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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

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Article title:
Celosia argentea var. cristata
https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/article_finder?search_term=Cockscomb%20(Celosia%20argentea%20var.%20cristata)&search_type=keyword&article_quality=100&min_views=0
Article Evaluation
  • Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the article's content is relevant to the topic, but it does not have a lot of information.
  • Is it written neutrally? Yes, it is written neutrally.
  • Does each claim have a citation? Yes, but one of the sources is self-published.
  • Are the citations reliable? Yes, most of the citations are from Harvard University or other Universities.
  • Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? I would say that this specific plant is a less-spoken of subject, so it would be good to add more information about it.
Sources
E. Tanne, L. Kuznetsova, J. Cohen, S. Alexandrova, A. Gera
  1. Phytoplasmas as Causal Agents of Celosia Disease in Israel . In: HortScience . Vol. 35, No. 6, October 2000, pp. 1103-1106
  2. Grant, William F. 1954. A cytological study of Celosia argentea, C. argentea var. cristata, and their hybrids. Botanical Gazette, 115(4): 323-336.
  3. Colin W. Wrigley, Harold Corke, Koushik Seetharaman, Jon Faubion: Encyclopedia of Food Grains. Vol. 1, Second Edition, Academic Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-12-803537-5, p. 275.
  4. WF Grant: A Cytological Study of Celosia argentea, C. argentea var. Cristata, and Their Hybrids. In: Botanical Gazette. 115 (4), 1954, pp. 323-336.
  5. Georg August Pritzel, Carl Jessen : The German folk name of the plants. New contribution to the German language treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hanover 1882, page 86.
  6. JR Olupot et al .: The effectiveness of Celosia argentia (Striga chaser) to control Striga on sorghum in Uganda. Crop Protection 22 / - / 2003. Pp. 463-8
  7. Hayakawa et al .: Anti-metastatic and immunomodulating properties of the water extract from Celosia argentea seeds. In: Biol Pharm Bull. 21 (11), 1998, p. 1154-9

Option 2

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Article title:
Philodendron hederaceum
Philodendron hederaceum
Article Evaluation
  • Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the article's content is relevant to the topic, but it needs a lot of work (not a lot of information present).
  • Is it written neutrally? Yes, it is written neutrally.
  • Does each claim have a citation? No, and there are not a lot of citations.
  • Are the citations reliable? I am unsure, as the citation is in another language.
  • Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? Yes, this plant is underrepresented although it has really interesting features.
Sources
  • Philodendron cordatum (hort.) info

Option 3

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Article title:
Styrax japonicus
Styrax japonicus
Article Evaluation
  • Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the content is relevant, but the article has a 'C' rating, which means it can be improved.
  • Is it written neutrally? Yes, it is written neutrally.
  • Does each claim have a citation? Yes, there are a ton of sources (more sources than actual information).
  • Are the citations reliable? Most of them seem to be alright. A few are from encyclopedias and Chinese medicinal books. I believe a few sources from educational websites will be good for this article.
  • Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? Most of the Earth is plant life, and there is definitely not enough coverage of all of the plants on Earth, so yes.
Sources
^ a b "ENH-763/ST605
  1. Styrax japonicus: Japanese Snowbell". edis.ifas.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30

Option 4

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Option 5

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