Talk:Fort Assinniboine

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This is a "stub." I don't know how to designate it as such. I've sent an e-mail to the people who have the web site linked to this page suggesting they write an article under this heading. In the meantime, maybe someone else will write something. --66.41.35.227 01:38, 27 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Changed the Candanian Task Force tag to United States due to this being an United States fort.--Oldwildbill 13:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• The Fort's TripAdvisor PageThis is fundamentally for tourism; however, it is especially useful because the fort is a relatively new site to public tours and this gives visitors something of an unbiased view of what other visitors think.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• The Fort's Facebook Page

This group page is a local's effort to raise some awareness of the fort.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• The Fort's Chamber of Commerce Page

This is the closest thing to an official page that the fort currently has.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Montana Forts of the Old West

This is a vetted historical resource.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) Collection of Fort Assiniboine Records

This is a very extensive collection of primary source material and an amazing research tool.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Fort Benton's Entry For Fort Assinniboine

This is from Fort Benton which houses some of Montana's best museums and research facilities including the Schwinden Library and Archives, and the Joel F. Overholser Historical Research Center.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• FortWiki Entry

FortWiki has scholarship I'd not found elsewhere.SAS1964 (talk) 18:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• The official link to Hill County & Beaver Creek Park

I do not understand how removing this link enhances the article.SAS1964 (talk) 18:13, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SAS, The NWDA source may be OK in some contexts, but first read

WP:V and related policy and guidelines will help you understand what is and is not OK on wiki. Montanabw^(talk) 23:41, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply

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This is a HUGE help to a relatively new editor. Learning to edit Wikipedia has been overwhelming. I think it may be worthy of a classroom course. I wonder if a certification process might help new editors avoid degrading the creators' intent. Omitting primary sources and prohibiting original research leaves me with very little reliable material from which to draw. Perhaps I need to publish my research more traditionally and try to inspire someone else to take the article from here. I work REALLY hard to remain neutral. In fact, that effort has led me to qualify many things I share on my tours (saying, "I've been unable to verify some things, which I'll call 'legends' during our tour today,"). This qualification has resulted in me not being able to elaborate very much on things people are quite interested in. I wonder if the Montana Historical Society can be counted as a reliable tertiary source. If they can, I can include the informational plaques on display here. So far I haven't found a textbook entry on the fort. If we can leave the links here on the talk space, I will look carefully at each and try to sort out what is reliable and what's sensational.SAS1964 (talk) 21:03, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, I was once a tour guide for a historic building, and recall a fair amount of debate over how to handle assorted legends and anecdotes. FWIW, I just had a proposal accepted to teach an 8-hour, non-credit course on wikipedia editing through my local adult ed program. (I hope I get signups!) I would ABSOLUTELY encourage you to publish! (though read

WP:SYNTH) MHS material generally is considered reliable. That said, Museum plaques, like historical markers, are kind of a gray area, but if you can attribute the source, they sometimes pass muster. (example: File:Goodkin sign.jpg as a source for File:Goodkind Block.jpg, though I should have taken an image of the whole marker with the MHS citation on it. I did a better job for Temple Emanu-El (Helena, Montana) with File:Temple_Emanu-El_sign.jpg, but didn't need the sign because I found the same material in books). Montanabw^(talk) 08:42, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply

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Some time ago I found an old map on-line that names the place Fort Assinaboine with the Fort Assinaboine Indian Res. nearby. [1] AMCKen (talk) 18:26, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]