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Clearly the Oklahoma Land Race article needs rewote, badly. I'm thinking we have two options to fix this:
I could really argue either way, so please give your two cents. In any case, I'm working on a rewrite for the 1889 article/section if anyone would like to proofread and improve it: User:Ashlux/Land Run of 1889. Ash Lux 02:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
There is excessive use of the word "stolen". I wish to dispute the neutrality of this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.145.207.107 ( talk) 10:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Currently the article starts with "Land run (sometimes land rush) ..." Before seeing this article, I'd never heard of the term "land run" and my parents, grandparents, and some great-grandparents are from Oklahoma. We've always used the term "land rush". I think it's should be "Land rush (sometimes land run) ...". Particularly in regards to 1889 (which one of my direct ancestors of German descent was in). On google page ranking I note that even searching for "1889 land run", exculding the wiki links itself the order is
Note the higher ranking of 1889 Land Rush even when searching for 1889 land run. Jon 14:20, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
The Oklahoma Historical Society (linked on main page) lists a couple of "Land Run" historical markers. Someone who knows where to look should read some period govt. documents + verify with current govt. docs, academic papers, etc. Assuming it'll pan out this way, we can call them land runs officially but note in a sentence in the introductory paragraph that they are commonly called land rushes. Easy Peasy. (Ah - just as it is labelled right now! Good work, article writer!)
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Clearly the Oklahoma Land Race article needs rewote, badly. I'm thinking we have two options to fix this:
I could really argue either way, so please give your two cents. In any case, I'm working on a rewrite for the 1889 article/section if anyone would like to proofread and improve it: User:Ashlux/Land Run of 1889. Ash Lux 02:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
There is excessive use of the word "stolen". I wish to dispute the neutrality of this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.145.207.107 ( talk) 10:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Currently the article starts with "Land run (sometimes land rush) ..." Before seeing this article, I'd never heard of the term "land run" and my parents, grandparents, and some great-grandparents are from Oklahoma. We've always used the term "land rush". I think it's should be "Land rush (sometimes land run) ...". Particularly in regards to 1889 (which one of my direct ancestors of German descent was in). On google page ranking I note that even searching for "1889 land run", exculding the wiki links itself the order is
Note the higher ranking of 1889 Land Rush even when searching for 1889 land run. Jon 14:20, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
The Oklahoma Historical Society (linked on main page) lists a couple of "Land Run" historical markers. Someone who knows where to look should read some period govt. documents + verify with current govt. docs, academic papers, etc. Assuming it'll pan out this way, we can call them land runs officially but note in a sentence in the introductory paragraph that they are commonly called land rushes. Easy Peasy. (Ah - just as it is labelled right now! Good work, article writer!)
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