MEMORANDUM

Date: 3 December 2008

To: Professor James Lipuma

From: Wasseem Abugosh

Subject: Wikipedia Revision Grade

I feel the Wikipedia Revision that I made on the SH2 Domain is, without a doubt, excellent work in enhancing the quality of this article. Not only did I put in a lot of time and effort in making the proper revisions, but I consulted with Davida Scharff to make sure that I have maximized all efforts in perfecting this article. Even till this day my revisions have not been modified by anybody who has read the article. It would be a great injustice if I didn’t get an “A” on my revision.

There are many changes that I have made that improved the article tremendously. Some minor changes that I have made include correcting the author in factual errors and deleting repetitive information found throughout the article. Before I made the revisions, the introduction had no title and was very short and inadequate. I revised that section by giving it a title and a lengthier introduction that gave the reader a clear and comprehensive background of the SH2 domain. I improved the Function section by making it more cohesive and easier to understand. The author put a legitimate picture of what the structure of the SH2 domain looks like. However, he did not write a caption underneath it that explains the structure. I put a caption that identified what each shapes represents in biochemical terminology and why it is shaped that way so the reader will be able to have a structural background of the SH2 domain. I added external links that serves as the total package of information. One link is a review of cutting-edge research being done by a lab in the University of Chicago while the other link is an informative academic website that holds current facts about the SH2 domain. I wanted to add a Mouse Knockout Chart, which gives the effects of an organism after a certain protein is removed. One of the external links had the effects of the organism that lacked certain Proteins with the SH2 domain; however the chart was so long I did not think it was suitable to copy and paste it in my article. As a result, I mentioned the Knockout Chart in the Function section and put the link leading to it.

The purpose of the assignment was to improve a Wikipedia article. Before my revisions, this article was very hard to read and even harder to understand; it was unorganized. My revisions made the SH2 article more of a legitimate source of information with a professional outlook; it became an organized and cohesive article that was easy to comprehend. Therefore, I have done what was needed to get an A and it would be a grave injustice to the standards of education if I did not get the highest grade possible on this assignment.