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::I wrote this article, and most of my others on this site, with the aim of giving a teenager  - in other words, one of Andy’s homeschoolers - a resource that gave them the bones with some flesh but not so much as would confuse the issue. Something that whetted their appetite sufficiently to want to enquire further. (You may not know, but back in the early days of this project, that resource was the stated aim of Conservapedia, one I embraced and (poor fool me) still think is right. I asked : “what would I have wanted if I came across a reference in a novel or magazine or article on a kindred subject when I was 14 to 16?” I have shown  a series of these articles to high school teachers – both State and private – and two lecturers in Medieval History at the local university.  One quibbled about this, others about that, but generally the articles were of about the size of what they would have written given the same parameters and generally correct unless you want to quibble. Their quibbles were almost always on matters of emphasis rather than fact.

::I wrote this article, and most of my others on this site, with the aim of giving a teenager  - in other words, one of Andy’s homeschoolers - a resource that gave them the bones with some flesh but not so much as would confuse the issue. Something that whetted their appetite sufficiently to want to enquire further. (You may not know, but back in the early days of this project, that resource was the stated aim of Conservapedia, one I embraced and (poor fool me) still think is right. I asked : “what would I have wanted if I came across a reference in a novel or magazine or article on a kindred subject when I was 14 to 16?” I have shown  a series of these articles to high school teachers – both State and private – and two lecturers in Medieval History at the local university.  One quibbled about this, others about that, but generally the articles were of about the size of what they would have written given the same parameters and generally correct unless you want to quibble. Their quibbles were almost always on matters of emphasis rather than fact.

::I know I was followed about by CP’s resident professional  historian, Dr. RJJensen  and my forays into classical music  by JDWPianist, now a Doctor of Music in Vienna.  Not a lot was changed - more in the Music, but John D. had the decency to discuss his modifications. Recently I have read them for the first time in 3 years or so and seen improvements I can make. (I did do them in a bit of a hurry.) But, given the criteria stated above, none of them is “pretty bad”. At least not to a person of good will and a person who understands their stated aim.

::I know I was followed about by CP’s resident professional  historian, Dr. RJJensen  and my forays into classical music  by JDWPianist, now a Doctor of Music in Vienna.  Not a lot was changed - more in the Music, but John D. had the decency to discuss his modifications. Recently I have read them for the first time in 3 years or so and seen improvements I can make. (I did do them in a bit of a hurry.) But, given the criteria stated above, none of them is “pretty bad”. At least not to a person of good will and a person who understands their stated aim.

:::sorry, it's not actually that bad.  I think that i read the article and then read a number of other things before making the comment.  Actually it is at least as good as anything that I could do from scratch. my apologies.

:::sorry, it's not actually that bad.  I think that i read the article and then read a number of other things before making the comment.  Actually it is at least as good as anything that I could do from scratch. my apologies.[[User:Cmurphynz|Cmurphynz]] 01:19, 24 July 2012 (EDT)

::If you want to lift the age of the target audience, go for it. I would, though, appreciate your mentioning it to me first instead of doing a deliberate offside and plastering it all over the Owner’s user page.  

::If you want to lift the age of the target audience, go for it. I would, though, appreciate your mentioning it to me first instead of doing a deliberate offside and plastering it all over the Owner’s user page.  

::I would be most happy to help. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:47, 21 July 2012 (EDT)

::I would be most happy to help. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:47, 21 July 2012 (EDT)

:It's a matter of choice really. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 02:25, 22 July 2012 (EDT)

:It's a matter of choice really. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 02:25, 22 July 2012 (EDT)

::I guess I agree with you, except for the part about any of it being boring.  Edward II's reign was anything but boring.  I also agree that there isn't actually anything concrete that paints him as gay, just a whole lot of supposition, and a lot of it coming from his enemies.  I suggest that CMurphy should have a go and add what he thinks appropriate and if it is not good we can edit or even remove it.  After all, it just takes a click of a button to revert.  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 03:18, 22 July 2012 (EDT)

::I guess I agree with you, except for the part about any of it being boring.  Edward II's reign was anything but boring.  I also agree that there isn't actually anything concrete that paints him as gay, just a whole lot of supposition, and a lot of it coming from his enemies.  I suggest that CMurphy should have a go and add what he thinks appropriate and if it is not good we can edit or even remove it.  After all, it just takes a click of a button to revert.  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 03:18, 22 July 2012 (EDT)