User talk:KkeanJHU/sandbox

It's coming along pretty well. I am sure you're editing some of those agents sections... but probably a really necessary first thing to do now would be to do the intro... what you need to do is remove the title from the contents box and just put it at the top of the page... then have an intro line that goes something like...

The conservation and restoration of waterlogged wood is the process undertaken by conservator-restorers of caring for and maintaining waterlogged wooden artefacts to preserve their form, and the information they contain. It covers the processes that can be taken by conservators, archaeologists, and other museum professionals to conserve waterlogged wood. This practice includes understanding the composition and agents of deterioration of waterlogged wood, as well as the preventive conservation and interventive conservation measures that can be taken.

Within that sort of intro then internally link to a bunch of relevant Wikipedia pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservator-restorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlogging_%28archaeology%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology

make sure this intro appears above the contents box.

Then you can continue building out any of the other sections. But the intro is 100% necessary to (a) complete this assignment, (b) have an article go live. --Daniel Cull (talk) 21:02, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

- As you develop your draft we'll comment more.

1) Images, there's a fair number on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page I searched 'archaeological waterlogged wood' as an example. There is a button on their to make it easy for you to use these images on wikipedia.

2)How we would recommend you progress this is. It'd be good if you could draft out your introductory sentence, and then some of the basic sentences for each section, alongside some of your reference. Then add in some images. Once you have this you can then add a bit to sections as you go, but, you will have an overall article done even if its basic at first.

3) Noteworthy link in Andrew Oddy's bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Oddy#Waterlogged_wood

4) believe you know about this one which will be a useful link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_shipwreck_artifacts

5) you obviously need to link to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_wooden_artifacts (and to some extent some of the information will be useful to copy/paste) but its not a great article overall and you can definitely do better.

--Daniel Cull (talk) 10:28, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Are you finding enough resources? This one looks good - https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/waterlogged-wood/waterlogged-wood/

I like the introduction: "Waterlogged wood comprises a rare and significant part of the archaeological resource. It can occur in extensive wetlands or in small features, such as pits or wells, on otherwise dry sites. Its comparative rarity means that most archaeologists have little experience of dealing with the material. Waterlogged sites are usually more complex and costly to investigate than dry sites, a fact that can often put pressure on archaeological curators, contractors and consultants."

I think you could edit this into a good intro for your article.

Here is another source https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/waterlogged-wood/

Here is a possible picture of a conservator on a waterlogged wood ship

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schofield_working_on_the_Mary_Rose_ship.jpg

Rose Daly (talk) 13:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)