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Ensured that the article is within project scope, tagged for task forces, and assessed for class. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 21:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I am in contact with a professional voice actor who is trying to record a spoken version of George Washington and he wants to hear someone pronounce "Battle of Jumonville Glen". If anyone would be willing to call him up or even leave a voice mail with the proper pronunciation, please email me and I will send you his contact info. Thanks. howcheng { chat} 18:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
This is a mess, I'm going to fix it up. Red4tribe ( talk) 23:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
For reasons unknown (to me), this article has been heavily edited and now relies on a single source, omitting other sources and many of the details of the battle in parallel Wikipedia entries (see the entry "Joseph Coulon de Jumonville" which contains a much better account of the battle). This article is now misleading at best, and omits primary sources such as detail from Washington's own diaries on the battle as well as contemporary French accounts. While the English and French may not have been technically at war at the time, they were headed towards it, and this clash which set off the Seven Years War (called the French and Indian War in North America) became a world wide conflict that didn't really end until Napoleon was defeated in 1815. The North American war was a sideshow to the world war, but a cause celebre of the day among both the English and the French propagandists.
In its present state, I would say that this article has been badly vandalized and needs an extensive rework. Rarkm ( talk) 06:14, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
This article says Jumonville was assassinated after surrendering. The article on Jumonville, however, goes into more detail, and offers the possibility that Jumonville was killed in battle, and that the assassination story was a bit of French propaganda which was denied by the British forces. If such controversy exists, it should be stated in the article. Mingusboodle ( talk) 23:44, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
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Reviewer: — Ed! (talk) 20:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
The article, is, to me complete and I do not see any major points keeping it from satisfying all GA criteria. My only point is the "Legacy" section should be expanded or merged into other sections. Wikipeidia style does not permit single-sentence paras or sections. Once this is done, I will pass the GA nomination. — Ed! (talk) 21:18, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
(This was addressed to me on my talk page. It is more appropriately discussed here. Magic ♪piano 21:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC))
It seems you are quite indifferent to historical accuracy! All the soldiers involved were born in Canada. What do you call the colonists during the American Revolution, British as well, so we have British versus British. Also take a look at the Quebec Act of 1774, King George III refers to his Canadian subjects throughout the Act, not his French subjects.-- Varing ( talk) 21:47, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
The Canadien force "sent Jumonville to warn Washington about encroaching on French-claimed territory.". This doesn't appear to be correct: did Jumonville encounter Washington elsewhere before the battle? Who "sent" him?-- Wetman ( talk) 18:42, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Concerning where the Battle took place, i.e. the closest settlement/village/town/city. The Battle occurred at a location which GPS coordinates place and which on a map appear nearer to Hopwood than Farmington - the Battle took place on top of Chestnut Ridge across from the present Summit Inn which is near the original Braddock's Road (which became the National Road/Pike). I am unsure as to why the infobox designation can't be something along the lines of "between [this village] and [that village]". Let's discuss. Shearonink ( talk) 04:50, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
Here's an interesting read from the Smithsonian (Oct 2019) which gives a newly discovered account of the battle. It varies from the 3 in this article, and includes an indication that Washington fired the first shot. I didn't want to immediately include this new account because I haven't been an active editor of this article. When Young George Washington Started A War Canute ( talk) 17:37, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Preston, David (October 2019). "When Young George Washington Started a War". Washington, DC: Smithonian Institute. Retrieved 26 September 2019.