Call for papers?

[garb811]

Cripes, I should just post my latest history essay up to rebut this 'peacekeeping/peacekeeper' mythology that the left and the media love to run with.

You know, that might not be a bad idea.  Back when Go!!! was looking for proofreads, I always loved reading his stuff and I seem to remember another member written essay or two being posted for one reason or another.  Lots of members are taking Political Studies and History courses and I'm sure that, like me, they lean towards topics which are of a military slant when possible. 

Although Ruxted certainly covers many of the hot topic issues in an exemplary fashion, having more "academic" stuff up on here couldn't hurt, particularly since it'd automatically be peer reviewed (to death in many cases ;D).  99% of the time, all that hard work ends up buried in the stack on the desk, never to see the light of day again, if it were posted here it'd make a great resource I think.

 

[George Wallace]

That may be an idea for a new Forum to be set up.  May prove very interesting and enlightening to read some of the Papers that some on the site have produced or are currently writing.  I suppose we would have to restrict them to topics appropriate to the site's mandate.  No call for papers on the growing of granola crops in the Northwest Territories.

 

[aesop081]

No call for papers on the growing of granola crops in the Northwest Territories.

Damned.....i'm out then. Back in the drawer that paper goes......

 

[armyvern]

Damned.....i'm out then. Back in the drawer that paper goes......

Mine's out too Cdn Aviator ...

It's in front of the prof being marked now. I'll wait for the outcome!! 

 

[3rd Herd]

Excellent Idea,
I have a few that need to be torn apart but we need to develop the criteria. Are you thinking full course papers or an abstract of the paper ? Sub boards for different academic areas ?  Also, I am always on the look out for bibliographies in particular subject areas.

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[George Wallace]

We can hash that all out here and when we have a concrete plan and concensus we can probably have Mike implement it.

 

[garb811]

I'd like to see the entire paper, perhaps the paper as an attachment to retain formating and references and an abstract as the message body?  Maybe two topic areas to start, Canadian Military History and General Military Affairs?  The first one is fairly tight in scope but the second would have more range (ie. projection of power as a method of diplomacy, arms control/proliferation, development of military forces to meet foreign policy goals, shaping a coalition of the willing in the post-Iraq period etc)

 

[ModlrMike]

I think there might even be scope to expand the "papers" section. With the large number of pers in university or college, it might be useful to have our peers review our papers prior to submission. I know that I have one or two in the works that could use an unbiased eye.

 

[armyvern]

Excellent Idea,
I have a few that need to be torn apart but we need to develop the criteria. Are you thinking full course papers or an abstract of the paper ? Sub boards for different academic areas ?  Also, I am always on the look out for bibliographies in particular subject areas.

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Well, my latest does not have you listed in it's bibliography ... but there are 13 others listed.    Along with the 32 footnotes. If I threw up my essays, my citations and bibliography would be part and parcel of it ... accreditation to the original source is just the proper thing to do. 

 

[3rd Herd]

I think there might even be scope to expand the "papers" section. With the large number of pers in university or college, it might be useful to have our peers review our papers prior to submission. I know that I have one or two in the works that could use an unbiased eye.

You should always have someone else read over a paper before it goes in. Aside from spelling and grammar, if they cannot follow your arguments, thought train, will the prof be able too. Aside from the "peer" aspect a well written paper should be able to be understood by someone of that level of academics, maybe not the entire subject matter. Also in regard to the on site peer issues some will/my know of a source/citing that could help strengthen or weaken a paper. As for the "unbiased eye" until we get this going you can send them my way. Next to wiki my lastest developing pet peeve is 2nd year poli/ sci papers.  ;D

Army Vern,
using bibliographies to cut down on the "research time" is a good idea. You see what else is written that the author may not have found relevant to his/her paper that could be relevant to yours.

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[armyvern]

Army Vern,
using bibliographies to cut down on the "research time" is a good idea. You see what else is written that the author may not have found relevant to his/her paper that could be relevant to yours.

Absolutely concur; especially if the thesis has been clearly stated by the author of the essay. That's a big hint as to whether or not the bibliographies would also be relevant to the specific topic you happened to be working on; more so if you've cited journal articles, for example, instead of full texts.

 

[armyvern]

I'd like to see the entire paper, perhaps the paper as an attachment to retain formating and references and an abstract as the message body? 

You'd have to fill me in as to how to upload it to the site as an attachment as I haven't got a clue. I need to learn something new today still!! 

 

[3rd Herd]

Another thought occurred as I was just being "over charged" for a bottle of coke is to have someone else other than the author post the paper. That way the paper is more "holistically" evaluated. For example, submission to journals for publishing require a certain number of copies of the paper minus the author's name. These are then passed onto the referees no basis is then attached to the writer. I know in some of the courses (secondary) I have taught, I have exchanged term papers with other teachers in order to give the best evaluation possible. No matter how hard you try, you always remember 'little Johnny" and the spit balls.

"You'd have to fill me in as to how to upload it to the site as an attachment as I haven't got a clue." I was going to ask you the same, I thought you had it figured out.

