Talk:West Virginia in the American Civil War

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Contents 1 Political Background 2 You deleted what "seems" 3 I suggest 4 Reworked text 5 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Political Background

I just deleted a section of what appeared to be an opinion piece of some sort (Wikipedia is not a soapbox) from the "Political background" section. This is certainly pertinent to the discussion of the role of WV in the Civil War, but not in the manner previously presented. Just thought I'd explain myself, since I did delete a pretty large section of the article. Also, the article could stand a good wikification. Burndownthedisco ^talk 04:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You deleted what "seems"

to be original research, despite the references in the text and the easily verified historical references. Randall's "Civil War and Reconstruction" is one of the most highly regarded references on the War, even according to the Amazon page on the book.

a) Even if the source was verifiable, your section wasn't very encyclopaedic. in fact, it read like a rant of sorts. Which leads to b) your section was extremely POV. If it were rewritten to reflect the NPOV policy, it could be an acceptable part of the article. As it stands, however, the piece that you contributed was extremely biased, and not written according to Wikipedia standards. Therefore, I removed it. Burndownthedisco ^talk 04:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I suggest

you go to your high school library, get a copy of Randall's "Civil War and Reconstruction", read the section on the creation of West Virginia.

Meanwhile, *I* suggest that you stop ignoring the REASON why I deleted the section that you contributed, and fix the problem, rather than reiterate the supposed credentials of the source that you cited. Burndownthedisco ^talk 04:47, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I will do so. Fact will take second place to form.

[edit] Reworked text

I added new text, some of which was in the History of West Virginia article. I focused on the troops, battles, leaders, and major actions, and steered relatively clear of the past controversies that accompanied early versions of this article. Scott Mingus 23:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:59, 10 November 2007 (UTC)