Military History Online

[ELITEOFKINGWARMAN8]

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/misc/write.aspx


It looks like an good site. Perhaps we can sticky this thread or something?

[QuackyNC]

Is this like Wikipedia with user contributed articles?

[Hookah Smoking Caterpiller]

Is this like Wikipedia with user contributed articles?

Yes, but without open editing, but they will apparently be removed if they are incorrect, I fail to see how this will work with areas of history under dispute, such as various ancient battles etc. And its sole focus on Military history makes it largely irrevelant as a history source.

Furthermore the site seems to have a strong american bias, meaning that much of military history has been ignored.

[tonymurphy1888]

VG site.

[Encino_Man]

I've visited that website quite a few times myself and got the same feeling from Hookah. One just has to look at the forum where the majority of the posts are made.

[QuackyNC]

Yea I've noticed the same. It seems its all user contributed stuff, I don't like to trust such things. It also does seem to have a pretty American centered view. I guess only Americans contribute haha. I did read an article on there about the battle of Cowpens. I live about 30 mins away from Cowpens and have been there a bunch of times, read a lot about the battle including original sources, and spent a lot of time talking to the rangers that work there. This particular article is dead on as far as I can tell so I don't guess we should discredit all the material on the site.