 

[armyvern]

Another thought occurred as I was just being "over charged" for a bottle of coke is to have someone else other than the author post the paper. That way the paper is more "holistically" evaluated. For example, submission to journals for publishing require a certain number of copies of the paper minus the author's name. These are then passed onto the referees no basis is then attached to the writer. I know in some of the courses (secondary) I have taught, I have exchanged term papers with other teachers in order to give the best evaluation possible. No matter how hard you try, you always remember 'little Johnny" and the spit balls.

"You'd have to fill me in as to how to upload it to the site as an attachment as I haven't got a clue." I was going to ask you the same, I thought you had it figured out.

I foresee a problem with posting an essay for peer review here on the site without the authors name provided.

1) Makes someone else plagiarizing it much easier; and

2) Any prof running a plagiarism program would come across your essay uploaded here ... and therefore you'd be subject to proving that the essay was indeed yours to begin with and therefore not plagiarised from some Army.ca anonymous poster.

As to figuring out how to upload ... I know nothing. I am computer illiterate.  :-[

 

[navymich]

When you post or reply to a thread, you will see just below where you type "Additional Options".  Click on the "+" to expand.  Here you can browse through your personal drive or disk to attach a file.  You will notice the maximum attachment size, as well as the allowed file types.

 

[armyvern]

When you post or reply to a thread, you will see just below where you type "Additional Options".  Click on the "+" to expand.  Here you can browse through your personal drive or disk to attach a file.  You will notice the maximum attachment size, as well as the allowed file types.

Thanks Mich; I have now learned something new today!!  ;D

 

[3rd Herd]

I foresee a problem with posting an essay for peer review here on the site without the authors name provided.

1) Makes someone else plagiarizing it much easier; and

2) Any prof running a plagiarism program would come across your essay uploaded here ... and therefore you'd be subject to proving that the essay was indeed yours to begin with and therefore not plagiarised from some Army.ca anonymous poster.

As to figuring out how to upload ... I know nothing. I am computer illiterate.  :-[

Army Vern,
I have dealt with this issue and aside from the paper I also request all drafts and notes come in with the paper, especially if the paper seems to be above the standard normally associated with that particular student or is a term paper. Continuous improvements through the drafts back the authenticity of paper. I also like to see who has peer read the paper, ie. did you follow my instructions at the start of the class. I looked at a paper last week that was part of a peer review process for marks, it is hard to tell someone "you really suck" and be in the same room.
Just thoughts from the classroom. As for the plagiarizing from army.ca well we are already quoted in wiki.

Thanks twice Airmich.

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Also particularly if you are going to cite an internet source it is a good idea to copy the internet site article and save as a pdf. on your disc drive. That way if the prof or teacher goes to the site as per your citing remarks and it is down or no longer around you still have a back up. This often happens with government documents and change in administration. A prime example would be Clinton declassifying the "Human Radiation Experiments" and Bush locking them back up. There may be a better why to capture but pdf works for the most part.

 

[armyvern]

Then you and I would have a problem. I start my papers on a word doc ... and edit continuously through the same word doc. I forward it to whatever computer I'll be working from on whatever particular day. I suppose that I could go through my "sent emails" to obtain previous versions of the essay - but I usually delete them too, instead of allowing them to take up server space. I print a copy at the end of the process (saving, quite literally, hundreds of thousands of trees!!  ;D ). I don't have any draft copies as I overwrite directly into the original doc. And, I don't print a copy until I'm statisfied with the document.



Edited to add ... I would be able to provide you with 10001 post-it notes with random ramblings that were stuck throughout the reference materials I used though...if you could make sense of them and the little numbers and symbols (ie my code words) I place on them which denotes their significance, placement and relevence to the topic I'm writing on.

Secret decoder ring will be required... ;D

I can write a whole essay (and have been known to) ... and then gather up all my sticky-noted symbols and know exactly what citations to add and where to add them. It's just the way I work. I tend to stay away from direct quotes from sources; I'm more of a paraphrase user if I'm going to cite something, someone, or an example. And it works for me when damn corel programs refuse to save the citations that I have entered into a doc that has been converted...but the rest of the essay shows up. I just send it back to my own computer at home with word ... and re-enter them from my stickies.

 

[3rd Herd]

Then you and I would have a problem. I start my papers on a word doc ... and edit continuously through the same word doc. I print a copy at the end of the process (saving, quite literally, hundreds of thousands of trees!!  ;D ). I don't have any draft copies as I overwrite directly into the originating word doc. And, I don't print a copy until I'm statisfied with document.



Edited to add ... I would be able to provide you with 10001 post-it notes with random ramblings that were stuck throughout the reference materials I used though...if you could make sense of them and the little numbers and symbols (ie my code words) I place on which denotes their significance, placement and relevence to the topic I'm writing on.

Secret decoder ring will be required... ;D

Students just hand in disc's or in this day of advancement e-mail the drafts, I review and email back( I think this is the process used in the "electronic school bus" in the Yukon/NWT). I tend to have the lower secondary grades stick to the pen and pencil route, as aside from the paper itself there is a learning process to be learnt.

 

[armyvern]

Students just hand in disc's or in this day of advancement e-mail the drafts, I review and email back( I think this is the process used in the "electronic school bus" in the Yukon/NWT). I tend to have the lower secondary grades stick to the pen and pencil route, as aside from the paper itself there is a learning process to be learnt.

Your server would be filled up with my drafts. It would work ... but eventually I'd have the capability to crash you ... just like I often crash the photogallery here on this site!!  >