190:
290:"Did you know?" entry for December 7, 2006, promoted to featured on April 21, 2007. A battle so little-known your history professor has probably never heard of it. There are some Revolutionary War battles even more obscure, but I'm not sure if there's enough secondary material to raise them to featured status. Might be interesting sometime to see just how obscure a battle could be and still become featured. Graced the Main Page on May 2, 2014.
381:
295:
280:
260:
244:
362:
451:
427:
403:
153:
232:. Knowledge (XXG) in those early days was the Wild West. On a whim in 2005 I created the "quote box" template, which is now used in three-quarters of a million articles. That should probably get mentioned in my obituary. More substantively, I worked with others to improve the referencing requirements for
274:
on
November 9, 2006 (a wonderfully unexpected honor), featured status November 26, 2006, finally reached the Main Page on May 25, 2019. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first featured article about an event in the American Revolutionary War. Apparently, no other Revolutionary War article had
254:
Featured status
September 25, 2006, made it to the Main Page on January 26, 2008. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first featured article about a participant in the American Revolutionary War. I revised the article in December 2020 to bring it back up to featured
196:
414:
Appeared as the lead "Did you know?" entry on the Main Page on
October 22, 2021, though it got only 5,421 views, on the low side for an entry with a picture. I need hookier hooks to get people to click on articles about obscure Native
462:
Also appeared in "Did you know?" on
November 26, 2021, getting 4,896 views. I used an ambiguous hook, not mentioning "Native American" or "Shawnee," hoping that would attract more clicks, which seemed to work when compared with
438:
Appeared in "Did you know?" on
November 26, 2021, getting only 2,474 views. I hoped mentioning Daniel Boone in the hook would draw more eyeballs, but the hook also revealed the subject was Shawnee, which was probably a
306:
391:
Featured status on May 22, 2021, graced the Main Page on
October 5, 2021, the anniversary of Tecumseh's death, getting 62,454 views, which appears to be above average.
271:
332:
305:
Featured on May 7, 2007, after 2.5 years in the making. This appears to be the first featured article about an
American Indian war. A few more reviews
324:
202:
320:
542:
512:. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than
275:
even been rated "A class". Crawford's Defeat was once fairly well known, but I don't think it gets mentioned in history classes anymore.
373:
After not contributing much for a decade or so, in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, I returned to work on more articles, including:
315:
I stopped writing featured articles after that, but I enjoyed bringing the odd article up to snuff. My highlight reel includes the
348:
498:
This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than
509:
408:
127:
189:
121:
492:
456:
139:
133:
221:
264:
225:
109:
115:
309:, and Mom might invite me to family reunions again. Had its day on the Main Page on May 9, 2009.
284:
236:. Back in those olden days, I caught the featured article bug and created some of my best work:
367:
316:
224:.) I did my small part on a relatively narrow range of topics, usually having to do with the
299:
233:
344:
328:
380:
294:
279:
259:
243:
432:
356:
169:
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. —
340:
336:
248:
229:
352:
541:
If you find this encyclopedia or its sister projects useful, please consider
385:
170:
220:. (It's cute that I signed my first article, which is a reminder to
523:
216:
I first contributed to
Knowledge (XXG) as a registered user in
476:
147:
15:
179:
217:
333:list of delegates to the Continental Congress
8:
450:
448:
426:
424:
402:
400:
161:This user writes articles few people read.
