Good heavens. Another one.

[camwyn]

Hi,

My name is [deleted for privacy] and I'm studying History of
Religions at a university in [Scandinavian country]. I'd like to use
some of your lessons on Chinese History which I found
on the web. I have to specify my sources so I need to
know who's written the webpages and which university
he/she is working at. Can you help me?


Perhaps when I get around to writing the Qin Shihuangdi page I will include some extra disclaimers. Just to be safe. It's not that I'm not flattered but somehow 'this page by this person in New Jersey' probably shouldn't appear in bibliographies.

Comments

[camwyn]

*indicates comment above, which includes the text of my index page's disclaimer*

I have no objection to helping people, but I'm not a scholar. Just a low-grade obsessive who hasn't updated that part of the site in two years (and needs to, in all fairness).

[the-reda.livejournal.com]

what i do not getm and never will is that people will trust anthing they find online and put it in their biliography.
I am not implying that your stuff is not true, but there is a lot of wanky info out there. If you are looking for better quality info, go to the library or even better, to the uni.

[camwyn]

My point exactly. I mean, I'm using the best sources I can manage most of the time- Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe has a bibliography longer and better than most 'serious' works- but honestly. I don't think serious academic works refer to Sun Tzu, Sun Pin, etc. as "Classical Kickers of Butt". You'd think that would be a tip-off.

"Classical Kickers of Butt"

[the-reda.livejournal.com]

grin, I am tempted to use that in my thesis ;-)
the face of my Prof would be invaluable.