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things to improve on article

the placebo affect


 * 1) the article that I had chosen was very clear and it did not have any distractions, one article was out of date since it was from 1954 and 1957. I feel as If more facts where needed in this article and some things can be very vague in this article. More background can be done such as the effects that it had on people and the way they acted around others when they thought that they where taking a drug but they really weren't
 * 2) I do feel as if the article is neutral since most of what was in the article was just providing background information and how the affect took part in the clinical trials. In a way I do feel as if the viewpoints are a little bit underrepresented since over all the article is neutral and is heavily focused on the background of what a placebo study is.
 * 3) The citations, links do work and the sources used in the article where supported by the information that was provided within the links. But a couple of the links where not not up to date since some of the articles where from 1954 and 1967
 * 4) Some questions where just asking if its still possible to have a placebo study since stated in the article it talked about in some cases its not allowed but just deepening on what the study is. It is currently not part of any wikiprojsects. In wikipedia they discuss the article in a more personal viewpoint/ with evidence from articles,  it discusses the clinical study and in class we have just discussed the over affect of society as a whole and the way that we see life.

Edited article -Talk:Carousel

Within a given country, carousels are generally all built to rotate in the same direction, with the choice derived perhaps from the rules of the road of that country. In the U.S., traffic as seen from the sidewalk appears to travel from left to right; hence American carousels rotate counter-clockwise so that the view from outside is the same as that from the sidewalk. In Britain, it's the reverse in both cases. Another reason for the choice may be that the British felt it necessary to enable the rider to mount the wooden steeds in the "proper" fashion, inserting the left foot in the stirrup and swinging the right leg over and up onto the animal. The Americans, on the other hand, were more concerned with people being able to "grab the brass ring" while spinning round and round. Since most people are right-handed, the machine would have to travel in a counter-clockwise direction so that the right hand would be free to reach for the ring.

This sounds like original speculation. It is acceptable to include speculation from third-party sources, published independently if, they are a reputable authority on the subject (publication in a reputable source would back this up)and/or (b) Such speculation is demonstrably widespread or commonplace.

Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case here. If I am mistaken, this needs to be demonstrated more clearly. Fourohfour 12:46, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Nina Fraley's introduction to Tobin Fraley's The Great American Carousel (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994). In any case, Fraley, a carousel-craftsmen himself, and his bibliography should be included under "References." I've read Nina Fraley's introduction, and while she makes some intriguing claims about the carousel's international differences, it should be noted that the tone is nostalgic, bordering on the literary. --Pyropianist 08:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

It is indeed true that most British carousels rotate clockwise and most American ones anti-clockwise. It cannot be from the way we drive cars, because the carousel predates the American standard of driving automobiles on the right-hand side of the road. Perhaps the ring-gun (with the iron or brass ring to be grabbed) was an American invention and led to the anti-clockwise rotation.

The Carousel at Centre Island, in Toronto Canada, runs clockwise. Canadians drive on the same side of the road as Americans, so I don't think it would have anyting to do with which side of the road people drive on.

The ring gun itself is dangerous, because one can smash one's hand on it when reaching for the ring.

It cannot be from the way we drive cars, because the carousel predates the American standard of driving automobiles on the right-hand side of the road.

The American and Continental standard of driving on the right side of the road predates the automobile. There is an early silent film of a busy city intersection, in which the horses and buggies are driven on the right side of the road. Consequently I do not think the passage believed to be plagarized from Fraley's book can be dismissed as blatantly incorrect.


 * The word carousel originated from the Italian garosello and Spanish carosella ("little battle", used by crusaders to describe a combat preparation exercise and game played by Turkish and Arabian horsemen in the 12th century).This early device was essentially a cavalry training mechanism; it prepared and strengthened the riders for actual combat as they wielded their swords at the mock enemies.
 * My one source from google scholar other than the ones provided
 * GÖLGEN BENGÜ (1995) Carousel for carnivals and amusement parks, IIE Transactions, 27:1,105-107, DOI: 10.1080/07408179508936722
 * GÖLGEN BENGÜ (1995) Carousel for carnivals and amusement parks, IIE Transactions, 27:1,105-107, DOI: 10.1080/07408179508936722