User:LuteMJS/sandbox

Week 2: ARTICLE EVALUATION

All links worked for all of the articles. References seemed credible and no evidence of plagiarism seems present. All information was relevant and clear.

• Monophyly:
  • Although images were included, the relevance or references to these images were lacking. The images definitely contribute to the understanding of monophyly, but would be better represented if further explained.This article was good in that it offered a couple variations in definitions, offering a more holistic understanding. This article seemed to lack relationship with other important topics. When comparing to the other articles, this lacked the historical aspects and connections. There was slight opinion statements when discussing why definitions are not widely accepted. This could be reformatted to reflect a more neutral stance.
• Paraphyly:
  • Overall, I feel that the content of this article is good. However, there were so many examples that it almost overpowered the article. The examples proved important in the understanding of paraphyly, however the amount provided was a bit excessive and not necessary. Like the last article, it lacked connections with the other papers when these topics are very closely related. A slight downside to the references in this article (although abundant) was that they were not necessarily accessible to the general public. Although this is not a requirement for wikipedia, I feel that it would have aided in making it feel more credible. I really liked how they broke down many aspects of paraphyly however and offered a very wide understanding on the topic.
• Polyphyly:
  • This biggest reservation on this article was that it only consisted of one reference. Unlike the other articles, it lacked substance in this way. By adding more references, it allows for a more holistic view and provides the reader with various aspects. When coming from one reference, it almost makes it biased because the reader does not know what other sources may say about this topic. The article was not as neutral as it could have been.

Week 3: ADD TO AN ARTICLE

Adding to Polyphyly article by contributing a new reference to add some more information to contribute to the definition and understanding of polyphyly.

This article originally had just one reference for it's whole context.

"Evolution - A-Z - Polyphyletic group". www.blackwellpublishing.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Polyphyly is classified not by evolutionary classifiers, but by overall similarities in characteristics known as phenetics. These characteristics are convergent traits that arise in different species independently during a evolutionary time line. A classic example of polyphyletic characteristics are the wings of bats and birds.

These changes were added to the article.

Week 4: GROUP DISSECTIONS

Choice #1: Stingray

I grew up watching The Crocodile Hunter and I remember researching what had killed Steve Irwin and was particularly interested in this animal following the incident.

SIDE NOTE: This is my only known fear when alive... I swam with these when in Florida and they scared me, so I would quite enjoy cutting one up;)

batoidea

Choice #2: Bat

Bats are particularly interesting to me because they are unlike any other animal. Despite their homologous wings, they are pretty unique animals with interesting features.

bat

Choice #3: Turtle

I think turtles just have a particular draw due to underlying curiosity as to what is actually under their shell and what a turtle actually looks like.

turtle

Week 5: DRAFT

Here is the link for the book I got the below citation from:

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=eiPgBAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA49&dq=rabbit+pelvic+gurdles&ots=5GBE-Du9Vp&sig=qwEMj4aWEfoacHT0zDhWTb2784U#v=onepage&q=rabbit%20pelvic%20gurdles&f=false

H., Weisbroth, Steven (1974). The biology of the laboratory rabbit. Flatt, Ronald E.,, Kraus, Alan L.,. New York,: Academic Press. ISBN 0127421505. OCLC 827871.

Week 6: GROUP FIRST DRAFT

Rabbits have muscled hind legs that allow for maximum force, maneuverability, and acceleration that is divided into three main parts; foot, thigh, and leg. The hind limbs of a rabbit are an exaggerated feature, that are much longer than the forelimbs providing more force. Rabbits run on their toes to gain the optimal stride during locomotion. The force put out by the hind limbs is contributed to both the structural anatomy of the fusion tibia and fibula, and muscular features. In rabbits, the more fibers in a muscle, the more resistant to fatigue. For example, hares have a greater resistant to fatigue than cottontails. The muscles of rabbit's hind limbs can be classified into four main categories: hamstrings, quadriceps, dorsiflexors, or plantarflexors. The quadricep muscles are in charge of force production when jumping. Complimenting these muscles are the hamstrings which aid in short bursts of action. These muscles play off of one another in the same way as the plantarflexors and doriflexors, contributing to the generation and actions associated with force.

