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Timeline
WIKIPEDIA START-UP HOMEWORK

(due: 12:00 noon, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013)

Answer all questions within a wiki “sandbox” – upon completion AND copy all that text into an email. Send the email with the complete answers to Webb, and include a link to the wiki sandbox in the email also. (Webb may not be able to access the sandboxes in China).

(1) Search for Wikipedia pages on 3 plate tectonics topics that are directly or tangentially related to your chosen topic.

For each page: [A] provide the link to the page, [B] explain the basic concept and value of the page (one sentence per page), [C] propose a useful alteration / addition to the page’s content, [D] describe both a successful part and an improve-able part of the *written communication* of the page, and [E] describe both a successful part and an improve-able part of the *visual communication* on the page.

(2) Provide a brief proposal for the Wikipedia page you intend to create this semester. This should include [A] an outline of the topic, [B] discussion of its value to both the wide audience and specialist audience, and [C] an explanation of how you intend to structure the page. This last part must include description of the original figure(s) that you will create for the page (each page will require at least one original figure), and of the reasoning behind the choice of figure(s).

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