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Moved to [[History/Catalogs/List of historians by area of study]]. --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 15:06, 5 November 2007 (CST) | Moved to [[History/Catalogs/List of historians by area of study]]. --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 15:06, 5 November 2007 (CST) | ||
== Popular writers? == | |||
I just took John Keay out of the list of writers of Indian history, because John Keay is more a journalist than a professional historian. As I look over the current list, though, I do see a number of writers who are popular writers and not professional historians. Do we want to keep them on the list? | |||
The non-specialist reader is served if we restrict our list to professional historians, but then I suppose that it is just as well to mark popular writers in some way, or put them in a different part of the list. Thanks, [[User:Brian P. Long|Brian P. Long]] 10:08, 4 May 2008 (CDT) | |||
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Francis Fukuyama ?
Thanks for this great page, but I just can't understand how does Francis Fukuyama fit any of these categories... Political scientist and philosopher, for sure, but he's not an historian, so I delete his name. --Corentin 16:55, 16 April 2007 (CDT)
Move to History subpage
Let's move this to a subpage of History. Richard Jensen 14:18, 5 November 2007 (CST)
Agreed, unless you have a historiography article, or a historian article. --Larry Sanger 14:22, 5 November 2007 (CST)
Moved to History/Catalogs/List of historians by area of study. --Matt Innis (Talk) 15:06, 5 November 2007 (CST)
Popular writers?
I just took John Keay out of the list of writers of Indian history, because John Keay is more a journalist than a professional historian. As I look over the current list, though, I do see a number of writers who are popular writers and not professional historians. Do we want to keep them on the list?
The non-specialist reader is served if we restrict our list to professional historians, but then I suppose that it is just as well to mark popular writers in some way, or put them in a different part of the list. Thanks, Brian P. Long 10:08, 4 May 2008 (CDT)