Template:STARS-Proposal

Proposals are optional, but useful for authors who may benefit from guidance before writing the full article. When a proposal does not correspond to an existing candidate, a new candidate should be created with approval from the STARS Executive Committee. An author may use or revise any material in the proposal for the STARS article.

Proposal Requirements:

Title of the article consists of no more than 40 characters and spaces; to facilitate alphabetic sorting, titles may not begin with the words A, An, or The.

Name(s) of the author(s)

Timeline of 5 to 20 one-line entries; date the year in 4 digits, followed by a systems-defined space and text in which the number of characters plus spaces is no more than 85.

Synopsis of essay in 200 to 500 words

Bibliography consists of 2 to 12 references of which at least 1 must be of historic significance and 1 for further reading.

Biography of each author in 50 to 100 words.