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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
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
- Videos
- Science
- The Science section might (or might not) be divided into atwo 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} Scienceof 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 they are important.
- Results
- Where known, we should attempt to keep track of each projects 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.)