Talk:Bleeding Kansas

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Suspected Vandalism:

I have removed the sentence that read "The first shot of the small war was fired by the colonel Rob McHell when he shot his neighbor in the face when he learned he would not be voting for slavery." I have been unable to find any mention of this elsewhere that does not return to this wikipedia page and it seems highly suspect for several reasons; for example, the name "McHell." DeciusAemilius

Contents 1 Heading 2 Copyright Violation? 3 Vandalism? 4 This pissed me off. 5 Deaths in Bleeding Kansas 6 First Shots of the Civil War 7 I Couldn't Find This

[edit] Heading

It is easier to organize an article if you use headers like the one above.

[edit] Copyright Violation?

Much of this article is copied verbatim from the PBS article. Those paragraphs should be rewritten or deleted. MarcusGraly 20:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

It seems that someone fiddled around with the introduction to the article, changing the pictures... hm.

[edit] This pissed me off.

I couldn't understand about half of what the writer was trying to get across. Stop trying to act like a genius and put it in terms we can all understand.

[edit] Deaths in Bleeding Kansas

Since this was the subject of a recent change, I thought I would point out that Craig Miner's recent and fairly-definitive Kansas: The History of the Sunflower State, 1854-2000 states, "Between 1854 and 1861, fifty-six people died in the confrontations in Kansas." [p. 57] Kgwo1972 12:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I reverted the change to 200 deaths back to 55 on general principals, as it did not cite a source. As you seem to be familiar with Miner's book, could you place an appropriate link to it in the article? -- Donald Albury 01:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I put it in the "References" section months ago. If you want citations to the book for specific sentences – such as the one about fatalities – I could do that, but I'm not sure its necessary. Let me know. Kgwo1972 02:01, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

For short articles, it doesn't matter much. As articles get longer/gain references it becomes important to tie citations to specific sections. Citing page numbers in books helps readers find the specific information in the source. -- Donald Albury 22:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First Shots of the Civil War

5 guys getting hacked to death with swords is considered the first shots of a war?

[edit] I Couldn't Find This

I couldn't find the answer to this question. What was it that Kansas became after the battle was over? Slave or non-slave?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.213.71 (talk) 23:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC).