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reformer
July 25th, 2006, 01:34 AM
Well, first off here's my first editing post.

Ok, some editing here. Not really changing anything, just cleaning up, especially my own mistakes:

1901 - AB, a patient who suddenly thought his relatives and friends had been replaced by imposters, is referred to Sigmund Freud. He applies his psychoanalytic theories to the case. He is intrigued by the case and asks his medical colleagues to refer more of them to him. He names the phenomenon 'Imposture Delusion'.

Ok, good post whoever did this event. I like it being the first event, so lets date it in January.

1901 After a chance encounter with an American involved with the Pan-American Exposition travelling through Europe, Ferdinand Porsche is persuaded to showcases his hybrid vehicle at the Pan-American Exposition. There, he meets Henry Ford, and the two becomes friends.

Anyone know when this exposition was? This should have a date.

January 1901 Heinrick von Mecklenburg-Schwerin during a drunken binge falls down a flight of stairs, breaks his neck and dies.

Needs an exact date. How about January 23rd.

March 6th, 1901 An assassin kills Kaiser Wilhelm II in Bremen.

Could we get more details?

August 8th 1901-, Santos-Dumont flew his powered dirigible around the Eiffel Tower a 2nd time but sprang a leak and caught suspension wires in his propeller blades, fouling them and then puncturing the dirigible, leading him to crash to his death.

Isn't this in the wrong tense? Not sure. . .

1901 Nov 3 A baby girl named Victoria is born to the Royal Family of Belgium.

We typically use the format of November 3, 1901, but that doesn't matter that much

1902- Two more cases of 'Imposture Delusion' comes to the attention of Dr. Sigmund Freud. In the meantime, the first patient with the delusion seen by him dies, and at autopsy it is found that he has a discrete brain lesion. By happenstance, the last case referred to him dies of pneumonia by the end of the year, and is found to have a lesion in a similar location. This leads Freud back to his roots as a neurologist and he begins to examine more of his patients for organic causes for their ailments.

How about April?

1902: Taft begins a series of public work projects designed to help the Filipino people. They are poorly organize, and constantly sabotaged. Aguinaldo begins to fight a guerilla war against the American troops. Bell begins a scorched-earth campaign.

This seems like a spring event. Lets make it May.

1902 Leonard Wood is assigned a post in Puerto Rico as Millitary Governor. He does generally well in improving the sanitation infrastructure of the island.

September

September 5-1902
The tension crackled down the picket line. The strikers clumped in front of the entrance to a Pennsylvania coal mine. The men were marching in front of an ornate manor house, the home of a mine operator. Between the yelling crowd and the mine stood a thin line of Pinkertons, in gray overcoats.
The protesters grew more and more violent, rubbish flew through the air toward the Pinkertons. Then one brick smashed into a Pinkerton. The man crumpled like a rag doll.
Before he hit the ground, the Pinkerton commander gave a hoarse shout.
The security officer's rifles came to their shoulders.
Then the shooting started. Pundits and historians devated who opened fire first, but one fact is clear. At the end of the day thirty strikers where dead, and several hundred wounded, Five pinkertosn were killed, and two dozen more wounded.

This events looks odd. Takes up ALOT of space.

1903 Russian and British space enthusiasts who have become aware of each other through contacts between H.G. Wells and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky begin the International Rocketry Society.

Found is a more apropriate word then begin. Lets make this March.

1903 The Ford Motor Company is founded. Henry Ford hires Porsche as one of his top designers.

July

1903 Dr. Ernest Duchesne, desperate to help his consumptive wife, gives her an injection of Penicillium extract that he has been building up in his research. While the extract does not cure the Tuberculosis, it does relieve the secondary infection that is killing her. The initial results along with his lab work are presented in Paris, sparking a great deal of interest in mold produced antibiotics.

November

1903 - Bomber Harry Orchard dies in an explosion while trying to plant a bomb at the Vindicator Mine in Colorado.

