User:Muffinwrites/Arctic ecology/Chipmonkey9 Peer Review

Peer review

Complete your peer review exercise below, providing as much constructive criticism as possible. The more detailed suggestions you provide, the more useful it will be to your classmate. Make sure you consider each of the following aspects:

Lead

Guiding questions:

Has the Lead been updated to reflect the new content added by your peer?
Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

Guiding questions:

Is the content added relevant to the topic?
Is the content added up-to-date?
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

Is the content added neutral?
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
Does the content added attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

Is all new content backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
Does the content accurately reflect what the cited sources say? (You'll need to refer to the sources to check this.)
Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
Are the sources current?
Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
Are there better sources available, such as peer-reviewed articles in place of news coverage or random websites? (You may need to do some digging to answer this.)
Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

Guiding questions:

Is the content added well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
Does the content added have any grammatical or spelling errors?
Is the content added well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

Guiding questions: If your peer added images or media

Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
Are images well-captioned?
Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

For New Articles Only

If the draft you're reviewing is for a new article, consider the following in addition to the above.

Does the article meet Wikipedia's Notability requirements - i.e. Is the article supported by 2-3 reliable secondary sources independent of the subject?
How exhaustive is the list of sources? Does it accurately represent all available literature on the subject?
Does the article follow the patterns of other similar articles - i.e. contain any necessary infoboxes, section headings, and any other features contained within similar articles?
Does the article link to other articles so it is more discoverable?

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

Has the content added improved the overall quality of the article - i.e. Is the article more complete?
What are the strengths of the content added?
How can the content added be improved?

Examples of good feedback

A good article evaluation can take a number of forms. The most essential things are to clearly identify the biggest shortcomings, and provide specific guidance on how the article can be improved.

Peer review of "Homemaking"
Peer review of this article about a famous painting

Additional Resources

Check out the Editing Wikipedia PDF for general editing tips and suggestions.

General info

Whose work are you reviewing?

(Muffinwrites)

Link to draft you're reviewing: Arctic ecology (already integrated into article)
Link to the current version of the article (if it exists): Arctic ecology

Evaluate the drafted changes

(Compose a detailed peer review here, considering each of the key aspects listed above if it is relevant. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what feedback looks like.)

Lead:

-Cite last 3 sentences of first paragraph

-I'm not sure if the 3rd and 4th citations apply to the entire final paragraph or just the last sentence but if they just apply to the last sentence then the rest of it needs citations.

-Lead seems concise and a good intro so good job :)

Content:

-relevant and most sources are from recent publications

Tone and Balance:

-neutral content and informational tone with no noticeable biases

Sources:

-Wow you added a ton of sources. Well done.

-7 and 8 are the same source

-Your bibliography page doesn't seem to have all of the ones you added. I don't know if it's missing the ones added when you weren't signed in. I don't know if this is important or not because they are all in the article, but thought I should mention it.

-effects of climate change section needs a lot of citations, and there are still some places that say (citation needed); especially make sure anything related to climate change is cited because some people still think it doesn't exist

-links work

Organization:

-Well organized

-"was beginning to trump field research" maybe choose different word(s)

-"consulting firms hired and controlled by the government." which government?

-"The ground is literally melting away" remove "literally"

-easy to read and understand

Images and Media:

-none added; not sure if any needed; whole article only has 2

Comments:

Thank you for all of your fixes; the original article was pretty bad. There's a couple of small fixes you can make and some citations are still needed, but the content is solid. Good job! :)