User:Glenngrace7/sandbox

Article Selection
I would like to improve the article on William H. Emory. The article written on him is very detailed and nice but it does not many sources. I plan to find sources to confirm what is written in the article. I added a citation that confirmed that he was an active member in the reconstruction of Louisiana. While researching Emory, I realized that they only mentioned one of his children. He had 10 children so I added that fact with a citation.

https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/william-h-emory

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=EM001

http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6s18150

CE Biographies
I read the article on William Milnor Roberts. The article is in chronological order. This article is relevant to the Roberts. The article is very neutral and presents the facts clearly and in order. Some of the links do not work because the citations were not properly created. The sources that worked were from academic journals and biographies. Most people in the talk page are talking about the lack of sources and contributions for Roberts' works.

CE Subjects
I read the article on Discounted Cash Flow. The article seems unbiased because it presents the benefits of DCF and its shortcomings. There is further reading so that the reader can get more knowledge. I do not think that this topic was stated plainly enough for anyone to read it. Some of the links to the references are broken and could not be found. I was distracted by the other topics presented in the article. Many of the comments on the talk page have to do with rewriting the article.

1st Question Set
If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago, it was would be much smaller and not have the recognition that it has today. Many people were not literate 100 years ago. The contributors would have been in academia. The content would not be easy for every one to understand.

In 100 years, I think that everyone will be Wikipedia contributors. I do not think that many people know that they can improve articles or challenge what is already written. Since more people will be contributing to Wikipedia, I think the content will be easier to understand. On the other hand, other wikipedia users will have to be wary of what they consider true or false.

2nd Question Set
100 years ago, civil engineering was not nearly as standardized or organized as it is today. The contributors would not have been engineers but construction workers. I think that there would be a lot of varying techniques to complete the same project. The lack of technology would hinder the civil engineering knowledge. Over the last 100 years, technological advances have been made that has made civil engineering knowledge easier to understand.

In 100 years, civil engineering knowledge will be much larger. With classes like this, new engineers are