User:Sefacci/sandbox

Hopefully a lot of smart stuff will appear here soon.

Here are the Five Pillars of Wikipedia

I. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a space for personal ideas and research.

II. Articles should be unbiased.

III. Information presented here is free and should not be plagiarized.

IV. Be nice to other editors

V. Rules are fluid.

Summary of characteristics of target article
(Moving this over from my talk page where I posted it accidentally.)

We are targeting a B or GA, starting from a stub. A stub-class article is very basic and is probably closer to a simple definition than an encyclopedia article. To improve the article, general knowledge must be expanded, expert level knowledge should be added, and good citations used. Care should be taken to write in a clear, neutral, professional style. To be accepted as GA, an article must undergo an official review. GA may still be slightly incomplete or require more expert knowledge, and will require additional reviews to pass the next level ratings.

Citation Practice - Silk Proteins
Spiders produce a high quality fibrous protein known as silk. There are many different types of proteins and polymers that go into making a silk fiber, but the major ampullae fiber (MA fiber) is one of the strongest known. A better understanding of the structure of spider silks could lead to advances in bioengineering new, better fibers for industry and medical applications. For example, spider silks can be used as a matrix to grow stem cells. However, since spiders cannot be kept together in large numbers, researchers must figure out a way to grow biosilks in another organism.