Talk:Lake Winnipesaukee mystery stone
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[edit] Sources
CNN article on the Mystery Stone
I don't know how to cite sources, but I think of CNN as a very trustable source. I was checkin that statement on google (67 pages as a result) and all of them make the same statement. --Arturo #7 20:40, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
- Here is the WP citing how-to. It's not a matter of CNN being trustworthy - it's a matter of patently lifting their material. It's fine if CNN's information is used, we just can't copy and paste - that's plagiarism. And speaking of plagiarism, I'm not sure the images from the New Hampshire Historical Society are public domain, either. Could we do a check on those?--TurabianNights 20:42, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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- I think we could. We should ask the NHMH or whatever if it is public domain! =P --Arturo #7 00:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Until we do, I'm going to remove them. If we get their permission to use them, we can revert. --TurabianNights 14:22, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Okay, I've emailed them. We'll see.--TurabianNights 14:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Good to go!--TurabianNights 15:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Symbols
I wonder if we could find a source discussing the symbols' similarities to Masons' marks. The parallels are striking.--TurabianNights 15:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if it was odd that there are too many 'indian' symbols on the stone. For example, the tipi was used by the plains tribes and the spiral was a symbol of the southwestern cultures. IN the late 1800's, BUffalo Bills show tapped into the obsession that Americans and Europeans had with the west. If you look at native American symbols, they were a bit more abstract. (Corn, for example) http://www.indiansun.net/symbols_images.htm But as kids, we were presented with images of 'Indians' giving us corn, Tipis, hunting and fishing people (see the canoe symbols and bow and arrows) Besides the machining of the piece, the symbols are overflowing and a bit too obvious to be real.
