User:Annavc3/Viperfish/Lauraellis4 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.

Lauraellis4's Review General info

Whose work are you reviewing?

Reviewing sylvieyee's work and section on feeding.

Link to draft you're reviewing
Viperfish sandbox
Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
Viperfish

Evaluate the drafted changes

I know you didn't specifically work on the lead but I like how DVM was mentioned there and then again in the feeding section to give an introduction to it early on! The content added was definitely relevant to the topic of Viperfish and it all comes from credible, current sources that have active links and do contain the information they are being cited for. I did notice that the same article had a citation in the references created for it three times (#20, 22 and 23) so maybe you can just reuse the first citation so it would cite #20 three times!

The content is very neutral and I don't detect any biases or un-cited claims. Although maybe if there was a source for the last sentence of the first paragraph about the prey being high abundance and low occurrence that could be helpful since I was curious how it could be both! Also just a technical thing for that sentence, people who don't know the subtypes of Viperfish (like myself haha) may think that C. sloani is an example of the prey rather than a type of viperfish so that could potentially be clarified a bit more. I liked the organization of the page and thought the writing flowed well together. I thought it was great how you added in some of the adaptations it has relating to feeding behavior! If you were looking to add more info maybe you could talk about the specific diets of some of the species like for C. sloani since the first sentence is pretty generic but there also might not be much info on it and that's why more aren't included.

Overall, I thought it was a great section to add and had some great information with a strong introductory sentence and then more specific cited concepts within. Great job, definitely improves the overall quality of the article!!!