Talk:IB European History
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It seems a TAD unusual to me that we go from German history, to French history, to dictatorships with fairly little (if any) transitional phases. Ideas? Orethrius van Degaurde 00:31, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
I don't think there needs to be any! I'm in my final year of the IB and this page has been fantastic for revision. 82.32.185.30 19:50, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I'd have to agree. The aim for this page is not to provide an exhaustive history persay, but to identify key events, and supporting evidence for them, in order to facilitate review. Akademix 17:41, 08 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merging with European History/A Brief Outline of European History
I proposed the merge because this page is certainly not a complete text - rather, it is lengthy, bounces all over the place in its ideas, and is in my opinion redundant because there is already a comprehensive text that covers this material far more thoroughly. Instead, I believe this page should redirect to European History/A Brief Outline of European History, as this outline explores virtually every major theme in European History that could possibly be covered. In this sense, it seems to make far more sense to use that complete, comprehensive text as a considerably more useful and thorough study guide.
- I agree with your view from the standpoint of efficiency. However, there is nothing wrong with a refined text that approaches identical topics from alternate viewpoints - think what would have happened had the library in Alexandria not held various historical tomes mirroring one another. Trade secrets and intellectual property become rather moot in that circumstance. Given that the Internet is, by nature, an impermanent medium - subject to changes and even partial outages - what would happen if part of the WikiMedia servers were to spontaneously die (unlikely, but not impossible)? I cannot agree with any standpoint that eschews redundancy to the benefit of "efficiency" however "reasonable" it may seem on the surface - and I'd question your stake in it if I didn't believe you worked every bit as hard as the editors here on your preferred text. On the other hand, I can certainly see where this text could use improvement, and wholly intend to contribute to it whenever the time feels right. Nobody should take this as a given, though, and it might behoove the community to encourage users to contribute to this book - no author is perfect, no plan is foolproof, and no one viewpoint can completely cover the facts. That warning at the top is awfully influential against modifications to the text, destructive and constructive alike. 24.5.218.225 20:55, 27 May 2006 (UTC) (Re-signed: Orethrius van Degaurde 20:57, 27 May 2006 (UTC) Reason: Missed my login status.)
