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This will be a rough draft, not a finished product.&nbsp; It will be used to demonstrate a way to research and rough draft at the same time.&nbsp; Remember: <u>Rough Draft</u>&nbsp; No worries at this time about anything but committing raw research information to the page.&nbsp; (I'll have the article finished in its polished form by 3 PM MST today.)&nbsp; There will be three primary stages of your article:  
This will be a rough draft, not a finished product.&nbsp; It will be used to demonstrate a way to research and rough draft at the same time.&nbsp; Remember: <u>Rough Draft</u>&nbsp; No worries at this time about anything but committing raw research information to the page.&nbsp; (I'll have the article finished in its polished form by 3 PM MST today.)&nbsp; There will be three primary stages of your article:  


'''Rough Draft''': reading the article and gathering the information and facts that you want to include.&nbsp;
'''Rough Draft''': reading the article and gathering the information and facts that you want to include.&nbsp;  


'''Writing the article:&nbsp;'''putting your information and facts into sentences and paragraphs.&nbsp; Read the article aloud to yourself and it will help you to catch little mistakes.&nbsp; ''What your eye will miss, your ears will ''''surely hear''  
'''Writing the article:&nbsp;'''putting your information and facts into sentences and paragraphs.&nbsp; Read the article aloud to yourself and it will help you to catch little mistakes.&nbsp; ''What your eye will miss, your ears will surely hear.''  


Polishing the article which will include adding links, changing headings, adding a photo, editing the finished product.<br>
'''Polishing the article:''' which will include adding links, changing headings, adding a photo, editing the finished product over and over. Switch the article into wiki text in order to catch spelling errors. Rich Editor does not have a spell check feature, but wiki text does.


=== Here are some points to remember: <br> ===
'''Here are some points to remember: '''<br>  


'''Plagiarism''': the outright copying of another writer's work.&nbsp; It is illegal and if done in a venue such as our Wiki, can lead to legal consequences if discovered. <br>  
'''Plagiarism''': the outright copying of another writer's work.&nbsp; It is illegal and if done in a venue such as our Wiki, can lead to legal consequences if discovered. <br>  
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