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0. Five main issues you think you can/should deal with on your page.
[edit]These may be subject to change. They should take into account the problems identified by others but need not be the same as these. The main thing is that they should be well thought out and provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your skills and knowledge.
1. Five references that are not web pages. Full citation information.
[edit]You are encouraged to take out at least 3 books from the Mills library! You should look for PEER REVIEWED articles (I suggest you use Sociological Abstracts as a starting point). Consult Encyclopedias of Sociology/Social Science/Social Theory.
2. Identify the citation format currently being used in your article.
[edit]Note that there are several options and that if an article is already using, for example, one type of citation template, then it is customary to stick with that until all the editors working on a page agree to change it.
3. Ten things in the existing article that are in need of references.
[edit]Again, read the page about citing sources to remind yourself of what kinds of things SHOULD be referenced.
4. Five most important biographical facts about this thinker
[edit]What have you learned so far. The assignment here is to gather information, of course, but more importantly to show that you can use what you have learned to prioritize.
5. List of MAJOR works and separate list of MINOR but not obscure works.
[edit]Lots of articles contain long laundry lists. Is there some order you can bring to such things?
6. Five most important secondary sources about this figure/topic.
[edit]NOTE that this will eventually not simply be the first five things you came across. You want to pay attention to what gets cited by people writing about this person or topic. What seem, empirically, to be the go-to sources?