Suggestions from JT
Hi Sarah,
Ancient History and Archives is a huge area to tackle...as others have mentioned below. I like the areas you have decided to cover. Some Suggestions:
- Perhaps you could explain early in your introduction the Scope of your Wiki: what areas you have decided to focus on and why. Some of our peers had pointed out to me in my wiki on Archives and FOI that I needed to make my readers aware early on that my wiki would focus predominantly on the Canadian context.
- Before you dive right into your "Near East" section, consider making a "Key Developments/Issues" section, and/or a "Ancient History Records" section, and then move your list of the "early records that were created/retained" underneath. That way, your Table of Contents will also move up on the page and the introduction is kept neatly separate.
- Under "Problems and Criticism", I really like your discussion on how these ancient institutions may not be considered by some actual "archives". I thought maybe that was important enough of a point to elaborate on early on in your introduction or in a second section of your wiki, as it sets an important context for your readers.
Good luck this week!
JT
Hi Jessica,
The "Problems and Criticism" section was my favourite section to write for this wiki and I kept going back and forth over whether to draw more attention to the issues of ancient archives or to repeat certain problems where they were relevant. I will add some information on the issues in the intro though and fiddle with the formatting or add another section to make the page more visually appealing. Do you think I should move the entire "Problems and Criticism" section up so it is before the "Near East" section?
Thanks,
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
That's a tricky one...since your focus is on Ancient History and Archives, I think keep it where it is --after all your regions and their descriptions. I think readers will only be able to fully appreciate the "Problems and Criticisms" you raise after they read the main meat of your wiki. You could always add a sentence or two in "Ancient Origins" to introduce some pertinent issues that will arise, to guide the reader along. For example, what I said before about how these ancient institutions may not be considered by some actual "archives".
Your page is looking great!
JT