Week 7: PEER REVIEW & COPY EDIT

Peer Reviewing:

User:Petrikyv/sandbox#Week 6: Draft 1- Turtle

Review:

Sources are not properly cited in some drafts. Although they are listed, there is no actual reference within the body of the draft. They are credible sources though.

For the most part, the proposed idea is very neutral.

Most of the contributions are well structured. For Heather's portion, there is no real structure to this draft. It feels more like a list of facts than a flowing paragraph. Try adding links to certain words in your draft that allows a deeper understanding for topics. It sounded more like you were trying to tell your group what you were planning on doing rather than creating a draft of the actual article. As long as this gets formatted correctly and an actual draft is formed, then I believe combined with your sources, you can make a good contribution. Overall, the content from all group members seems pretty even.

There are no plans for images as far as I can see.

Peer Reviewing:

User:Caduceus19/sandbox#Week 6: Draft 1 of Article- Bat

Review:

Some sections of this draft seems to be more of a written plan letting your group members know what you plan to do, but not an actual draft. Frankee's section is the only one that contains a big bulk of sources and is structured as an actual draft. Lianne and Frankee both contributed a lot of information, just represented in different ways. Once Jimmy contributes more, I think you all will have a good amount of information and plan to make a good contribution.

From what I can see, the content is neutral, just needs to be structed into a actual draft.

The parts that are not in an actual draft form are pretty well structured though with good flow. Frankee's section is a well structured draft.

There are no known plans for pictures as far as I can see.

Overall I think there is a lot of good infomration there, and you have some promising features!

Week 9: RESPONSE TO PEER REVIEW

Overall, I was very satisfied with my groups feedback. I was happy to see that all of our topics seemed organized and well written. Some of the reviewers talked about lack of images and my group has discussed this and plans to add images as we go through the dissection process. Images will be implemented in the near future. One reviewer thought that moving some information about what types of muscles contribute to the hind leg to the beginning of my draft would be better. upon review, I think for my original plan remained a better option with what else I planned organization wise. I think we need to sit down as a team however and start weaving our drafts in to make a more cohesive draft rather than individual paragraphs. I think we did well on our first drafts and have a solid foundation.

LuteMJS (talk) 03:33, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Week 10: SECOND DRAFT

Rabbits have muscled hind legs that allow for maximum force, maneuverability, and acceleration that is divided into three main parts; foot, thigh, and leg. The hind limbs of a rabbit are an exaggerated feature, that are much longer than the forelimbs providing more force. Rabbits run on their toes to gain the optimal stride during locomotion. The force put out by the hind limbs is contributed to both the structural anatomy of the fusion tibia and fibula, and muscular features. Bone formation and removal, from a cellular standpoint, is directly correlated to hind limb muscles. Action pressure from muscles creates force that is then distributed through the skeletal structures. Rabbits that generate less force, putting less stress on bones are more prone to osteoporosis due to bone rarefaction. In rabbits, the more fibers in a muscle, the more resistant to fatigue. For example, hares have a greater resistant to fatigue than cottontails. The muscles of rabbit's hind limbs can be classified into four main categories: hamstrings, quadriceps, dorsiflexors, or plantar flexors. The quadricep muscles are in charge of force production when jumping. Complimenting these muscles are the hamstrings which aid in short bursts of action. These muscles play off of one another in the same way as the plantar flexors and doriflexors, contributing to the generation and actions associated with force.

LuteMJS (talk) 04:01, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Week 11: ADD A PHOTO TO YOUR DRAFT

The rabbits hind limb (lateral view) includes muscles involved in the quadriceps and hamstrings.

It was particularly challenging finding a photo that worked well for my contribution to the rabbit. Other resources did not have what I was looking for, so I decided it would be beneficial to take my own photos in lab after dissecting the hind limbs. I believe this image will supplement the article because: 1). there were limited photos to begin with so I will be contributing more photos to a large data base and 2). it will help readers to further understand the anatomy of the rabbit with a visual component.

Week 12: GOING LIVE ON THE RABBIT PAGE

This week, I contributed to the Rabbit Wikipedia page. I contributed a new segment to the page under the "Biology" heading already on the article. I titled the subheading as "Hind Limb Elements" with another subheading under that dealing specifically with musculature. Everything seemed to transfer well when I did a few sentences.