User talk:CarrieBerg/The Uses of Healing Plants in My Jim

This is a good thorough explanation. I found myself really wanting a reference book while I was reading (Despite the fact that specifics like that didn’t mean to terribly much for the story I still wanted to know). I can’t wait until it’s finished up.

What I really liked

I firstly liked how you started out with a clear organized list of the plants with all their alternate names. This way when I’m reading through the notes I can just scroll up and see what all the explanation refers to. I also like how you included the alternate black snakeroot even though you didn’t think it was the correct one for the story.

I also like how you made specific references in the book so I could refer back to it. So not only can I refer to your analysis I can refer from the analysis to the book. The page numbers are also nice (though may become confusing to those who have different editions… but the teacher won’t so that’s okay).

I like how you referenced a book from 1878 rather than some contemporary one for your primary explanation, Then came in later to debunk what was originally thought.

The to-the-point notes at the very end came in handy to re-instill the knowledge in an easy-to-remember fashion.

What I’d suggest

A bibliography of your sources would be nice. I know you mentioned The Complete Herbalist but I was wondering if that was the only one. Like, for example, I’d like to refer to the book used to determine what herbs actually didn’t do what they thought it did back in the day. I’d like to read up on this subject further.

Perhaps a divide between sections of what is fact and what actually isn’t fact about herbs. You had this lovely organization started that I think can be pushed even further. It could go in order of the list that was in place.

Betsylee

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Sigh...

Yes, it's a "work is progress" as of now. So things will be changed.

I don't know how to do a bibliography in wikiversity, so there won't be one until I figure that out. (Which is a rather low priority at the moment.) Whoops... I mean, I don't know how to do footnotes - which I think I figured out, but I don't have to use them, so I won't...

As for the other books used, I believe I mention (some of) the sources I use throughout the paper, even though they aren't in bibliographical form. I'm using many different sources. And if I had, say, a semester to write about this, I'd probably use even more books... but time is something I have even less of now.

What do you mean by "what is fact and what actually isn’t fact about herbs" ? Do you mean what the herbs really do and what they are said to do in the book? Or do you mean something else? Herbology isn't an exact science - many herbs have been used to treat things, even though science somethings can't prove that they are indeed helping. Not to mention it is dangerous to use herbs without proper knowledge. Nope - you were right, and I've fixed the few out of order herbs.

The notes at the end are purely for me when I write. I was going to delete them when finished, but I may leave them up if they are helpful.

CarrieBerg 04:23, 3 June 2009 (UTC) Updated CarrieBerg 04:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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