Talk:History of history
As this article stands right now, it's not about the "history of history"...if it is about anything at all, it is apparently about Thucydides. Perhaps it should be redirected to historiography? Adam Bishop 06:57, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I agree. I think that we should delete this content and redirect it to Historiography. RK 17:55, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)
Historiography isn't same of history of history!
- But if we're to have a discussion of H of H, it could reasonably be a subpage of Historiography. -FZ 13:41, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Scope[edit]
It's a good idea, but I don't understand the scope of this article at all. By it's own defintion, it should really be called "History of recorded human history in the West." In fact, it sounds more like a history of the West, and not a history of history. Whoever created this article doesn't really understand what the article entails, it should not look at any true historical events, but it should examine the events, trends, changes, etc., in the field of history as an academic subject. Historiography is the theory of history, the way it is written, interpretted, etc.; does not refer to any past events as such. But, presumably, a history of history should trace the past events in the field of history(new innovations, trends, etc.), not just theory. It's a valid idea, just a completely misguided article currently.--Dmcdevit 17:24, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I guess I understood it in a totally different way. I thought (based on the title) that it was a history of how history was recorded. For example, it started with cave paintings and is currently done on the Internet. I don't know maybe that is real similar to what Dmcdevit is saying. That's my two cents. --Mattwj2002 03:05, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Right, that would make sense to me, in that it is a history of the field of history (although I'm not sure whether cave paintings recorded history). But it shouldn't really cover past human events except for those that refer to events in the recording of history. I hope I'm making sense.--Dmcdevit 04:05, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I don't see here any academic references discussed to substantiate the term usage. If they will not appear in 1-2 days, I am afraid the article is for VfD, rather than for COTW. Mikkalai 21:23, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
VfD[edit]
On April 20, 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was redirect. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/History of history for a record of the discussion. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:56, 4 May 2005 (UTC)