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Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?

.....I would insert a citation after the last paragraph of the intro.

.....There needs to be a citation in the paragraphs under the subheadings Carbon and Oxygen

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

.....This article seems to have very relevant subtopics.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

.....The article seems very neutral, it is hard to find any biased.

Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

....PH is included in the "Se also" section but I think that in terms of plant nutrition, it should be in the article. This article includes many of the macro and micro nutrients, but PH is necessary for this article because of how PH can affect the availability of the mentioned nutrients.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

.....Under "Nutrient Deficiency" the fact that the author mentioned "Visual symptoms distinctive enough to be useful in identifying a deficiency are rare. Most deficiencies are multiple and moderate. However, while a deficiency is seldom that of a single nutrient, nitrogen is commonly the nutrient in shortest supply." is out of date or has missing information. There could be a lot more added to this section such as pictures of visible deficiencies (C, P, K, N deficiencies that may be visible in some crops for example)

How does this article compare to the way we talk about plant nutrition in class?

.....This article looks like it has a ton of information on plant nutrition but it only covers one little aspect of plant nutrition. The only aspects of plant nutrition that this article covers well are the nutrients involved. Even then, this article over complicates the roles of some of these nutrients for an article titled "Plant Nutrition" and goes further into physiology (which is also another important aspect but I just this it's a little too much when you want to look at plant nutrition). There are other aspects of plant nutrition covered in class that are not covered in this article nor does it provide links to other aspects such as basic soil nutrition (CCE, CEC, ECCE, Field Capacity, etc.)