Editing Jonbar hinge (section)

==Background==
Jonbar hinges often refer to small undistinguished events that had an important effect on history, but [[time travel]] caused the outcome of the choice or event to be changed and to lead to a different future or to an [[alternate history]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ask.metafilter.com/85629/The-weak-things-of-the-world-shall-confound-the-mighty |title=The weak things of the world shall confound the mighty |accessdate=6 December 2008 |author= |date=March 8, 2008 |publisher=[[MetaFilter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2005/nz9645.php |title=Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds |accessdate=6 December 2008 |author=Pauline Morgan |date=November 28, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516135819/http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2005/nz9645.php |archivedate=May 16, 2008 }}</ref> It can, however, refer to any kind of change in history without having to deal with time travel, as [[Paul Di Filippo]] used the term when he reviewed [[S. M. Stirling]]'s ''[[In the Courts of the Crimson Kings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw18538.html |title=Review:In the Courts of the Crimson Kings |accessdate=6 December 2008 |author=[[Paul Di Filippo]] |date=March 17, 2008 |publisher=[[Sci Fi Weekly]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621081010/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw18538.html |archivedate=21 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In [[Michael Chabon]]'s ''[[The Yiddish Policemen's Union]]'' the jonbar hinge was the death of the main opponent to the passing of the [[Slattery Report|King-Havenner Bill]], which would have allowed [[Jewish]] refugees to settle in [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=49751 |title=''Yiddish'' Inspired By Phrasebook |accessdate=31 July 2014 |author=[[John Joseph Adams]] |date=March 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306181718/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=49751 |archivedate=March 6, 2008 }}</ref> The jonbar hinge in ''[[Bring the Jubilee]],'' [[Ward Moore]]'s 1953 novel of [[American Civil War]] alternate history, is the Confederate occupation of Little Round Top minutes before the Union's attempt, which leads to [[Robert E. Lee|Lee]]'s victory at the 1863 [[Battle of Gettysburg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue23/books.html|title=Book Review: Ward Moore's 'Bring the Jubilee'|first=Don|last=Webb|website=www.bewilderingstories.com|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> 

The term is also used in describing an important upcoming event or decision, that humanity will need to make.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groundzeromedia.org/invest/7day/7day.html |title=The Martian Chronicle for the 21st Century Apocalypse |accessdate=7 December 2008 |author=Clyde Lewis |publisher=Ground Zero |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107231539/http://www.groundzeromedia.org/invest/7day/7day.html |archivedate=7 January 2009 }}</ref>