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Talk:World History Final Exam (view source)
Revision as of 21:34, December 17, 2011
, 21:34, December 17, 2011→Badly Phrased Questions
:*You have a valid point here but, again, historical names are clear enough without obscure qualifiers. Do we need to include a middle initial for Karl Marx to distinguish him from others in history who had that same name???--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:19, 17 December 2011 (EST)
:*You have a valid point here but, again, historical names are clear enough without obscure qualifiers. Do we need to include a middle initial for Karl Marx to distinguish him from others in history who had that same name???--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:19, 17 December 2011 (EST)
::*Fine, then say 'action-at-a-distance gravity' in the question.
::*The article here: http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/more/581/, attributes 'The First World War' to September 1914 and 'The Great War' to October 1914. An additional problem is that 'The Great War' also used to refer to the Napoleonic Wars.
::*If I make a good point then there is surely a better wording, even if it's not the one I suggest.
::*"Napoleon I" gives 2.4 million hits on Google. True, QEI did not have a regnal number when she ruled, nor until 1952, but today 'Queen Elizabeth' is at best ambiguous and, if one is forced to choose' generally means the present queen. Would you have simply put 'King Edward'?
::*It would be if the door was subsequently repaired and broken again.
::*No, Marx does not need disambiguation. Tell me then, which Romanov is were you clearly implying?
As I mentioned originally, none of these issues is going to put off the confident and intelligent student for long, but they do reveal to such a student a lack of attention to detail on the question setting which I don't think sets a good example.--[[User:QPR|QPR]] 16:34, 17 December 2011 (EST)