Talk:Battles of the Loxahatchee

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This page is inaccurate. There was no "Battle of Jupiter Inlet". The battle in question near Jupiter on 15 Jan 1838 between Levin Powell and the Seminoles was the First Battle of the Loxahatchee (aka Powell's Battle). This battle is covered in this existing Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Seminole_War#The_Battle_of_Loxahatchee I do not know the proper procedure for fixing this. Jliller (talk) 03:00, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jliller, thank you for your willingness to contribute and help me out here. I began this article based on a Wiki Project focused on expanding the encyclopedia of Indigenous American people, Battle of the Jupiter Inlet was a stub article that was requested to be expanded. Through my research I was trying to differentiate between the two battles, the best example I can find to back my claim is the [| the Loxahatchee Battle Field] web page indicates that the Battle of the Loxahatchee was actually on January 24th, 1838. The geographic location of the Jupiter Inlet to the the Loxahatchee Battlefield would support the theory that the first battle was in fact the "Battle of Jupiter Inlet" rather than of Loxahatchee. I don't see any live articles for The First Battle of Loxahatchee, what would the process be for deciding on what the official term should be? I can change the article title, since I have not found any current article, would you say that would make the page more accurate? I'm new here, thanks for helping! Alexisvictoria93 (talk) 20:06, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Looking good[edit]

Looking good! I did some copyediting and might have left a few templates. Also, do you have a response to the above? -Reagle (talk) 14:55, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alexisvictoria93, your article looks good! Especially like how detailed of a content box. Some suggestions might be to go through and create WikiLinks so other articles, this way it will more visitors or editors reviewing the article as well. Other than filling in sections that are blank it's a great start! I was also curious if you have a response to what Reagle was referring to. BrazilSean (talk) 17:50, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alexisvictoria93! Going off of BrazilSean I did some minor copyediting and linked to a few other Wikipedia pages. I've found that it's easier to read an article when a term is linked to a page at the first mention so some of the Wikipedia links you had, I just put earlier in your page; ultimately it's just a stylistic choice so feel free to change it back! I'll check back in to read the battle section as well as what you put in about Sam Jones under notable people once you have that up. My last comment is that you may want to write in the Battle of Jupiter Inlet on the Seminole Wars page once you have the situation above resolved. Overall, really nice job! Wikibicki (talk) 17:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, just wanted to say that the article looks stellar. Formatting is A+, and the general vibe is super neutral, which is totally great. Anyway, nicely done–I wish I had some constructive feedback to offer but alas...Anussbaumer (talk) 13:50, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It only took four years, but I finally gathered some secondary sources pertaining to my original comment (and am a little more familiar with Wikipedia editing now). More experienced editors may wish to touch up the templating of my references. If anything is unclear after my edits or could otherwise use further improvement please let me know. Originally, this page only referred to the first battle and briefly mentioned the second. I have revised it to cover both battles and renamed it accordingly. While old name for the page ("Battle of Jupiter Inlet") is how it is cited in a number of books, that name is both archaic (nobody today uses it) and inaccurate (both battles were fought 5-7 air miles inland from the inlet). Both battles were relative small, geographically close together, only 9 days apart, and fought against the same group of Seminoles. They are generally referred to collectively as well. (See the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in Nov 1942 for a similiar situation.) FYI I live in Jupiter, am the Historian for the local historical society, and known many people involved with the battlefield. Jliller (talk) 01:34, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]