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See if "Points of divergence", "Counterfactual history", and "Sidewise Award for Alternate History", should have their own sections or be worked into "See Also"
"Elements of alternate history" and "Development of more sophisticated framings" needs sources.
Remove many of the specific examples of alternate history. They are threatening to overwhelm the article.
Maybe none of the examples has to be removed entirely, but most of them could be compressed into one list with links leading to the articles about the specific works of fiction (if those articles already exist)
Please add more items if you think they need addressing.
Suggestion that someone correct the overlooking of Philip Pullman, one of the most popular and important contemporary writers about alternate worlds and histories. ˜˜˜˜
'Alternative history' is an exclusively British English term according to this article, when in fact it is simply correct English, as any good dictionary will attest.
The title of the page should be 'Alternative history' and in the first sentence it should be noted 'often incorrectly referred to as Alternate history '. --217.42.52.22 (talk) 13:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC)H. A. LynchReply[reply]
Doesn't matter. "Alternate history" is what it's called in American English, and that's what the article used when it was first started. See Talk:Alternate history/Archive 3#Alternative vs Alternate for a 2015 discussion, and links there to previous discussions on the subject. - BilCat (talk) 13:51, 21 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There's also the Tumblr site The Alt-Historian, "A Neo-Atomic Tango Thru a World of Dreams:
We travel, record, observe, and document-- and are always home just in time for supper."
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