Talk:History of Vermont
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I'm sorry folks, but this article is horrendous. I propose a restructure, and am starting a new, temporary, page, Vermont History, which will include all the information currently in the History section of the basic Vermont article, and the current History of Vermont page. I will put statements that can't be easily documented, like the Olaf Tomsson allegation, in an undocumented statesments section, that will not be transferred unless someone can find and provide a quote (I don't believe it and won't pursue trying to document it, but please feel free.)
History of Vermont
Pre-Columbian
European settlement
Colonial history
- French and Indian War
- Green Mountain Boys
- American Revolution
The Vermont Republic
- Mail Article: Vermont Republic
Statehood
Early 19th century
Civil War
- Main article: Vermont in the Civil War
Later 19th century
Early 20th century
Later 20th century
The new century
Tidbits
Undocumented statements
- In 950, the Viking explorer, Olaf Tomsson is alleged to have reached the Northern part of the state, where he settled for several years before leaving because of war with the local Abenaki.
((Documentation and links))
See also
- Constitution of the Vermont Republic
- List of Governors of Vermont
- List of Vermont Lieutenant Governors
References (DOCUMENTATION!, there is none!)
Further reading (a realistic list of Vermont-related volumes, not New England)
External links
- Vermont Historical Society
- Vermont Veterans Militia Museum and Library
Categories
- Vermont
Green Mountain Sailor 04:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Political History
I don't see where political history goes. I have a sufficient but limited perspective of that, say 1860-1965 or so. There's mainly total nonsense on the Vermont page. Which is all undocumented and unreferenced, apparently the standard for most of the page, but very apparent in that section. Rant. I don't mind trying to sandwich in a little documented piece of history there, but it doesn't seem to fit. I'm not really up to fighting the crazies. I'm just a little amateur historian. Not looking for war.Student7 21:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
- Considering that this article appears to end around 1857, I think you need to create a new section or ten. You could create a new section called "political history", or you could create new sections for major chunks of Vermont history and put the appropriate political information in each section. Whatever you think would make the article better -- it definitely needs a lot of work. Some documented history would be a big improvement. Be Bold!. --Fagles 02:58, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Footnotes quoting Wikipedia
Not really supposed to be using other articles in Wikipedia for reference. Only as good as our weakest link. We can use their footnotes if they have been vetted first, but can't quote unsupported Wikipedia articles. That would not make sense.Student7 (talk) 21:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
