User talk:Natwo001/Nitrogen Fixation

Hi Natwo001 - My name is Jolie, and I'm the Project Coordinator for the WikiProject Limnology & Oceanography team. Your external reviewer for your article on Nitrogen Fixation doesn't have a Wikipedia account, so I'm posting their review on their behalf. If you have any questions about your review, or would like to clarify anything, please feel free to let me know by posting a message on my talk page and I'll pass your message along to your external reviewer. Thanks, and all the best as you wrap up your Wikipedia editing assignment!

EXTERNAL REVIEW - I am a PhD candidate studying aquatic biogeochemistry with a focus on carbon and nitrogen cycling. I think the student has done an excellent job with the additions to the article. The proposed revisions provide additional helpful and comprehensive details on nitrogen fixation, which augment the previous article well. I agree that it is useful to include the section on the “Importance of Nitrogen,” in order to further explain the broader implications of nitrogen to the audience, as well as give more contextual detail, so that part is a very nice addition to the article. One general area still needing improvement though is always including the necessary references for each factual statement, so that the appropriate sources are fully credited each time. While a variety of sentences currently include references, there are still several lacking proper citations, so that is an important item that needs to be fixed. For instance, the sentence that includes the statement “around 660 kg/ha/year” should be properly cited. Also, as another example, the last sentence in the revised version of the “Haber process” section requires a reference. Furthermore, it would be good to note that the Redfield Ratio was actually first discovered in 1934 (Redfield 1934), and later refined, so that reference also should be included in the article in addition to the Redfield 1958 citation already mentioned. As a minor edit, the last sentence of the “Importance of Nitrogen” section also needs a little reworking, so that it makes grammatical sense, as it is missing a subject at the moment. Overall, the student has made thorough additions to the original article that enhance it by providing helpful and detailed accompanying information for the reader. In general, the edits are well-done!

References: Redfield, A.C. 1934. On the proportions of organic derivatives in sea water and their relation to the composition of plankton, in James Johnstone Memorial Volume, p. 176-192, Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K. Redfield, A.C. 1958. The biological control of chemical factors in the environment, Am. Sci., 46, 205-221.

JoGDelta (talk) 02:21, 31 March 2021 (UTC)