Talk:Canoe Fight (Creek War)

Article review
I appreciate your work on the Creek War. The map was very helpful. It's still C class because there are a few places where I was not sure who was doing what. Here are my observations. Djmaschek (talk) 06:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Consider changing the name from Canoe Fight to Canoe Fight (Creek War).
 * The introduction should be expanded to explain a little more about the fight.
 * Under Background, it would be helpful if there was a brief explanation who the Red Sticks were. (A warlike faction of the Creek Nation?) Someone not familiar with the history might want to know.
 * It says the men were on the southern bank and then it says the east bank. You probably should keep it consistent (change south to east) so the reader can more easily follow the action.
 * The account starts on Nov. 11 yet it says the battle occurred on Nov. 12. It did not say at what point in the narrative they camped overnight. So I made an edit that made this clear.
 * I also added "(see map Brasier's)" so readers will know that the narrative's "French's" and the map's "Brasier's" are the same place.
 * The account suggests that after killing the Red Sticks in the canoe, the party returned to the east bank to pick up the other 8 volunteers in order to return everyone to the west bank. This needs to be clearer.
 * Thanks for the review! I've applied all these changes. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions or what else I can do to make this B-class. Dofftoubab (talk) 03:15, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * B class. Nice work. Djmaschek (talk) 04:32, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Not just a war story
This article treats the Canoe Fight, which it acknowledges was not military significant, solely as a military event. Most of the article is tactical. What remains unexplained is why this incident was remembered at all, when no doubt there were many other skirmishes between fighters in the region in 1813-14. Our sources date from 38 or more years after the event. Also, more could be said about the significance of this story in the state of Alabama, where it was for a long time a patriotic legend taught to schoolchildren. — ℜ ob C. alias ALAROB 18:58, 20 June 2023 (UTC)