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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Additional Resources

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

General info

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Whose work are you reviewing?

Purple.peonies1

Link to draft you're reviewing
Purple.peonies1/Northern bog lemming
Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
Northern bog lemming

Evaluate the drafted changes

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Looking at the original article and your additions is like night and day, you really made this article look a lot more professional and provided so much more meaningful information with reliable sources. There wasn't much information at all in the original article, but your contributions really make it seem complete.

I would recommend re-wording this portion of the Predators section; "Their predators include any larger mammal that eats smaller mammals (like owls, pine martens (Martes martes), and weasels)," it doesn't come off very professional and also includes owls in the list of examples of larger mammals even though owls are a species of bird.

The threats and conservation status section is almost perfect and adds a lot of great information. The S in "Status" should not be capitalized however. You wrote "Other states where the northern bog lemming is considered threatened includes Maine." in the last sentence and used plural for states but only included one state. You could change it to singular, but also recent reports from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have recently added New Hampshire as another state that has northern bog lemmings and also has them considered threatened.

Other than these minor edits, this article looks phenomenal with your contributions, you really went above and beyond with this one!