User:CassieSmith5/Pleistocene megafauna/BeeCandelaria Peer Review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Peer review of "Homemaking"
Peer review of this article about a famous painting

Additional Resources

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

General info

Whose work are you reviewing?

CassieSmith5

Link to draft you're reviewing: Pleistocene megafauna
Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)

Evaluate the drafted changes

Because you is focusing on adding information to the Lead and Content of the article, I will focus on sections about that, and bold whenever I talk about the other guiding sections.

Lead

The lead is very short for this article, and I believe that some more analysis as to why this article is important would fit well here. Because this article is not a list, I think it requires some purpose. Especially is you takes some of the advice I use in the content section, I think beefing up this Lead portion will do well.

Content

I like your ideas for content! Perhaps under "North America" and "South America" you could add sub-sections of "Interactions with People" and include information on oral traditions here. Or eve, perhaps, adding a sub-section about Oral Traditions and Megafauna would get the point across better. I think this article is very science oriented and could benefit from an anthropological/archaeological view here, to balance the tone of the article. Adding Dr. Steeve's book as a reference will also help balance out the article and add Indigenous views here as well.

Organization

I think that most of your writing will fall, at least spatially, under the "Great Plains" or "Pacific Coast" sections if I am not mistaken. However, if either one doesn't fit very well, I would consider adding a new section under the North America section about human interactions, like I mentioned before. Here, you could add the oral traditions and overall Indigenous traditions regarding the bison and mastadons, but also the other traditions that Dr. Steeve's points out such as the Thunderbird (I did research on this for the Blog #2(? #1? Who knows, the one with the podcast with Dr. Steeve)) and the Mammoth dances. All these animals are kept alive through oral traditions, not just the fossil record.

Media

I'm not sure if you were wanting to add media as a part of your wikipedia project, but it looks like North America doesn't have any pictures under it, and it is a great place to put them.