Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History/Archive 1

message: I'm not sure if the article Confederate States Army is still considered a stub, but it looks like it needs expansion... but someone removed that tag off the list. -- Allyunion 09:20, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confederate States Army 

message: There are quite a few history related pages on WP:LO(which I'm trying to clean up); would they be more likely to get worked on if I list them on your project page?  Would this be useful to you all?  Please let me know, and/or take a look at WP:LO yourself and clean some stuff there.  Thanks! JesseW 12:18, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would it be useful to have a list of pages from Cleanup/Leftovers listed here? 

message: An historian's help is needed at Bombing of Dresden in World War II. Philip Beard Shearer is inserting what I consider to be his personal opinion (original research). I regard this article as an academic topic and feel that scholarly standards should prevail. There are a number of disputed sections, but the one we're currently arguing over is: "Günter Grass, the German novelist and Nobel laureate for literature, called the bombing "a crime". Simon Jenkins, the former editor of The Times, has called it a war crime." I have no objection to that, though I don't know why we're quoting those two, but no matter. It's the subsequent sentence I object to:
This implies that those allied commanders who ordered the action and the airmen who carried it out should have been tried as war criminals. As no Axis personnel were tried at the post-war Nuremberg Trials for participating in the decisions on, or execution of, assault by aerial bombardment on defended enemy territory, there is no legal precedent available to indicate that these actions constituted a war crime.
I see this as Philip's personal commentary. I've asked him for a reference. He won't supply one because he says the above is as true as "the Thames flows through London." I say that it's an argument and needs attribution or should be removed. Any comments would be much appreciated. SlimVirgin 23:24, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
:I agree, the sentence is mere extrapolation and judgement; and it may be flawed reasoning anyway because for them to be tried they would have to be found acting to orders contrary to their superiors and the responsibility goes up the chain of command.  Nobs 18:11, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appeal for an academic historian 

message: Hi, I don't know whether you historian types have heard of the Wikireader project? It's a set of projects to gather together articles into useful 'books' on topics such as history for reference or education, and eventually to print (hopefully!). Well, I started something that was perhaps a little over-ambitious some time ago, called A History of the 20th Century, and the response has been, well, dismal. Not a historian myself, but more of a one-time wikipedaholic, I need input from people who really know what they're doing! Is anyone interested? Thanks, --Mark Lewis 14:18, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historians needed! 

message: Heraldry has been nominated to be improved by Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. Vote for this article there if you want to contribute. 
Also, the articles History and History of the Balkans are currently nominated to be improved by Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive and can be selected on this page. 
Spice trade is the current collaboration at Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. Help us improve it in any way you can. --Fenice 19:55, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement drive

message: This seems to be a fairly active wikiproject would it be a good idea to have a History COTW? 12.220.47.145 00:47, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: History COTW

message: History of technology is a COTW candidate - see its nomination page.  If you're interested, you can vote for it, or help out with the article itself.  Thanks! -- Beland 03:19, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  COTW 

message: Colis P. Huntington High School (the name of the article is currently misspelled) has been listed for deletion and I'm trying to clean it up with some high hope of producing a good article about the history of this former segregated colored school in Newport News, Virginia.  Any help would be appreciated, and you might also like to make a comment on the deletion discussion page. --Tony SidawayTalk 18:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Colis P. Huntington High School|Collis P. Huntington High School]]

message: Hello,
Please notice this project. 
I hope that a new List of publications in history will be created and adopted by the history project.
Thanks,APH 06:37, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science pearls| Science pearls]]

message: Could someone, or preferably anyone, review this article please? These riots were a major incident during apartheid, and I have given the article a going over, but it needs references, sources, more definite info on what transpired during the massacre, and basically just some credibility to how it is written. Thanks in advance. Harro5 06:04, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Soweto riots]] 

message: The History of Europe article has long been neglected, right now it is a huge mess. The section headings are rather haphazard, the style is reminiscent of 1066 and all that and its pretty safe to assume that it is full of factual errors (nearly every single date in the French Revolution section was wrong before I rewrote it).
Please come and help cleap up this aweful mess. Thanks. --BadSeed 06:57, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historians Needed 

message: A related topic, History of the world is currently a nomination on WP:IDRIVE. Support the article with your vote to improve its quality. --Fenice 14:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement drive

message: I asked this question on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy), but I would like an opinion from anybody who comes here: Is there an actual naming conventions policy that states that the article title should be in the form of "History of X" instead of "X history"? Although Wikipedia:WikiProject History lists naming conventions for categories on this subject, I do not see any for articles. If not, should we formally write one up. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History articles 

message: There is a new History of Science WikiProject that some members of this project may be interested in.  Also, if there is an appropriate way to link from your project to History of Science on your project page, such as under child projects, please do so.--ragesoss 04:43, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History of Science WikiProject

message: The History of India WikiProject was created a while ago, but no one knew about it. The project has been discovered and revived. Hopefully history enthusiasts from this project will help support this derivative project. deeptrivia (talk) 03:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History of India WikiProject

message: Hi, I'm a member of the Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing using these criteria, and we are looking for A-Class and good B-Class articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Can you recommend any suitable history articles? Is Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Status a useful place to start?  Please post your suggestions here. Cheers, Walkerma 03:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Articles for the Wikipedia 1.0 Project

message: According to my knowledge and google search, the article Sakastan is almost entirely incorrect. However, I would not like to get involved. Can somebody please take a look? Thanks! deeptrivia (talk) 23:29, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request 

message: Wherever Suetonius is used as a link/shorthand not to the person but to his main work Lives of the Twelve Caesars, I'm turning the link into Lives of the Twelve Caesars.  This is currently a redirect to Suetonius but might later split off into an article of its own, and anyone doing that splitting might need a specific list of links to the work not the man.  Please don't revert them to redirect straight back into Suetonius.  There are about 500, so any help would be gratefully received.  Thanks. neddyseagoonNeddyseagoon 22:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suetonius 

message: When's the History by nation comming? --HolyRomanEmperor 20:47, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History by nation 

message: Wikipedia's too slow for me, so could some one please put that I'm a member of the Wikiproject on my talk page? Thanks in advance. --HolyRomanEmperor 16:08, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, not the User Talk page. The User page. :-( --HolyRomanEmperor 18:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry.  I initially assumed that's what you meant, but when I went back and reread your request, I thought you meant the talk page.  Cheers!--ragesoss 17:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A favour 

message: I have nominated the stub article Granary to WP:COTW
Granaries have been important in history, agriculture, society and economy .They are still very important. Very much could be said in terms of the history of agriculture, the different types of granaries and the importance in different cultures (in proverbs, stories, etc...) It is still, at this stage, a stub. Building a image gallery of granaries would also be nice. --Francisco Valverde 17:04, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Granary COTW

message: Can someone help add info to Social issues of the 1920s? As of now, it is quite short, unprofessional, and I've done almost everything I can do to fix it. It needs to cover more than just the USA, and the existing sections require validation and expansion. Also, the article needs to be linked under "See Also" in similar pages. If anyone would like to contribute even just a little cleanup it would be very much appreciated.--The ikiroid (talk)(Help Me Improve) 21:01, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History article needs help