User:Trventuraa/OLES2129

Activity 1 - From Scratch

After taking a look at the revision history on an article about the Vietnam War, there were definitely certain things that were lacking on the first revision of it. The first revision had very basic information about the Vietnam War; it was simply divided into five sections: Origins of the War, American Escalation, Opposition to the War, Vietnamization and The End of the War.

It does provide a solid foundation about what the War was about as it contains a bit of backstory and gives the reader a summary of the chronological events that took place. However, a lot of information is still lacking, such as a specific timeline, dates, etc.

If I were to read the article for the first time, I would have started with a broad overview of the war, an introduction, or a very short summary. I would then look at the significant events that occurred and then give those events their own sections, similarly to what the most current version of the article has done.

As a second reader, I most probably would continue to provide my own information about major events that took place during the Vietnam War as it is likely that I may have excluded a lot of significant information if I were to start the article on my own.