User:Whitl079/sandbox

• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Yes it looks like the facts are all backed up correctly
• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? They are all relevant but the amount of stuff covered is interesting, including volcanism and plate tectonics and such
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Seems neutral (unless you don't believe in climate change I guess)
• Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? Lots of scientific articles/papers, data sources
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Human influences section is pretty small
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article? Yes and no
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
• Climate Change is a semi-protected article on Wikipedia. Why do you think this is? Is it a good or a bad thing?  Because it is a hot topic and I assume many people would try to add nonsense to it to back their viewpoints.
• Check the "talk" page of the articles - what is the Wikipedia community discussing when it comes to representing these issues? How is the article ranked on Wikipedia's quality scale? It is rated B-class and is a level 4 vital article
• If you picked the article about Ecology to evaluate - did you see mention of climate change? Why or why not? If you were going to create a new article about climate change and it's relationship to Ecology, what information would you add? No, I felt it didn't have to do with my topic too much

Hotbed

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In biology, a hotbed is a pile of decaying organic matter warmer than its surroundings due to the heat given off by the metabolism of the microorganisms in the decomposing pile.

A hotbed covered with a small glass cover (also called a hotbox) is used as a small version of a hothouse (a heated greenhouse). The bed is often made of manure from animals such as horses that pass much undigested plant cellulose in their droppings.

Some egg-laying animals make or use hotbeds to incubate their eggs: for example the brush turkey.

By extension, the term hotbed is used metaphorically for an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.