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Only in ohio (Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.40.209.29 (talk) 18:25, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
We didn't fight the British in this war, which didn't really start until the formation of the Northwest Territory itself in 1787. However, the general background is that settlers encroached on Indian territory (Ohio Country) west of the Divide, established by the Royal Proclamation of 1763, starting before the ink was dry on that document. This is a lot more relevant than the Great Lakes boundary between the U.S. and British North America. The second paragraph of the lede needs adjusted. It's a matter of focus. Sbalfour (talk) 22:11, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I'd also like to see a line in the lede to summarize the Aftermath section, as is proper, such as: "The close of the War resulted in clearance of Indians from much of Ohio Country opening it up to settlement, and quelled Indian resistance north of the Ohio River, effectively moving the frontier to west of the Mississippi. Along with the conclusion of the Cherokee-American war in the south, and subsequent settlement of these lands, it set the stage for the rise of the Manifest Destiny movement and Doctrine a generation hence." A bit grandiose, perhaps, like the conclusion of a novel, but the 1794 Battle really changed things quite suddenly and comprehensively.Sbalfour (talk) 22:33, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
There seems to be some disagreement about where to place the sentence which discusses the war as genocide. Reading through the article, I don't think it belongs in the background. From the background through the course of the war, the article is mostly chronological. Historical analysis likely deserves it's own section, probably at the conclusion of the article. To keep it in the background section, I think it would need to be a stronger statement, something along the lines of "Henry Knox decided to commit genocide." I don't think we could back up a blunt statement like that in the background, though, which is why I think an analysis section is warranted. Canute (talk) 15:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
A while ago, a lot of the 1794 information was purposely reduced in an attempt to make this article more readable. I have two questions in follow up to that work.
Thanks, Canute (talk) 16:27, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
See Talk:Northwest_Indian_War/Archive_1#Still_a_'C'
6 months and many edits after we made a concerted effort to improve this article, it's still rated C class. Do you think we're any closer? Should we ask for another review?
The one thing that plagues me on several articles I watch is citations, which seems to be the one thing holding us back on the Military History checklist. I never know what to do with that, because I'm not sure which citations are missing. Can anyone identify some missing citations we need to reference? There are currently 205 citations and 2 notes. There are 50 paragraphs after the lede, so this article averages 4 citations per paragraph. We might be missing a key citation somewhere, it's just hard to find unless someone marks it with a citation needed tag.Canute (talk) 14:29, 24 May 2022 (UTC)