User talk:Kquincy
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:14, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Kaitlyn's Peer Review
[edit]Ted Salad (talk) 04:52, 18 February 2019 (UTC)Hey Kaitlyn
Overall, I think your article is a good starting point. I realize that with these invasive plant wiki pages, there may not be a wealth of information available, so it is a little difficult to really fill out a page. That being said, since it is a smaller page with less information than, say, garlic mustard, it might benefit from the removal of some of the sub-headers. If some of the descriptions about habitat and physiology were included in the unnamed intro/description of Hymenachne amplexicaulis, it could clean up the page and make it simpler.
Also, links to certain key concepts/components would be helpful. Again, I understand that this is a work-in-progress so it is possible that you are planning on doing that later. For instance, aerenchyma should be linked to the aernchyma tissue wiki page. Locations, physiological parts, and functions that have pages should also be linked.
That is all I have for now, but I think I can come up with more tomorrowTed Salad (talk) 04:52, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
I would switch the order around. Begin with Biology, then move to Habitat, and end with Invasion. That might flow better and allows the reader to get a brief introduction of the organism itself before delving into its invasion history. Also, a photo of Hymenachne amplexicaoulis would be helpful (although photos are difficult for Wikipedia).
I think the information is there for the biology and habitat sections, but transitions between sentences need to be a bit more fluid. Right now, it reads like a list of facts.
I would also reorganize the sentences in the Invasion section. Start with where and when the invasions happened. Follow that with how/why they happened, and finish with their effects on native vegetation. Maybe include examples of successful/failed attempts at controlling Hymenachne spread.
I think overall its really good. As a rough draft, there are some fluidity issues and maybe some restructuring, but it seems like the information is there and the citations are there. Also, it seems to be written without any bias so I think just some basic tinkering will help it immensely.
Just as a side note, now I am curious as to how it outcompetes other native species. In the Habitat section, it says that Hymenachne is in areas with low competition. I think that could be expanded more for clarity (unless the cited paper doesn’t explain it sufficiently). Ted Salad (talk) 20:03, 29 March 2019 (UTC)