Milestone-Proposal talk:The Deutsches Museum, Special Citation in History, 1903

Advocates’ Checklist

1. Is proposal for an achievement rather than for a person? If the citation includes a person's name, have the proposers provided the required justification for inclusion of the person's name?
2. Was proposed achievement a significant advance rather than an incremental improvement to an existing technology?
3. Were there prior or contemporary achievements of a similar nature?
4. Has the achievement truly led to a functioning, useful, or marketable technology?
5. Is proposal adequately supported by significant references (minimum of five) such as patents, contemporary newspaper articles, journal articles, or citations to pages in scholarly books? At least one of the references from a peer-reviewed scholarly book or journal article. The full text of the material, not just the references, shall be present. If the supporting texts are copyright-encumbered and cannot be posted on the ETHW for intellectual property reasons, the proposers shall email a copy to the History Center so that it can be forwarded to the advocate. If the advocate does not consider the supporting references sufficient, the advocate may ask the proposer(s) for additional ones.
6. Are the scholarly references sufficiently recent?
7. Is proposed citation readable and understandable by the general public?
8. Does the proposed plaque site fulfill the requirements? Is the site publicly accessible? Is the given address complete? Are the GPS coordinates correct and in decimal format?
9. Is the proposal quality comparable to that of IEEE publications?
10. Scientific and technical units correct? (e.g. km, mm, hertz, etc.) Are acronyms correct and properly upperercased or lowercased?
11. Date formats correct as specified in Section 6 of Milestones Program Guidelines? https://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Helpful_Hints_on_Citations,_Plaque_Locations

Independent Expert Reviewers’ Checklist

1. Is suggested wording of the Plaque Citation accurate?
2. Is evidence presented in the proposal of sufficient substance and accuracy to support the Plaque Citation?
3. Does proposed milestone represent a significant technical achievement?
4. Were there similar or competing achievements? If so, have the proposers adequately described these and their relationship to the achievement being proposed?

In answering the questions above, the History Committee asks that independent expert reviewers apply a similar level of rigor to that used to peer-review an article, or evaluate a research proposal. Some elaboration is desirable. Of course the Committee would welcome any additional observations that you may have regarding this proposal.

Submission and Approval Log (For staff use only)

Submitted date: 29 August 2024
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Original Citation Title and Text as Submitted -- Administrator4 (talk) 17:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

The Deutsches Museum, Special Citation in History, 1903

Founded more than a century ago, the Deutsches Museum is one of the largest and most important museums for science and technology in the world. The vision of the museum's founder Oskar von Miller to create a walk-in encyclopaedia that can be experienced has been realized in an amazing way. Masterpieces of technology and engineering create a unique collection that is second to none in the world.

Suggested Revisions to the title, dates, and citation -- Bberg (talk) 20:02, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for this proposal. I feel that critical information is missing from the current proposed citation, so please consider this revised title/dates and 70-word citation:

The Deutsches Museum, 1903-1925
Founded in 1903, the Deutsches Museum is the world’s largest science and technology museum. Oskar von Miller’s vision of a walk-in encyclopedia building opened in 1925 in Munich, and branches in Bonn and Nuremberg opened later. Its broad thematic range of exhibits includes engineering, atomic physics, aeronautics, chemistry, and transportation. On display are important examples of computers, microelectronics, automobiles, aircraft, printing presses, and engines, and historical research is also conducted.

Brian Berg, Milestones Subcommittee Chair