:04, 26 October 2019 (UTC)