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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3040595, member: 84744"]Gosh Doug, you're ruthless! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The duplications across centuries are due to the large historical differences between, say, Syracuse in the 5th c. BCE vs. Syracuse in the 4th c. BCE. If you're gonna convince me to cut a line item, you need to convince me that the historical entity in that line didn't play an important, differentiated role... at least not as important as the vast majority of the other line items. In other words, the line items to cut would have to be outliers of insignificance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it'll be easier to convince me to <i>add</i> stuff... historical entities that played at least as important a role as many of the others already on the list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the list <i>could</i> be done with an even broader brush: just cut the bottom 50% in terms of significance. I feel that would leave out too much history, but where to draw that line is obviously a matter of personal taste.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3040595, member: 84744"]Gosh Doug, you're ruthless! :) The duplications across centuries are due to the large historical differences between, say, Syracuse in the 5th c. BCE vs. Syracuse in the 4th c. BCE. If you're gonna convince me to cut a line item, you need to convince me that the historical entity in that line didn't play an important, differentiated role... at least not as important as the vast majority of the other line items. In other words, the line items to cut would have to be outliers of insignificance. I think it'll be easier to convince me to [I]add[/I] stuff... historical entities that played at least as important a role as many of the others already on the list. Of course, the list [I]could[/I] be done with an even broader brush: just cut the bottom 50% in terms of significance. I feel that would leave out too much history, but where to draw that line is obviously a matter of personal taste.[/QUOTE]
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