User:Narbble/OLES2129

Activity 1

This article is rated as Stub-Class in the WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles. The criteria for an A-class article states that it should be "well organised and essentially complete". The article is currently very short and incomplete, with only a brief introduction on the species and the places it can be found. In order to achieve a better class rating, the following steps can be taken:

- More information which can be split into categories such as Taxonomic history, Description, Diet, Habitat, Behaviour etc.

- The article should be well-structured and stylised

- The page should have at least 1 picture of what the species looks like

- The page should have information cited from a broad array of reliable sources with no copyright problems

- The page should be reviewed by impartial reviewers

Activity 2

Random Article: Hannah Mather Crocker

Added more citations needed tag. Also posted in the Talk Page.

Tutorial 4

Activity 1

Feature Article: Raccoon

This article is well written and comprehensive.The article exhibits good succinct prose and is written in an easily readable manner.
The article is well cited, with every major fact and statement substantiated by comphrehensive third party sources such as books and scholarly articles.
The article's subject is fairly factual and neutral in nature and apolitical and the article reflects this by presenting a completely comprehensive factual summary of the subject. areas where opinion and bias might come into play, such as the Interaction with Humans, and mythology section are correctly formatted into subheadings and summarised and backed up by references.
Racoons are not a highly controversial topic nor is it an ongoing current event and a well established animal therefore racoons are not the subject of edit wars and ongoing debate making Racoons highly stable.
Content under every subheading contains substantial information backed up by referencing and isn't merely one sentence.

The article begins with a clear lead which summarises the information that is outlined, beginning with a basic description and briefly mentioning their diet, habitat and behaviour that gives the reader an overview of what they can expect to find. The content is split into distinct categories of: etymology, taxonomy, description, behaviour, range, health, racoons and humans etc which are split into sub-headings that can be easily navigated to. Each paragraph has multiple citations, with most sentences ending in at least one citation, showing that the article is well-researched, and all information can be tracked to another source.

Each section has relevant pictures or diagrams to demonstrate the traits discussed and, where appropriate, tables are used to summarise information and present it in a way that is easy to comprehend (such as in subspecies where each one is described in terms of image, trinomial authority, description, range and synonyms).