Talk:Introduction to US History/United We Stand:The History of the United States of America/America Before Columbus

BTW, I'd recommend citing as much as possible; if you have specific sources you're taking things from, cite them. That way the text will be both effective and authoritative. The Jade Knight ^(d'viser) 07:19, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

( I agree), I will go back and cite many of the facts that I build my narrative from after I finish the first chapter. From an acedemic point of view. some people may not be pleased with heavy citing of wikipedia. However, wikipedia has been a great resource for me. This US introductery textbook is by nature simple and general, thus wikipedia allows me a chance to understand underlying ideas without having to gather them from all over the internet.

Acedemically, people would surely prefer big researches at a university library (with definitive books, acedemic studies ,etc). I do not have access to that. This is where you have to accept that a chemist ,with no expertise in history and limited resources (including time), is not going to equal the panel of history experts that normally would author a definitive textbook.--Jolie 16:19, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Citing Wikipedia, while certainly not ideal, is better than citing nothing at all. BTW, if you cite Wikipedia, it is important that you either link to EXACTLY which version of the page you are citing, or that you give the EXACT time you referenced the Wikipedia article. The Jade Knight ^(d'viser) 21:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

The cites can be fixed at another time. I am sure we can find sources on the Wikipedia article. Geo.plrd 06:21, 21 October 2008 (UTC)