Spetember

1903: MacArthur puts several of Taft’s programs under military control. Operations begin to run smoothly. MacArthur wins the respect of both Taft and to a certain extent the Filipino people. Revolts die down in northern Luzon where the American presence is concentrated

Seems like a spring event. May.

Glen
July 26th, 2006, 03:41 AM
Well, first off here's my first editing post.

Ok, some editing here. Not really changing anything, just cleaning up, especially my own mistakes:

I will note for everyone that these edits are recommendations, and not necessarily official unless accepted by myself or perdedor99 acting on my behalf.

However, I appreciate the help, really!


1901 - AB, a patient who suddenly thought his relatives and friends had been replaced by imposters, is referred to Sigmund Freud. He applies his psychoanalytic theories to the case. He is intrigued by the case and asks his medical colleagues to refer more of them to him. He names the phenomenon 'Imposture Delusion'.

Ok, good post whoever did this event. I like it being the first event, so lets date it in January.

Thank you, that was mine.

Why must it have a specific date?

Second, it needs to be later in the year, to have enough time for small divergences to lead to this case manifesting and presenting to Dr. Freud.

1901 After a chance encounter with an American involved with the Pan-American Exposition travelling through Europe, Ferdinand Porsche is persuaded to showcases his hybrid vehicle at the Pan-American Exposition. There, he meets Henry Ford, and the two becomes friends.

Anyone know when this exposition was? This should have a date.

Pan-American Expedition - May 1 to November 2, 1901

Why should it have a date? I had to stretch the minor POD rule to get this for you guys. I don't have a specific figure who would have been in Europe would could have had a chance encounter with Porsche.

Sometimes when we don't really know things, it is best to be vague.


January 1901 Heinrick von Mecklenburg-Schwerin during a drunken binge falls down a flight of stairs, breaks his neck and dies.

Needs an exact date. How about January 23rd.

Again, I disagree with the need or the desirability of a specific date. Since the man was a drunk, we can feel pretty certain that he drank heavily sometime in January where he'd be near stairs. However, unless you know his day-by-day itinerary for January 1901, we're actually making the event less plausible by pinning it down.


March 6th, 1901 An assassin kills Kaiser Wilhelm II in Bremen.

Could we get more details?

I don't have any more details other than that it is noted to have happened. No sense in making fictional, unnecessary details on a real-life event that diverged. If you can find more than that line in a reference, then post it and we'll be happy to embellish.

Sometimes less is more...

August 8th 1901-, Santos-Dumont flew his powered dirigible around the Eiffel Tower a 2nd time but sprang a leak and caught suspension wires in his propeller blades, fouling them and then puncturing the dirigible, leading him to crash to his death.

Isn't this in the wrong tense? Not sure. . .

Problem of multiple writers. I tend to write them present tense, and p99 tends to write past tense.

1901 Nov 3 A baby girl named Victoria is born to the Royal Family of Belgium.

We typically use the format of November 3, 1901, but that doesn't matter that much

Right.


1902- Two more cases of 'Imposture Delusion' comes to the attention of Dr. Sigmund Freud. In the meantime, the first patient with the delusion seen by him dies, and at autopsy it is found that he has a discrete brain lesion. By happenstance, the last case referred to him dies of pneumonia by the end of the year, and is found to have a lesion in a similar location. This leads Freud back to his roots as a neurologist and he begins to examine more of his patients for organic causes for their ailments.

How about April?

Again, why be that specific? The cases would be unlikely to come to Dr. Freud in the same month.

1902: Taft begins a series of public work projects designed to help the Filipino people. They are poorly organize, and constantly sabotaged. Aguinaldo begins to fight a guerilla war against the American troops. Bell begins a scorched-earth campaign.

This seems like a spring event. Lets make it May.

These are events going over months and months. Why pin it to a month when that means nothing?

1902 Leonard Wood is assigned a post in Puerto Rico as Millitary Governor. He does generally well in improving the sanitation infrastructure of the island.

