Talk:Lake Winnipesaukee mystery stone

Sources

CNN article on the Mystery Stone

I don't know how to cite sources, but I think of CNN as a very trustable source. I was checkin that statement on google (67 pages as a result) and all of them make the same statement. --Arturo #7 20:40, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Here is the WP citing how-to. It's not a matter of CNN being trustworthy - it's a matter of patently lifting their material. It's fine if CNN's information is used, we just can't copy and paste - that's plagiarism. And speaking of plagiarism, I'm not sure the images from the New Hampshire Historical Society are public domain, either. Could we do a check on those?--TurabianNights 20:42, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I think we could. We should ask the NHMH or whatever if it is public domain! =P --Arturo #7 00:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Until we do, I'm going to remove them. If we get their permission to use them, we can revert. --TurabianNights 14:22, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've emailed them. We'll see.--TurabianNights 14:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Good to go!--TurabianNights 15:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Symbols

I wonder if we could find a source discussing the symbols' similarities to Masons' marks. The parallels are striking.--TurabianNights 15:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if it was odd that there are too many 'indian' symbols on the stone. For example, the tipi was used by the plains tribes and the spiral was a symbol of the southwestern cultures. IN the late 1800's, BUffalo Bills show tapped into the obsession that Americans and Europeans had with the west. If you look at native American symbols, they were a bit more abstract. (Corn, for example) http://www.indiansun.net/symbols_images.htm But as kids, we were presented with images of 'Indians' giving us corn, Tipis, hunting and fishing people (see the canoe symbols and bow and arrows) Besides the machining of the piece, the symbols are overflowing and a bit too obvious to be real.

I don't like the tipi in particular. Looks like lifted out of a kids' book. Quite different from tipis in 19th century Native art. Dysmorodrepanis 21:52, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

My personal belief is that the stone, like many mystery stones, is a fat hoax. It certainly is odd, you might say, that so many stereotypical American Indian symbols are on the stone. Particularly since tipis were certainly not used in the Northeast.--TN | ! 09:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Just a reminder that Talk pages are for discussing the *article*, not just the topic. Otherwise wikipedia would drown in a sea of gabble. - DavidWBrooks 12:42, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

It's obviously a hoax, and that's relevant to this article, which is an embarrassment, citing a letter from an "unknown author" talking about mythical "thunderstones". That's about as far from a "reliable source" as you can get. -- Jibal (talk) 06:47, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Find a source that says this and it could go in the introduction. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 15:36, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Why an OOPart?

The article should clarify why it is thought that the object is somehow Out of Place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.143.165.245 (talk) 04:26, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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