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Wikipedia Project – Topic Proposal
This week, your task is to pinpoint your project topic and begin to evaluate the existing content on the topic or related to the topic. This does not need to be long. This assignment is intended to guide you through your studying of what is there and how you want to add.

Very clearly tell me the topic you have chosen below. It is best if you have narrowed it down to a short phrase at most. This should reflect the subject heading and/or subheadings you will write on within Wikipedia.
 * Chain gang (section 2 History)

Regarding your chosen topic, what is your impression of the content currently available on Wikipedia? Why do you feel that you need to contribute to this content? Are you creating a new page, fixing a pre-existing page, or adding to a pre-existing page, or something else?
 * My impression of the history of chain gangs provided via Wikipedia is that it is brief. It is presented in a bulleted list and I believe there is more information out there that could be reflected in this section.
 * I feel that a contribution to the topic is necessary so that the full history of prisons is not forgotten. Remembrance is needed in order to fully understand why prison abolition is needed.
 * I will be adding to a pre-existing page.

Describe the current state of the content on Wikipedia. Link me to what is there so I can see as well. If there is nothing available, what keywords and phrases have you tried? Even if there is nothing, give me a sense of what a person might be able to learn about something close to what is available. This will give you a sense of how hard people have to try to find information about that topic.
 * The information on Wikipedia about the history of chain gangs is minimal and could be expanded. For example, the history section mostly focuses on the ‘various claims to the purpose of chain gangs’ but does not discuss when chain gangs started.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_gang#History

What needs to be done to create change for this topic? If you are creating something brand new, what sections do you envision it having? Please keep this reasonable because of our short and accelerated time frame. And remember that you won’t know and be able to share EVERYTHING in this short time, but a good solid start is still important. Rralnas (talk) 18:17, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Additional research needs to be done on the topic. When the new research is added, the history section of chain gangs may need to be restructured.