User:Revjeff530/sandbox

04-10-18

- Reviewed more publications about apocalypse, fasting, spiritual visions and tied what I could to a previous wikipedians work. Had to modify sentence structure and add content to make it flow together. Worked directly within the main article and made each change step by step. Also Added in sub headings under "Symbolism" to help define the sections and direct/inspire future authors expansions.

04-05-18

- Worked directly in the wiki article main page and researched and cited a new non faith based source for the lead. Added 2 links to wiki articles about dreams and spiritual visions.

03-30-18

- tweaked the lead a little more to include links to other articles with same name and addded in a little more content that will be read about later on.

- moved lead to main article

- adjusted wording in main article headers to allow for focused expansion for future authors.

Wow, Jeff! I'm super impressed with all this work. On the talk page for Apocolypse you mention that you have a draft revision of the opening paragraph done, but I don't actually see it here. Can you post it here? Next week, you'll probably want to replace it with the current intro paragraph in Apocolypse. Woo hoo!! Writing for a real/public audience! Springerhe (talk) 19:48, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It is actually posted below. I made updates and moved it to the main article. Revjeff530 (talk) 19:37, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

03-17-18

- Added citation for greek roots of the term from Oxford Dictionary Online. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/apocalypse

- Digital Research in my Logos libraries for "Apocalypse." - found many extra biblical accounts involving apocalypses

- Rewrote the lead to accomdate of the term proper as applied to the book of Revelation and to accomodate the titling or labeling use of texts.

- added back an original citation into the lead about the "Book of Revelation"

- reviewed a few articles for peer review and chose "Gold Country" and then left a review.

- saw the reference in the article header about focus on the religious sense of the word. That will help direct my further edits. In the lead there is mention to the catastrophic events that could be seen as outside the scope of this article per the definition at the top; however, many of the revelations do involved those events so I am electing to keep it in the lead and maybe adjust some wording to suggest; but it should be passable as is - hopefully I can get some input by our pros.

- Added in purposed section organization/headers and sub headers

- brought back in the End of the age section from original article so classmate who is working on the same article can see all the info in one place on my purposed rewrite.

03-16-18

- Rewrote the lead and am very pleased with it.

- Reviewed the remaining content of article.

- Deleted the "End of the Age section" It was one-sided and is better left in the escatology series under Christianity.

- Added wiki link to Eschatology

- New section outline considerations / "To-do":

1) History

- origin of use (need sourcing)

- dreams and vision (use and organize content already in article)

- Revelation as a title (need sourcing)

- transition into modern use (need sourcing)

2) Events or event types (could be a better word, pull from eschatology sources)

- natural

- of mankind (not related to nature)

- spiritual

3) Symbolism (use and organize sources, cut out reduntant sources, consider use of eschatology references)

4) See Also - (Organize, see about condensing just down to eschatology source instead of the multiple religious references)

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03-15-18

- Attempted first rewrite of lead

- Will examine all eschatology articles in the chart of this article to get an overall and rounded idea of the term.

- Looking at organizing the content into

1) History

- origin

- Revelation

- transition into modern use

2) Use of Symbolism ?

- dreams

- events

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03-04-2018

- Reviewed article again.

- Checked all online linked sources (scripture references) and they are valid.

- Looked at definition of Apocalypse online merriam webster, and in webster 1828

- Read this article about citing dictionaries on wikipedia:

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dictionaries_as_sources

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dealing_with_dictionary_definitions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wiktionary_redirect

- Went to see about online access to Oxford English Dictionary - no dice. Available at Butte College Library

- Went to see about online access to resource #1 How Jesus Became God - no dice. Book not available at Butte College Library. Articles about the book are available to view online.

- Posted in the article talk page under the sourcing section about the sourcing check and my current concerns about sourcing.

- Reviewed the Mayan Article lead and the Apocalypse section that Teacher Springer posted.

- Reviewed other wiki articles on Latin/Greek based words to compare leads: Ex Post Facto, E pluribus unum, Bios, Chroma Key, Petros *, Therm *, Morph, Syn*

- Transferred Article into Sandbox and placed at the bottom.

03-02-17 7pm

Plan of attack this week.

- Review the article again with listed goals in mind

- Check all sources cited for validity, plagiarism, original sourcing and make recommendations to the talk page

- Review items posted by wiki team on my sandbox page and evaluate action or non action.

- Look at other similar words or ideas on wikipedia on higher rated articles to compare/contrast their lead

- Transfer original article content to my sanbox and to google doc.

