User talk:Jltreasure

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Hello, Jltreasure, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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Comparison of Wikipedia articles
The very well educated Rita Colwell holds degrees in various scientific topics including bacteriology, genetics and oceanography. Rita's career is very well documented, the highlights of which are outlined on the biography page on Wikipedia. One researching Rita Colwell can find a few great sources of information and the vast accomplishments of this scientist from her Honorary Doctorate in 1987 to her current position as the President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Even though Rita Colwell is still alive, the most recent information available is accurate as of 2013.

Moving on to another very well accomplished scientist, Carl Woese, there is a vast amount of information present in the biography section of Wikipedia. Not only is one able to find the educational accomplishments of Carl such as a PhD in Biophysics and the focus of his graduate research, information about his contributions to science and his early life and his perspectives in microbiology from selected readings are also available. In addition, this article provides summaries relating to Woese's work and an explanation of what his work means in the science world. Several resources were utilized to create this biography, all of which are listed so readers can verify and find additional information on this scientist. These resources include a list of his publications as well as links to these publications, also external links to sites that include further information about selected topics that pertain to Woese. Although Carl Woese is no longer living, his honors and legacy live on through the encyclopedia pages of the internet and his work.

Comparatively, these articles appear to have a very different focus, while the biography about Rita Colwell focuses solely on her career, the biography of Carl Woese gives much detail beyond his career and educational accomplishments. Shifting to a alternate viewpoints, this can be seen as simple facts, differing information availability, an assumption of interest/public need or multiple other points. Both articles give information that the public should know about these two scientists, however further research and other sources may need to be utilized in order to find additional information about Rita Colwell.

Jltreasure (talk) 01:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC)