Please write your abstract for your conference presentation (spoken or poster form) about your Wikipedia article research process. Submit your completed abstracts to the conference organizers (12pt single spaced Times New Roman font, title centered, main text justified)
The specific requirements are:
- 150-350 words (not including the bibliography);
- Includes the following elements: Introduction (background/notability), Methods (how you carried out your research), Results (what you found/what was accomplished), Discussion (conclusions and implications, possibilities for further research);
- Observes all academic language conventions which we have discussed (formal register/word choice; no use of personal pronouns like "I", "we", "you"; using full word forms instead of contractions);
- At least one in-text citation (Last name, year) and a full bibliography at the end.
Here is a sample abstract based on the following Wikipedia article research poster: Cupid's Head
Improvement of the Wikipedia article about the album Cupid's Head
Cupid's Head is the fourth studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Axel Willner under his alias The Field, released by Kompakt on 30 September 2013. (Terich, 2013) The album is notable enough to merit its own Wikipedia article, as it has been extensively written about and reviewed by a wide range of reliable music journalism sources such as Allmusic (Kellman, 2013), Pitchfork (Fitzmaurice, 2013) and Resident Advisor (Miller, 2013), and all of The Field's other albums also have their own Wikipedia articles. In order to write the article, three existing high-quality "featured" Wikipedia articles of similar topics were first analyzed in terms of structure and content. Then, information about the album's background, production, composition, style, release, promotion, critical reception, and personnel was gathered from 36 different secondary sources that met Wikipedia's criteria for trustworthiness. Overall, 874 words as well as five full new sections were added to the article. The newly revised article also has twice as many referenced sources as the original (36 instead of 18). Although future improvements could be made in order to achieve the status of "good" or "featured, the Cupid's Head article no longer meets the criteria for a "stub" article. Future writers might add a section on commercial performance, as well as a track-by-track description of the music. Additional information about the remix album could also be included.
References:
Fitzmaurice, L. (2013, October 2). The Field: Cupid’s Head. Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18538-the-field-cupids-head/
Kellman, A. (2013, October 1). Cupid’s Head - The Field: Album. AllMusic. https://www.allmusic.com/album/cupids-head-mw0002569826
Miller, D. (2013, October 4). The Field - Cupid’s Head · album review ⟋ RA. Resident Advisor. https://ra.co/reviews/13747
Terich, J. (2013, September 26). Stream the new album by The Field, Cupid’s Head. Treblezine. https://www.treblezine.com/stream-the-new-album-by-the-field-cupids-head/
(225 words before references)