AE Magazine Q&A

This topic is for people to chat with the editors about anything to do with the AE Magazine project.

We will be happy to answer any queries about the running, content and listen to any ideas you have about how it's progressing and should progress.

This is an informal chat, please feel free to post anything you like, no-matter how trivial you feel.

Edited by Paul

Each issue comes out early in the month.

Edited by Paul - 22-Sep-2006 at 15:23

I really don't think there is such a thing as unbiased history, history is a humanities disipline, what's unbiased to one person will be biased to another.

What the magazine aims to do is introduce people to new areas of history people haven't heard of and new ideas about areas people have heard of, to stimiluate knowledge and historical debate on the forum.

If people wish to forward a theory on history others may disagree with, there is a long tradition of magazines being precisely the correct place to do this. People who disagree are then encouraged either to write a magazine article in responce to it or to open a debate on the subject about the issue where they may discuss it more deeply on the appropriate forum.

If for example the Indian Mutiny article causes an active debate on the South and South East Asia forum, which may even refute and criticise it, then it has been a resounding success.

Edited by Paul

They are a part of the Main Site. It may be because of the revamping II is doing from time to time that some may be inaccsessible, although there might be another problem. I will check it immediately, but I would rather think it is because some renewals happening to the system.

EDIT:
Be I damned, I found out that some things indeed need editing. Mostly of other things but the few links I checked (the last Issue) do work. I will continue and am now very much interested.


Edited by rider - 13-Sep-2006 at 13:04

I know that article, but if you want, you may write a story of the Turks when the Greeks are so bad... It indeed is more the Greek side of the story, but somebody has to represent it too.

I had forgotten about that article. It was submitted by an anonymous visitor.

If you think that or any other article should be removed, I can look into doing that.

In general, we don't officially have an Neutral POV policy, but we do have an anti-biased POV policy. Basically, we are a little more relaxed about the issue than is Wikipedia, but no article on the site should be too biased.

All right. I will read through the article later on again and make corresponding changes.

Though, I must note that the discussion of already uploaded articles should go on on a different topic, this is for the Mag.

No problem, as we don't yet have a Main Site Discussion. I however, think that this should be revised. And the Magazine should have links to both sites. Very well, I'll take a look into this.

Also, could you clear out what did you think so especially brutal. I edited some of the parts about the Greek Empire, is it better now?

Originally posted by Sparten Then we should make it clear that it is the opinion of one person. Because the way it is presented, i.e in the article index makes it seem that it was written by AE staff.   I mean what the hell dose Cyprus issue have to do with the fall of Constantinople.   Some gems   Still in the end of 20th century, Turkey has invaded another nation, Cyprus, and caused the death to 20000 humans and the exodus of their homes of 200000 Cypriots. Could anyone imagine France to attack Belgium? Impossible even to think about it. But Turkey, a state that US and England want to be part of Europe, has done. "29 May 1453 is the worst day for the Hellenism and also for Europe. The Greek empire of Byzantium, the ark of Culture for more than 1000 years, collapsed when the turkish hordes assaulted the proud capital. "   Now there are people who can very legitamatly hold opinions such as those and . But the tone is hardly appropriate for AE.

Is the picture quiz for the April Magazine, 'Hammurabi's Code' - well, the tablet it was written on?

EDIT: I apologise Rider. The question is now posted on the appropriate issue.


Edited by Knights - 02-Apr-2007 at 16:02