Talk:Treaty of Greenville

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[edit] Green(e)ville

The title of the page is incorrect. The spelling of the Treaty of Greeneville has an "e" between the n and the v. The modern city of Greenville is spelled without the e. However, the fort built by Anthony Wayne was named after his good friend and Revolutionary War Gerneral Nathanael Greene. Therefore, Wayne spelled the fort's name and the treaty's name with the e. I have already corrected the spelling in the article, but I am unable to fix the title and all of the other times the treaty and/or fort is mentioned in Wikipedia. I would be greatful for people's help in fixing this problem. I would like to respect General Wayne and honor General Nathanael Greene by correcting the spelling.

Sorry, but the vast majority of sources cite the title as "Treaty of Greenville". olderwiser 03:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
That's my impression as well. We can note in the article that the original spelling was different, but per Wikipedia practice we should continue to use the more common spelling in the title and elsewhere. --Kevin Myers | (complaint dept.) 14:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I am sorry. I figured that Wikipedia would want to be historically accurate. By providing inaccurate information you are not a credible source. I am astonished that any encyclopedia would want to have that reputation, but apparently I was wrong. It is a sad thing that you can not honor everyone involve in Fort Greene Ville and the Treaty by not having the correct spelling. It is extremely sad. It saddens me evenmore that you acknowledge the fact of its original spelling, but you choose to keep the incorrect spelling out of mere convenience and because that's how uneducated people have started to spell it. It is bad enough that the City of Greenville changed the spelling, and now the original spelling will be lost because of people like you.

[edit] Which Greenville?

The article doesn't say where (presumably at somewhere called Greenville) the treaty was signed. Looking at Greenville, there are a lot of candidates. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:14, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


You say that the treaty was frequently disregarded by settlers, which is true; It was also frequently disregarded by Indians.

Well, Greenville, Ohio of course. olderwiser 19:53, 18 June 2006 (UTC)