QUOTE(Cla68 @ Sun 8th November 2009, 7:23am)
There are still relatively minor but significant, contemporary historical events which have yet to receive articles in Wikipedia. I just
started one yesterday. There are a series of connected events related to race relations in the US Navy which as of yet don't have articles, but which I will be starting over the next few weeks or so, including the USS
Constellation insurrection and the resulting Hicks congressional hearings. I'm not sure why there hasn't been articles on these events until now.
Because:
(1) There are very few people with research and writing skills on Wikipedia who have the ability to create an article of significant value on a specialized subject that encompasses issues of military history and justice and race relations.
(2) Anyone who possesses research and writing skills to convey the complexity of the riot and the subsequent investigation into what took place would most likely write an article for a historical journal or a book on the topic -- and get a byline and a check for their efforts.
(3) Serious historical scholarship is not a collaborative effort. As an adult, do you really want to get into an edit war with some anonymous IP contributor and then have seek out a 15-year-old admin to solve the dispute?