Talk:Lincoln Logs

Directions for Uncle Tom's Cabin (unverified)
Was going to put in uncited. However, the Requests for adminship/YHoshua for User:YHoshua has him citing sources (sic): Edward Pessen, The Log Cabin Myth (New Haven: Yale UP, 1984); and Lies Across America: What Our Historic Site Get Wrong by James W. Loewen, page 169. I have not actually read this source, so it would not be fair for me to put the reference. Group29 17:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I have the "Lies Across America" book here in front of me and it does indeed mention that the original Lincoln Logs came with instructions on how to build Uncle Tom's Cabin. This is stated on page 169. Oh, don't know what format is needed for citations, but the publisher is 'The New Press' and the copyright is 1999. 12.206.222.20 (talk) 23:19, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Diameter
the article says 1/4 inch, which is obvious,y far too small. So I measured a set I happen to have unhand for the grandiose: the diameter is 5/8 inch. But this seems to me to be original research. Maybe originally they were small, but as far back as the 1950s they certainly were larger than 1/4 inch.Wschart (talk) 13:09, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

"Logs of Love"/France
I am not sure why this section is here, as there is no apparent connection to Lincoln Logs other than "Logs" in the name. I also question its accuracy - if Lincoln Logs were invented in 1916, I do not see how a French product from 1900 came after it. Jnmwiki (talk) 18:32, 3 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The Lincoln Logs of Love is clearly a hoax in the schoolboy/Urban Dictionary tradition, as such it should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.101.105.76 (talk) 22:25, 23 January 2013 (UTC) <!--Autosigned by Sinefather

"History" section
Section states that Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloyd Wright "in 1916 when [he] was working in Japan with his father." That statement is a direct contradiction of a statement in the "Imperial Hotel, Tokyo" Wikipedia entry which states that Frank Lloyd Wright SAILED "for Japan on 28 December 1916." If that is true, the Wright family would've arrived in Japan during the first week of January 1917 -- that would be the earliest that John could have actually WORKED with his father IN Japan. As such, the year of invention can only be 1917.

However, if John worked on the PLANS with his father, then 1916 would be the correct year of invention.

Also, the construction description in the "Imperial Hotel, Japan" Wikipedia entry does NOT corroborate/match the construction history given in this entry. Another contradiction.

More research (and inline citations) needs to be done to clarify both of these contradictions in order to present/convey historical accuracy.~