GeorgeAlbert02833350

About

I am a undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering major.

Significant Editing Disclosures

• I created this account to develop editing skills and to simulate the creation of projects, in order to practice foundation principles on civil engineering.
• Articles and edits with be created in order to demonstrate Wikipedia skills.
• Sandbox previews homework assignments.

My sandbox

Notes related to Wikipedia work and activities DUE 2/16/18

Editing, William Milnor Roberts

Early Life and Career

(Original) "Roberts was born to Thomas Paschall and Mary Louise (Baker) Roberts [2]. He married Annie Gibson in June, 1837 who later died in 1957. He had up to six children with Annie Gibson. He later married Adeline Beelen in November, 1868 with whom he had four children."

(Edited) Roberts was the son of Thomas Paschall and Mary Louise (Baker) Roberts [2]. He married twice, his first marriage was to Annie Gibson in June of 1837, who passed away 20 years later. In his first marriage Roberts had six children. After the passing of his first wife he remarried to Adeline Beelen in November of 1868 and had another 4 children.

Work in progress

Content Gap DUE 2/09/18

• First and foremost work on the draft for the Engineering Economist in your sandbox.
• Work on topic heading which adequately states the purpose of this wiki and what the reader will learn about from your addition
• Work on subheadings that might add insight to the progress of becoming an Engineering Economist, working as one, the events that took place in order for such a profession to rise up, etc.
• Add plenty of useful sources that give the wiki credibility.
• Make public
• Interact on the talk page to improve on wiki organization, ideas, subjects covered or not covered.

Wellington Improvements

-In the article of Wellington there is no mention of his contributions to Engineering Economics

-Add discussion of his books

-Add discussion of the impact his research and implementation of economic techniques did for the civil engineering profession

Discussion: Thinking of Wikipedia DUE 3/09/18

What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"? NPV or "No original research" NOR

What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information? Particularly for civil engineering data, information or knowledge given NPV or NOR. - A lot of limitations arise when it comes to engineering knowledge and data. Engineers are at the forefront of research and data collection, the issue arises when those engineers want to discuss their findings on a platform like wikipedia. It is against policy to provide original research.

On Wikipedia, all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that might create? -Sources that cannot be included are blog posts, press materials intended to show something in a certain light In some cases — such as articles that involve medical topics — newspapers and popular press articles aren’t appropriate either. An example off the top of my head could be when engineering knowledge goes against political point of views. If our engineering community wanted to make known the consequences of the coal industry for example and that inflicts with our governments interests we may not be able to present that information even though the desimation of that information would be the ethical thing to do.

For this question, assume we are not engineers, If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be different? What about 100 years from now? -If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago I feel like contributors would be mostly white males and the content would be overwhelmingly on 19th century technology. There would be very minimal international access. Optimistically for Wikipedia I would guess that it would be considered a credible source. Perhaps wiki would be organized and edited by some form of AI to make sure the common BOK isn't interfered with.

Now we are answering this as aspiring Civil Engineers. We must also face the question of technology and the role it played in the development of civil infrastructure. If Wikipedia and civil engineering topics were being written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be different? How would Wellington have written about railroad economy? How would Campbell? John Haydon? Milnor Roberts? What about 100 years from now? What would CE knowledge look like 100 years from now? Would a wiki platform remain relevant? -My guess would be that engineering content would not be up to par in terms of the environment and safety. 100 years ago we did not have as much studies on safety, technology, material science. I believe that wiki might become the enconclypedia everyone across all boarders uses, the speed of the spread of information would be like we have never seen before.

Make a new section on your user page One subheading to answer the first question ... Second subheading to answer the second question ... Organize the response in each section any way you wish ... The audience for the first question is a general reader with some exposure to technology while the audience for the second question is practicing civil engineers with fifteen years of experience.