Talk:Battle of Methven

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[edit] Argyll and Lorne

The Macdougall lords of Argyll should not be cross-referenced to the later dukes of Argyll. There is not the least connection between the two. Rcpaterson 20:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Methven article is meant to be an impartial historical record. It has clearly been written with a pro-bruce slant in the style of a school history report. Encyclopedia's represent fact and should be a concise record. The whole article has been presented in terms of the positives that can be drawn for Bruce... It was a defeat and should be recorded as that.

While it seems that a defeat can be portrayed as a step towards ultimate victory in an encyclopedia article, the overly-dramatic portrayal of events detracts from the gravitas one expects from a reference work.