User talk:PossumPerson

This user is a student editor in Northeastern_University/ENGW3303_Adv_Writing_for_Environmental_Professions_12176_(Fall_2020) .

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:43, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PossumPerson! This is my peer review for your sandbox on Environmental Issues in Appalachia. The sections in your sandbox seem like they would be such worthy and valuable additions to the existing page! Here are my suggestions for further improvements:

The biggest area for improvement that I noticed when reading through this is the citations. Throughout the article, citations are improperly linked and there is no reference section at the bottom of the article. It seems like you do have several solid sources being used from the last names in parentheses, however, I would make sure to transfer these all to standard wikipedia format before posting.

Besides that, I think this article does a great job of providing balanced coverage from a neutral and unbiased point of view. I especially see this in the inclusion of a section on opposition to environmentalism.

In terms of the organization of the article, I wonder if environmental justice would work well as a subheading under environmentalism? These seem like they are fairly related to me, especially in the context of their role on a page about environmental issues in Appalachia.

Overall, these improvements seem like a great start! I can't wait to see them when they're posted! Lex T-Rex (talk) 07:16, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]