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== Prehistory ==
In this section, you will describe how past philosophers or scientists dealt with the subject of your article. This section has the potential to be the largest and least bounded, due to the fact that lots of the resulting concepts and theorems of scientonomy began as vague or implicit proto-ideas in other philosophical dialogues. So use your judgment and try to keep it as constrained as possible to relevant ideas. Great resources for this section can be found in the non-TSC readings listed on the syllabus of the seminar. Also check any relevant section in Barseghyan's ''Laws of Scientific Change'' or the references cited in any relevant article in the Journal of Scientonomy. Please make sure to cite any references that you use, carefully following the instructions given [[Guidelines:Citations|here]]. This section of the article will be collapsed upon a reader’s entry to the webpage, so they will have to click to expand this section if they want access to this pre-historical information on the subject.
== History ==
In this section, you will describe any changes to the subject of your article since its establishment in the TSC. Unlike the Prehistory section, this section will make no mention of philosophical discussion of the topic occurring prior to the creation of scientonomy. The process of tracking these changes will be described first by highlighting the open question that the change resolved, as well as who proposed that change and in what year. You will also mention proposed changes that were not accepted, as well as the reason why. An example of the content expected in this section would be the case of Rory Harder’s proposed change to [[The Zeroth Law|the zeroth law]]. You would begin by stating the problem with the zeroth law prior to 2013. You would then describe the proposed solution (the change from ''consistency'' to ''compatibility''). Make sure to cite any references needed, according to the instructions given [[Guidelines:Citations|here]]. Typically, in this section, citations will be to Barseghyan's ''Laws of Scientific Change'' or to articles in the ''Journal of Scientonomy''.
Even if there have been no changes made to your topic since the TSC was first proposed, you still need to include in this section a definition of your topic as it was first proposed in the TSC (along the lines of "In 2013, Barseghyan initially proposed <nowiki> [insert topic] as being/stating/claiming [insert definition]</nowiki>"). For cases where no changes have been made since the TSC's initial proposal, we realize this will look almost identical to what you write in the opening of the Current View section and Introduction. However, we anticipate in future years the ''Current View'' (and subsequently the ''Introduction'') of any given topic will change frequently, and thus the History section will serve its purpose of showing how the now-changed axiom or theorem was originally formulated. For a sample article see [[Scientific Mosaic]].