September

This seems reasonable. In fact, you could even give this one a specific date.

September 5-1902
The tension crackled down the picket line. The strikers clumped in front of the entrance to a Pennsylvania coal mine. The men were marching in front of an ornate manor house, the home of a mine operator. Between the yelling crowd and the mine stood a thin line of Pinkertons, in gray overcoats.
The protesters grew more and more violent, rubbish flew through the air toward the Pinkertons. Then one brick smashed into a Pinkerton. The man crumpled like a rag doll.
Before he hit the ground, the Pinkerton commander gave a hoarse shout.
The security officer's rifles came to their shoulders.
Then the shooting started. Pundits and historians devated who opened fire first, but one fact is clear. At the end of the day thirty strikers where dead, and several hundred wounded, Five pinkertosn were killed, and two dozen more wounded.

This events looks odd. Takes up ALOT of space.

Someone chose to write it that way. I think it is okay.

1903 Russian and British space enthusiasts who have become aware of each other through contacts between H.G. Wells and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky begin the International Rocketry Society.

Found is a more apropriate word then begin. Lets make this March.

Fair enough.


1903 The Ford Motor Company is founded. Henry Ford hires Porsche as one of his top designers.

July

Okay....


1903 Dr. Ernest Duchesne, desperate to help his consumptive wife, gives her an injection of Penicillium extract that he has been building up in his research. While the extract does not cure the Tuberculosis, it does relieve the secondary infection that is killing her. The initial results along with his lab work are presented in Paris, sparking a great deal of interest in mold produced antibiotics.

November

The events cover multiple months. I don't see a pressing need for a specific month here.

1903 - Bomber Harry Orchard dies in an explosion while trying to plant a bomb at the Vindicator Mine in Colorado.

Spetember

Actually I believe the Vindicator Mine bombing was OTL. Find the date...


1903: MacArthur puts several of Taft’s programs under military control. Operations begin to run smoothly. MacArthur wins the respect of both Taft and to a certain extent the Filipino people. Revolts die down in northern Luzon where the American presence is concentrated

Seems like a spring event. May.

Again, this more likely happens over several months.

reformer
July 26th, 2006, 03:35 PM
Good point, but some events should have months connected just to give the time line more flow. After all, events without a date go first.

Tom Veil
July 31st, 2006, 03:01 PM
I just checked 1944 (http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=563610&postcount=45) for that UK election result that p99 and Glen were telling me about. It's not there. Someone should find it and post it.

perdedor99
July 31st, 2006, 04:33 PM
I just checked 1944 (http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=563610&postcount=45) for that UK election result that p99 and Glen were telling me about. It's not there. Someone should find it and post it.

Just did. It was still waiting for the two day approval period.

Glen
May 13th, 2007, 05:23 PM
bump bump bump

reformer
May 15th, 2007, 02:20 AM
Ok folks, something strange is happening. I was rechecking my 1974 events, and they were there when I just clicked on the year 1974, but when I went there the old fashioned way on page 4, they were not there. The edits seem to only be added onto the link pages.

Glen
May 15th, 2007, 03:20 AM
Ok folks, something strange is happening. I was rechecking my 1974 events, and they were there when I just clicked on the year 1974, but when I went there the old fashioned way on page 4, they were not there. The edits seem to only be added onto the link pages.

Bizarre....

reformer
May 15th, 2007, 08:13 PM
I could be wrong here. My computer often has trouble navigating this site, so someone else, please double check. If it really is a problem, is there any computer expert on these boards who fixes such problems?

reformer
May 31st, 2007, 12:20 AM
Glen, with all of your other projects, do you want us to keep XXth century dead for awhile?

ALSO did you ever figure out what was wrong with the time line and its updates?

Glen
May 31st, 2007, 03:17 AM
Glen, with all of your other projects, do you want us to keep XXth century dead for awhile?

No.:)

ALSO did you ever figure out what was wrong with the time line and its updates?

No.:(