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Guidelines
The general idea is that articles should be in everyday language; no domain specific expertise should be assumed. "Simplify, Clarify, Glorify", in the words of Irving Berlin. The goal is to take the average person, who knows nothing about the subject, and make them interested in the subject -- so interested, they want to lend their computers.
Article Structure
Please make your article title the same as the project name (ex SETI@home,LHC@home, etc.)
Also, Let's try to keep a common format to articles. You can expand, and link from the main page about your project to other pages, but be sure you have the following subheadings, at least --
- Introduction
- For starters, copy the text from the GR projects page: then we can use this wiki to draft improvements of that text. If the project is not listed on the projects page you will need to venture to the project's website, gather information about it, and create an summary written in a way that makes the project sound exciting and would make people want to join.
- Videos
- Find videos that either the project created, was created about the project, or presents information relevant to the project or its science.
- Science
- The Science section might (or might not) be divided into two parts: {1} general discussion of the field, and then {2} a discussion of the project's specific endeavor. For instance, in LHC@home, we might have {1} "Science of the Large Hardon Collider" and then {2} "Science of LHC@home"
- The above is desirable, because in most cases, the field of research is really fascinating, and presenting this in broad terms-- outlining the big questions-- can make it easier to understand the particulars of the project and why it is important.
- Results
- Where known, we should attempt to keep track of each project's publications. A good list to draw from is here.
- Links of Interest
- Why recreate the wheel; there are lots of great sources out there.; a good list of sources can be really useful to the reader.
- "In the Classroom"
- For each project, please add a "[Projectname] in the Classroom" section-- with a link to Volunteer Computing In the Classroom and an article named "[Projectname] in the Classroom". (Then please add "[Projectname] in the Classroom" to the list on the main Education page.)
Creating and Editing Articles
Instructions for using the Documentation are in the Help section, here