*The Debatewise Blog
so what is a revisewise debate?
I have been thinking of adding a debate on Cromwell in Scotland (I have some notes on the topic from a few years ago) but should it go on the main site or revisewise?on the revisewise side:
The debate is academic in that what I have was for a presentation when back in uni.
It is history which is not something we really get debates on for the main debatewise site so fits in better with the content in revisewise.
on the debatewise main site side:
I dont have any references and footnotes for it as it came from a presentation, so it would not be helpful at guiding users to other sources for the topic, which I consider to be one of the big reasons for revisewise.
I dont want history to be totally relegated to revisewise, politics debates can be in either depending on the subject matter or the wishes of the creator of the debate, so why should history be any different?
In my view it is not rigorous enough,yes I had multiple sources at the time, but what use is it if I dont know what they were? On the other hand the point of debatewise is that the arguments will get better, it is possible that someone would find the sources I used and add to it.
Essentially there is no obvious dividing line between debatewise and revisewise, what should be in a general archive of debate and what comes under the 'academic' archive? I dont really know and I suggest that the disdinction should be up to the creator of the debate, if you are creating a debate that is with the intention that it will be used for education, be it yours or your friends then it should be revisewise. If the debate is just out of your general interest then debatewise.
Anyone have any views where we should set this line?
p.s. ill probably put the debate on the main site even if only as a token history debate!
