User:JustinDelC/sandbox

Article Evaluation

Article being reviewed: Cat anatomy

• After reviewing the article, I have found that the flow of each section was understandable and had no chunks that were missing
• There is a huge variety of sections that accurately depicts the features of a cat, which is done in a neutral manner with no bias
• Citations: The citations are all at the bottom, and all of them have a superscript that connects them to their respected section. Each source also has a hyperlink that I am able to access easily. After looking through a few sources, I would say that most sections have strong articles that support their claims in the Wikipedia article. The third reference is probably one of the most concerning because the source was not able to be checked, as it did not display pages.
• There are no obvious signs that any of the Wikipedia writers have any sort of plagiarism issues, and many sections have original ideas with inspiration of the reference.
• One of my potential concerns is that there are references that are from the early 1900s, which concerns me because the reference might not be the most accurate anymore, which might be worth reevaluating
• One thing I noticed is that someone on the talk page mentioned that there isn't anything on the eyes, which is something that we can work on. The talk page also mentions various minor fixes to improve the page
• From what I am seeing, the wiki page is rated a C, and is also a part of a wiki project, which should help improve the page over time
• Not only does this page talk about the anatomy and structure of a cat, it also talks about interesting features of a cat, like it's heat tolerance, and ability to survive without water

Proposals

Cat eyes (Cat anatomy) (Week 3)

In the Cat anatomy page, I see that there are sections that talk about the ears, nose and mouth, but there is no section that focuses specifically on the eyes, and the structure and function of them. I believe it would be very beneficial if we added more information on this, and to have it in it's own section. I am currently working with another wiki member on this, and we are splitting it into two parts, one paragraph would focus on the actual structure of the eye, and another will talk about the function of the eye, and how cats can use it to see better during the nighttime, and many other functions. There is also another page that talks a bit about the sight of cats, so we could potentially make it something to add to the see also section.

Chicken (Week 4)

• Chicken
• Galliformes
• Bird anatomy
• I chose these three Wikipedia articles to possibly work on for the semester. As our assigned article is Chickens, I decided to focus on the wing aspect of chicken, and possibly mention features of why they can't fly in comparison to other birds. I chose the bird anatomy article as a way to find information on wings, and the differences in the skeletal structure, weight, and muscles of birds that can fly in comparison to chickens. The Gallifomes page is interesting because there are various types of flightless birds in order to compare to chickens, or even find other pages to work on. The chicken page is the one we are assigned as a group, which is where I would most likely propose to add information on why chicken cannot fly.

Chicken revision (Week 5)

• Bird wing
• Long-crowing chicken - Wikipedia

These are more sources our team found this week in order to help edit the chicken Wiki page. I was also able to find some sources on bird muscle anatomy in order to understand how we could potentially implement more information on how chickens are still flightless, even with the muscle structure they have.

Sources:

• https://faculty.weber.edu/rmeyers/meyers-puffin.pdf

Kovacs, C. E., & Meyers, R. A. (2000). Anatomy and histochemistry of flight muscles in a wing‐propelled diving bird, the Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica. Journal of Morphology, 244(2), 109-125.

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2422295.pdf?casa_token=xG6Ur3g8stwAAAAA:LQLcqVrS-jTZK7quAcDR7liLIzbMCFgUkl1-ce-WvnH6wYHXAMg5cHvoNllL3u8h7vI4fgkyb72xsElqMr6NWTLv74qmEckibCTDUUt-Lv_UwHzMMQ

Hudson, G. E., & Lanzillotti, P. J. (1955). Gross anatomy of the wing muscles in the family Corvidae. The American Midland Naturalist, 53(1), 1-44.

Chicken Draft (Week 6)

For my addition to the Chicken Wikipedia, I plan to add more to the crowing section, in which I feel could have some additional details. I would like to go more into depth on the actual structure that allows these chickens to be as vocal as they are, as well as the reason for this function, and why some chickens crow and do not crow in the first place, and what causes these behaviors. It could also be beneficial to compare chickens to other types of birds that produce sound like songbirds, in order to compare and contrast the features between them.

This information will most likely fit in with the Long-crowing chicken - Wikipedia, where it would then be added as a see also link in the Chicken Wikipedia, in order for both places to have the same accurate information wherever the reader would search for information.

An image I want to include is that of the vocal anatomy of the chicken, in which I plan to dissect into a chicken in order to take pictures and use this as a comparison to other types of vocal birds, and to post on the chicken Wikipedia.

Week 9 (Summary of peer reviews)

For this week, after going over the helpful reviews, I have decided to find a way to incorporate the songbird Wikipedia article, since songbirds have an ideal anatomy that can help me understand how they produce sound, as well as adding information on muscles that aid in the vocalization of birds. I also plan to add images into my next draft, which can help me understand and describe the differences between the vocalization mechanisms between different types of birds.

Week 14 (Final draft)

Vocal Bird anatomy: Birds produce sounds through the air that passes through the Syrinx, which is shown close up in the bottom right.

*This section will be placed in the Respiratory section in the Bird anatomy Wikipedia page*

In order for birds to produce sound, they use a organ located above the lungs called the Syrinx (bird anatomy), which is comprised of tracheal rings, syringeal muscles, Tympaniform membrane, and internal bony structures that contribute to the production of sound. Air then passes through this organ, resulting in the vocalization of birds. Sound can then be produced through the movement of the Tympaniform membrane, in which then pitch can also changed by opening and closing of the Tympaniform membrane.