User talk:Blackrx

World War I

Please provide a ref for this edit LeadSongDog (talk) 19:06, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Both wiki pages for Non-interventionism and United States non-interventionism and http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/United_States_non-interventionism

Ah, that's a common error. We avoid using WP articles and works derived from wikipedia in order to prevent becoming self-referential. You might wish to review WP:Reliable sources and WP:Verifiability (at least the main points). Thanks, LeadSongDog (talk) 05:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also gave you an outside source. Would you like to provide a ref for calling it isolationism then?

If you mean this source, it's just a reflector of Wikipedia content. See the bottom of the page.LeadSongDog (talk) 16:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. Just to be clear, I'm not trying to challenge you. I feel "isolationism" is not the correct term to use here, though. Not only does it have a negative connotation, but it also doesn't fully represent American foreign policy at the time. The U.S. traded with other countries, which is not a part of isolationism. Here are two other articles, but are arguably controversial - one being "conservative" and the other being "libertarian." http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGU0YjQyNjkzZjJmZjJmYTRjYjVhZWMyOWY1NTA1YjU= and http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0605e.asp

Here is also a source that WP used http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/8_2/8_2_10.pdf

Would any of these be sufficient?

Interesting articles that might be useful refs in the articles Isolationism, United States non-interventionism and United States non-interventionism. I'd suggest that you raise the suggestion on the relevant talk pages. They do talk about the terms, but in World War I we're really looking for straightforward assertions of what the US foreign policy position was in 1914-1917. The NR article and especially the FFF article imply that the term isolationism is the conventional description, even though the authors of those articles disagree with the usage of the term. An internationalist source to compare might be useful too. This may be one of those subjects that are rarely discussed in an impartial way, so balanced POV would replace Neutral POV.

Don't worry about challenging editors, that's a good thing to do here. It's the dynamic tension of ideas that shapes articles constructively. Just try to keep the discussion about the ideas, not the contributors, and you'll be fine. Cheers,LeadSongDog (talk) 22:20, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice, I'll be suggesting it on the talk page. I'll also make sure I do that first before making any big changes in the future.

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