- (bonus) Draw a concept map/organization of each line of information that is presented

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Good start, Jeff. Notice that the help box on the page wants more good secondary sources...see if the talk page can help you focus a bit more. Secondary sources for what parts in particular.

Also, the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction already has its own page. Consider linking to that one rather than adding it here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon It appears to me that this is a general, philosophical take on apocalypse. But I'll also have Ian (Wiki tech) weigh in and give you some ideas. Springerhe (talk)
 * Thank you, I checked it out. Revjeff530 (talk) 23:38, 4 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I think these are viable sources to work from. Textbooks dedicated to the topic are very useful, in part because they give you conceptual frameworks for the idea you're trying to write about. You don't need to use it, but it helps you think about how you want to present information about such a broad concept.
 * If a topic has it's own article, it's useful to present a short summary of it and include a  link at the top of the section (substituting the actual title of the article for "Article Title").
 * I am not sure what you are referring to in this statement :\ Revjeff530 (talk) 23:38, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Don't forget to refer to the Editing Wikipedia brochure. It has a lot of useful information to help you develop your draft. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

I am looking into contributing to the Apocalypse article. Maybe I can suggest some reorganization, a more definitive and neutral direction, and some truncating of ideas that serve no greater purpose for the article.

Possible Source to reference earthquakes being included in Apocalyptic events

Possible source to reference extra biblical cultures whose believed in an Apocalypse.

Possible Source to reference how an Apocalypse was not a new concept.

ARCHIVED OF MY EDITED ARTICLE:

An apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις apokálypsis, from ἀπό and καλύπτω, literally meaning "an uncovering" ) is a disclosure of knowledge or revelation. Historically, the term has a heavy religious connotation as commonly seen in the prophetic revelations of eschatology (see wiki chart in this article: Series on Eschatology) and were obtained through dreams or spiritual visions. Also, it is the Greek word for the last book of the New Testament entitled "Revelation". The term is also included in the title of some non-biblical canon books involving revelations. Today, the term is commonly used in reference to any larger-scale catastrophic event, or chain of detrimental events to humanity and/or nature. In all contexts, the revealed events usually entail some form of an end time scenario or the end of the world or revelations into divine, heavenly, or spiritual realms. For more specific examples of apocalypses, see Apocalypticism.

Dreams and Visions
The revelation may be made through a dream, as in the Book of Daniel, or through a vision, as in the Book of Revelation. In biblical accounts of revelations the manner of the revelation and its reception is generally described.

According to the Book of Daniel, after a long period of fasting, Daniel is standing by a river when a heavenly being appears to him, and the revelation follows (Daniel 10:2ff).

Symbolism
Apocalyptic writing often makes wide use of symbolism. One instance of this occurs where gematria is employed, either for obscuring the writer's meaning or enhancing it; as a number of ancient cultures used letters also as numbers (i.e., the Romans with their use of "Roman numerals"). Thus the symbolic name "Taxo," "Assumptio Mosis", ix. 1; the "Number of the Beast" (616/666), in the Book of Revelation 13:18; the number 666 ('Iησōῦς), Sibyllines, i.326–30.

Similar is the frequent prophecy of the length of time through which the events predicted must be fulfilled. Thus, the "time, times, and a half," Daniel 12:7 which has been taken to be 3½ years in length by Dispensationalists; the "fifty-eight times" of Enoch, xc.5, "Assumptio Mosis", x.11; the announcement of a certain number of "weeks" or days, which starting point in Daniel 9:24, 25 is "the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks", a mention of 1290 days after the covenant/sacrifice is broken (Daniel 12:11), 12; Enoch xciii.3–10; 2 Esdras 14:11, 12; Apocalypse of Baruch xxvi–viii; Revelation 11:3, which mentions "two witnesses" with supernatural power, 12:6; compare Assumptio Mosis, vii.1.

Symbolic language also occurs in descriptions of persons, things or events; thus, the "horns" of Daniel 7 and 8; Revelation 17 and following; the "heads" and "wings" of 2 Esdras xi and following; the seven seals of Revelation 6; trumpets, Revelation 8; "vials of the wrath of God" or "bowl..." judgments, Revelation 16; the dragon, Revelation 12:3–17, Revelation 20:1–3; the eagle, Assumptio Mosis, x.8; and so on.

End of the Age
In the Hebrew Old Testament some pictures of the end of the age were images of the judgment of the wicked and the glorification of those who were given righteousness before God. In the Book of Job and in some Psalms the dead are described as being in Sheol, awaiting the final judgment. The wicked will then be consigned to eternal suffering in the fires of Gehinnom, or the lake of fire mentioned in the Book of Revelation.