Talk:Forensic entomology

This is a very interesting topic. I feel though that it is just "sort of" well written. Many of the sentences do not make sense. Go back over everything and try to combine sentences. Often times I have trouble following the article. I hope this helps!!!Megalatta (talk —Preceding comment was added at 02:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

This article describes Forensic Entomology very well as we have learned in class. It describes the three areas concerned with Forensic Entomology. It also goes into great detail of the history of this subject. And, it provides many examples. I think this is a great article. Good job!! Karmijo37, April 15th, 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karmijo37 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC) Article merged: See old talk-page here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Entogirl88 (talk • contribs) 14:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I liked this article it was easily understood and also presented in the class lectures. However, I think that after providing a list of the tools in the collection kit you may want to add some small details such as: pull back hair, wear appropriate shoes(boots, and brightly colored cotton clothing. (June21st86 (talk) 22:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC))

I think that several parts of the article, including the CSI effect section as well as the movies section would go well in the CSI Effect page. The 19th century section would do well to go in History of Entomologyentogirl88 (talk) 04:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that under the history part you should talk about the first known case. About how he let the flies come and cover the murder weapon.--Kmh2003 (talk) 08:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I would have to agree with Crosenbalm. Forensic entomology is too broad of a subject to be limited to law enforcement. A large forensic entomology umbrella group is a possibility.Quatrevingtsix (talk) 04:04, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Forensic Entomology is comprised of three different entities: Urban Entomology, Stored Product Entomology, and Medicocriminal Entomology. We feel that each of these categories contain enough information to be regarded as seperate subjects. We feel it would be disrespectful to merge this category, as it would take away from the individuality of the topic.

Crosenbalm (talk) 20:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

The first few paragraphs of the article were very interesting; however, maybe you could include some headers to organize it a bit. The rest of the article was great and seems very well researched.Hurricane979 (talk) 16:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I feel that this article dicusses a unique topic, that of the Forensic Entomologists themselves. In my opinion, credit should be given to the men and women who perform the job. There is sufficient information for an article that dicusses them exclusively, as a separate entitity from the general topic forensic entomology. Forensic entomologists also perform unique work in different fields of forensic entomology as well. Garza j e (talk) 00:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)garza_j_e (talk)

This article is a good broad summary of the history of entomology. But, I didn't see anything about the way Megning developed the use of different levels of seres in relation to exposed versus buried bodies. You may want to research that topic and insert a paragraph about it. Austinh37 (talk) 20:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

The sections previously in the article Forensic entomology and society have been merged into this article because of their relation to the history of Forensic entmology as a science, which was also redirected here and because this article does an excellent and thorough job of explaining the history of forensic entomology. This article does need some grammatical and stylistic editing. Consider putting this article up for a peer review for stylistic changes.entogirl88 (talk) 14:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

This is a very good and very informative article. Also, maybe ya'll can add this to your section of medical-legal entomology that it involves or deals with (human) myasis and dilusionary parasitosis. I actually learned this in one of my forensic classes today! Agbetty (talk) 22:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.194.32.49 (talk)

Hey. What is Reinhard's full name. It would be nice to know his full name, just if someone wanted to google him, to find out more information about him and his studies he conducted.Sabm05mval05 (talk) 03:49, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I thought overall you did a good job on the information presented in this article. Their is alot of information that could of gone into this but i thought you did a good job of picking out the most important. I also like the movie section of the article. It gives readers who might not know alot about the subject something to relate to because "Silence of the Lambs" is a very popular movie. good job. Jared Jcdvipertx2000 (talk) 17:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Updates

That list at the bottom is simply a copy and paste of the list of articles from Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ENTO_431, the writing assignment. Incorporate these into the article instead of leaving them in the external links category; they are not external links. Also, expand the list of forensically important insects to include all the insects mentioned in the articles list, and scour Wikipedia for more insects to which you can link. ABrundage, Texas A&M University (talk) 23:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Just an idea, since forensic entomology is such a broad field and we have tons of information on it. Maybe your group could provide a link to the rest of our group's pages. That way when someone is looking up forensic entomology, they can easily navigate to these other pages. This would not only help readers, but it would make your article look a lot more professional. You could possibly title the section "related links". Hope that you will find this helpful! Lindseyjean11 (talk) 16:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I would suggest rereading your article thoroughly because there are a few spelling and grammar mistakes. Some of your sentences seem to run together. Also, when talking about the history of entomology you should list the full names of all the important people. Horsenerd09 (talk) 06:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)horsenerd09

Good article. I liked how you hit a lot of important aspects of forensic entomology and the layout was easy to transition with. Some suggestions I have are to read over your article again for grammar/punctuation mistakes. One sentence in your second paragraph "Sometimes used in stored products cases call in to help determine (chain of custody) " wasn't even a complete sentence. Please try fixing that. Also, as stated before, list the full names of all the important people (Reinhard). Lastly, I suggest defining "anastomosis" (under modern techniques) or put it as a link. Overall, good job! Hando09 (talk) 03:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Redirect from History of forensic entomology

I redirected History of forensic entomology here as most of the content(except the case studies) has been transfered here. To access the case studies, click here.--Dodo bird (talk) 08:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

This article was very informative. I love the setup and I especially like the incorporation of those films. Good Job! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heathcj (talk • contribs) 05:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review

Howdy! I've looked over your article and I was very impressed with it I must say! I was especially fond of your use of listing the contributions of various historically important forensic entomologists in sequential order as a method of helping the reader establish a virtual time line of the field's development over the past few centuries. I would like to suggest that you consider making two small changes however: First, I would try to combine the second and third sentences of the introduction in order to make the paragraph flow more smoothly. Secondly, I would reword the first sentence of the third paragraph like this, "...includes the presence of arthropods on or near a body in events such as murder...trafficking either while the event/crime is occurring or in the period of time directly proceeding it." If you could possibly find a less wordy way of saying what I just gave as an example I think it would look better. Well I hope my advice and encouragement helps you in your last revisions of your article! Thanks and Gig'em! Lancecameron (talk) 17:40, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Great article!!! Just a few suggestions. In the second paragraph, you guys talk about urban entomology at first, but then there is a weird change of topic to stored-product entomology. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but I don't see a transition. Maybe you could write about stored-product in another paragraph. Also, when you write about works in the past that have led to the popularity of forensic entomology, I would add Shakespear and possibly CSI. I remember talking in class about how Shakespear referenced insects in his writings. And when CSI became popular, more and more people became interested in forensics. Overall, i really enjoyed your article, you guys did a great job using examples that helped in the formation of forensic entomology. (Mexicanspaniard1 (talk) 17:59, 16 April 2008 (UTC))