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Latest comment: 1 year ago by 2600:100A:B113:789C:4CE9:76E4:FA9:C594 in topic Word salad and misinformation!


Neologism

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This article is about a neologism, apparently invented right here... Tomertalk 23:28, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Note: mention of this term is made in neither of the references cited even. Tomertalk 23:31, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Reply


I found a 1949 reference for the term "frontier myth". Perhaps it could be used in the article, but someone with more knowledge than me of the history of the Old West would be better suited to decide.

Turner and the Frontier Myth, Richard Hofstadter, The American Scholar. Vol. 18, No. 4 (AUTUMN 1949), pp. 433-443. Published by: The Phi Beta Kappa Society. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41206669

2604:2D80:8039:E29A:B4BF:FEEE:A6AF:5BD2 (talk) 16:12, 12 June 2016 (UTC)MCSReply

Changes

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I think there are parts missing to this article - I'm working on a paragraph on Frederick Jackson Turner, Henry Nash Smith and a new section on New Western History. Niccur (talk) 08:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Article re-write?

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Much of this article is subjective and poorly written. Universal Cabbage (talk) 20:15, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Terribly written.

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Probably the worst Wikipedia article I've ever read. 72.214.55.3 (talk) 18:38, 13 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

Word salad and misinformation!

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This article is mostly word salad, written in circles to intentionally spread misinformation about 1800s America. It basically says, “Many people believe this is true but it’s not, because my socialist anti-American professor said so… even though this happened and it actually is true…” 2600:100A:B113:789C:4CE9:76E4:FA9:C594 (talk) 15:22, 3 April 2025 (UTC)Reply