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'''TOPIC 1: Factors Affecting Permeability of Soil '''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factors_affecting_permeability_of_soils

Quality and importance is not yet rated. Very brief information, sources are unreliable. Missing some other factors that contirbute to permeability.

Possible References ASTM D2434, Standard Test Method for Permeability of Granular Soils (Constant Head), 2006. Google Scholar

László Nagy Permeability of well graded soils Period. Polytech. Civ. Eng., 55 (2) (2011), pp. 199-204

Gabitova G., Zaborova D., Barinov S. Experimental Determination of Permeability Coefficient Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Volume 692, 2018

'''TOPIC 2: Soil Health '''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_health Rated mid importance and start class. Needs more information about the factors that influence soil health. Current references are reliable but can more supporting information. The "interpretation" category is too broad, needs to be further expanded and cited.

Possible References Doran, J. W., and M. Safley. "Defining and assessing soil health and sustainable productivity." Biological indicators of soil health. New York: CAB International (1997).

Harris, R. F., D. L. Karlen, and D. J. Mulla. "A conceptual framework for assessment and management of soil quality and health." Methods for assessing soil quality’.(Eds JS Doran, AJ Jones)(SSSA, Inc.: Madison, WI, USA) (1996).

Cardoso, Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira, et al. "Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?." Scientia Agricola 70.4 (2013): 274-289.

'''TOPIC 3: Soil Structure '''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_structure Rated high importance and start class. Categories in this page does not highlight the important factors of soil structure. Current sources are reliable but does not cover all aspects. There is insufficient information for readers with no general flow to the writing.

Possible References Croney, D., & Coleman, J. D. (1954). Soil structure in relation to soil suction (pF). Journal of Soil Science, 5(1), 75-84.

Wong, Hung Leung. "Dynamic soil-structure interaction." (1975).

Yandong, Liu Jingbo Lu. "A DIRECT METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION [J]." China Civil Engineering Journal 3 (1998): 008.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruobeiyu (talk • contribs) 21:00, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Ruobeiyu's Peer Review
The lead section of the article is well-written and describes the topic in a neutral-tone and gives enough insight as to what the article will further discuss. Based on the information present, the lead is well weighted and appears to flow from topic to topic.

There is much room for addition of information. If one wanted to the six functions of soil could be further elaborated upon with examples of how or why these functions are important to soil systems, the environment etc. From there information such as soil mapping and other related topics to soil function would have an easy subsection and could be presented in the article with ease. This would improve the article by presenting the information in a simple, chronological and sensible manner giving clear reason for why each section is present and lessening the content gap within the chosen article. However, by linking certain topics as the article does, it allows individuals to further read upon related subjects to further their understanding.

Article overall is neutral toned and reflects the information well! The main thing to improve on would be the addition of further information backed by reliable sources!

Based on this article, I feel as though once I've written more of my own about soil colloids that there may be a way to link this article, soil functions, to it allowing for a deeper understanding of soils altogether!

Very well done so far! Keep it up! OricaRyu (talk) 04:09, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Peer review
Overall you've made a good start to a brand new wikipedia page. The tone of your writing is very neutral and doesn't lean towards any sort of biased opinion. Something you did really well was that you portrayed your information as factually as possible while also citing appropriate academic research sources. It would be a great improvement if you were to move your numbered citations 1-7 to the appropriate jot point.

I also liked how you linked other relevant Wikipedia articles that could provide more information for the reader, however i would suggest explaining your jot points more and providing more examples of soil functions in real world situations. Maybe that could be another category you could add. Other than those points i feel like is well written and only lacks a little more detail.

MacStudent1 (talk) 03:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)