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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the statement
I realize this is consistent with the particular source cited but I have trouble believing that scholars on the whole would agree with this statement (i.e. a source is only authoritative if there is good-faith reason to believe the author's opinion reflects widely accepted research). Certainly this is not the first place where major oil discoveries were made nor is it the first place where oil had a major financial impact. It may be true that this is the first place where a local community was transformed by oil discoveries (the oil boom in Azerbaijan, for example, did not seem to benefit the local communities all that much from what I understand).
My personal opinion is that, unless there is actually evidence that other scholars agree with this statement, it should be toned done and more clearly explained (or else removed). I am, however, comfortable saying that this was the first oil boom in North America. That is certainly a fair statement.
-- Mcorazao ( talk) 23:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the statement
I realize this is consistent with the particular source cited but I have trouble believing that scholars on the whole would agree with this statement (i.e. a source is only authoritative if there is good-faith reason to believe the author's opinion reflects widely accepted research). Certainly this is not the first place where major oil discoveries were made nor is it the first place where oil had a major financial impact. It may be true that this is the first place where a local community was transformed by oil discoveries (the oil boom in Azerbaijan, for example, did not seem to benefit the local communities all that much from what I understand).
My personal opinion is that, unless there is actually evidence that other scholars agree with this statement, it should be toned done and more clearly explained (or else removed). I am, however, comfortable saying that this was the first oil boom in North America. That is certainly a fair statement.
-- Mcorazao ( talk) 23:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)