20:
325:United States Declaration of Independence
321:Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
198:American Revolutionary War task force
7:
361:
359:
184:
521:. The original page is located at
14:
449:
425:
401:
379:
360:
349:Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
293:
278:
258:
242:
188:
151:
1:
518:pedia
504:pedia
489:pedia
195:This user is a member of the
203:WikiProject Military history
409:John Lewis (Shawnee leader)
559:
18:
159:This page in a nutshell:
515:Wiki
501:Wiki
486:Wiki
228:and the history of the
474:Knowledge (XXG) editor
457:Snake (Shawnee leader)
272:Danny's third contest
265:Crawford expedition
226:American Revolution
508:you are viewing a
222:be kind to newbies
175:
543:making a donation
539:
538:
531:ki/User:Kevin1776
472:
471:
368:Whiskey Rebellion
317:Illinois campaign
234:featured articles
214:
213:
209:
208:
174:
166:
165:
164:
146:
145:
66:
62:
550:
535:
532:
529:
526:
520:
519:
516:
507:
505:
502:
491:
490:
487:
477:
454:
453:
452:
430:
429:
428:
406:
405:
404:
383:
365:
364:
363:
297:
282:
262:
246:
192:
185:
180:
167:
155:
154:
148:
116:Awards & DYK
102:
99:
96:
93:
90:
87:
84:
81:
78:
75:
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
53:
50:
47:
44:
41:
38:
35:
32:
29:
26:
21:
16:
558:
557:
553:
552:
551:
549:
548:
547:
530:
527:
525:https://en.wiki
524:
522:
517:
514:
513:
503:
500:
499:
497:
488:
485:
484:
475:
468:
285:Lochry's Defeat
210:
152:
142:
103:
100:
97:
94:
91:
88:
85:
82:
79:
76:
73:
70:
58:
54:
51:
48:
45:
42:
39:
36:
33:
30:
27:
24:
12:
11:
5:
556:
554:
537:
536:
480:
473:
470:
469:
467:
466:
465:
464:
463:Kekewepelethy.
460:
443:
442:
441:
440:
436:
419:
418:
417:
416:
412:
395:
394:
393:
392:
389:
345:Madame Montour
329:Townshend Acts
313:
312:
311:
310:
303:
291:
288:
276:
268:
256:
252:
218:September 2004
212:
211:
207:
206:
193:
183:
163:
162:
156:
144:
143:
108:
105:
104:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
555:
546:
544:
533:
511:
496:
494:
481:
479:
478:
461:
459:
458:
447:
446:
445:
444:
437:
435:
434:
433:Kekewepelethy
423:
422:
421:
420:
413:
411:
410:
399:
398:
397:
396:
390:
388:
387:
382:
378:
377:
376:
375:
374:
371:
369:
358:
357:Winnebago War
354:
350:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
322:
318:
308:
304:
302:
301:
300:Pontiac's War
296:
292:
289:
287:
286:
281:
277:
273:
269:
267:
266:
261:
257:
253:
251:
250:
245:
241:
240:
239:
238:
237:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
204:
200:
199:
194:
191:
187:
186:
182:
181:
178:
173:
172:
160:
157:
150:
149:
141:
138:
135:
132:
129:
126:
123:
120:
117:
114:
111:
107:
106:
69:
23:
22:
17:
540:
528:pedia.org/wi
482:
455:
431:
407:
384:
372:
341:Samuel Adams
337:John Hancock
314:
298:
283:
263:
249:Daniel Boone
247:
230:Ohio Country
215:
197:
176:
168:
158:
136:
130:
128:Bibliography
124:
118:
112:
57:
510:mirror site
353:Molly Brant
177:Greetings!
483:This is a
415:Americans.
366:, and the
270:Winner of
255:standards.
493:user page
307:like this
122:Red links
439:mistake.
386:Tecumseh
140:Sandbox
134:Gallery
101:—
98:—
95:—
92:—
89:—
86:—
83:—
80:—
77:—
74:—
71:—
55:—
52:—
49:—
46:—
43:—
40:—
37:—
34:—
31:—
28:—
25:—
355:, the
327:, the
323:, the
319:, the
171:Cicero
110:Talk
67:1776
65:EVIN
61:SER:
201:of
545:.
370:.
351:,
347:,
343:,
339:,
335:,
331:,
534:.
506:,
495:.
205:.
137:|
131:|
125:|
119:|
113:|
63:K
59:U
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
