Talk:Herodotus

Original research
I have removed the original research once again. Although I applaud the attempt at compromise by MinisterForBadTimes, the rules concerning WP:OR are strict and for very good reason. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. It is also not a democracy. There is no provision that allows the inclusion of original research based on any type of compromise. And the rule applies to history as well as the sciences as per Mr. Wales' statement here:.

The OR violations are these: 1.The improper use of a primary source. The foundation of this edit is a primary source. The rule states: The edit constitutes an interpretation not backed by any secondary source. The secondary sources provided only allude to the primary—they in no way endorse the statement.

2. The use of an original translation where a published one exists. The rule is clear: "Where English translations of non-English material are unavailable, Wikipedia editors may supply their own." Since there is a translation published by tertullian.org which can be found here:, any original translation is not allowed.

This is enough to close the matter right here. But since I ordered the sources and have taken a careful look at them, I'll post my findings in the following section. My reason for doing this is to clearly separate and differentiate the two discussions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alcmaeonid (talk • contribs) 10:02, 6 Jul 2009 (UTC)

Herodutos
Herodutos is the father of history. history is find from a greek word historia which means search for knowledge — Preceding unsigned comment added by 102.91.54.118 (talk) 21:42, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Britannica Redirect
Both the original and the "archived" links to Britannica consistently redirect me to the entry for Hippocrates, even though the url seems to correctly route to Herodotus. Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it? 76.76.25.11 (talk) 20:59, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Someone had changed the url target to Hippocrates. Schazjmd   (talk)  21:04, 27 November 2023 (UTC)