User talk:WestHistorian

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Hello, WestHistorian, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Boise, Idaho did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Sounder Bruce 05:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will do a better job of applying citations in the future. That said, I do not understand why my edits were deleted. The page on Boise Idaho is unbelievably inaccurate. It actually states that Boise is to the east of the Rockies when it is to the west. There is no citation there, however it remains in the text. There are numerous factual inaccuracies that are not cited however they remain on the page. WestHistorian (talk) 05:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I should also mention that there is a lot of loaded language and basically absurd statements made on the Boise page that I started editing. As a historian and a native of Boise I would like the page to at least roughly reflect history. Such terminology as "caravans" and "incursions" have never been used in any literature in reference to the Oregon Trail. The Shoshone bands of the Boise area are not known as "groundhog eaters." And there are so many other issues... This is the first time I have visited the wiki page of Boise and I would be happy to contribute with my knowledge of Idaho and the American West. WestHistorian (talk) 05:37, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]