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There are two tables of facts here. One is redundant. -- Zoe 22:55, 31 December 2002
On the issue of what region Ohio is in -- there are no hard-and-fast definitions of regions in the United States. Usually, Ohio is considered Midwestern, but there are plenty of people who believe Ohio is too far east to be in the Midwest. It's not incorrect to say that Ohio is in the northeast, well, because look at the map. And for some purposes Ohio has more in common with Pennsylvania than with Iowa. I'm not going to change this, but I just wanted to note that there is no definitive regional definition here. Acsenray 15:00, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I'm not sure I'd say Ohio is in the Northeastern corner of the US! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.104.20.14 (talk) 17:30, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I finally went crazy enough with the regional definition of Ohio to soften the "midwestern" concept and begin implying that a.) Ohio is multi-regional, or, regionless, depending on how you look at things, b.) "Midwest" is not really a well-defined concept anyway, c.) there's quite a lot of disagreement regarding this issue. I left the basic concept of Ohio being a midwestern state reasonably intact, but I did so more out of history than anything, since I didn't really attempt to justify it all that much.
In time, the few lines that are there will likely, and should, grow into their own section discussion on region and Ohio. To that end, I would ask that people who are considering editing that section, to add to this discussion and the different sides of it, as opposed to attempting to pigeonhole Ohio into a region based on definition X or concept Y. Locking the first line of Ohio's wikipedia article into a definition of Ohio as a midwestern state doesn't give this controversy the due time it deserves. Jimbobjoe 08:35, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I've lived in Ohio almost my entire life and in my experience Ohioans universally refer to Ohio as part of the Midwest. I have many friends and family in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus -- and have lived in these cities myself -- and I've never once heard someone refer to any region of Ohio as anything but Midwestern. After all, Pittsburgh is considered a Midwestern city and Buffalo is often described as being on the border of the Northeast and Midwest and both cities are obviously located a considerable amount further to the east than anywhere in Ohio. Furthermore, it may be true that Plains States such as Iowa, Missouri, or Nebraska have been referred to as part of the Midwest in recent years, but this is simply due to misuse of the word Midwest. Those states are the Heartland. And this is the problem -- people equate the words Midwest and Heartland when, in fact, they are two separate regions with distinctly different geography, culture, etc. The rule of thumb that I've always encountered is that the states at the core of the Great Lakes are the Midwest -- Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. That leaves two "oddball" states that don't exactly fit into any category -- Minnesota which has characteristics of the Midwest and Heartland and West Virginia which isn't really Midwestern, Northeastern, *or* Southern. This is debatable (like I said, it's just a rule of thumb), but one thing is for sure -- to use the word Midwest to describe anything West of the Mississippi is just plain wrong. -- Stereoisomer 19:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Ohio is northeast. Ohio is not in the Midwest.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.104.114.196 (talk)
Actually, it is not properly either. Ohio sort of falls into both categories, and depending on which source for info you use, the classification will vary. For the record, as a native Clevelander, born and raised, who has resided in Chicago for the past 14 years, Cleveland has a lot more of a Northeastern feel to it than you may care to realize. While the Western half of the state does have a bit of a Midwestern feel to it as well, the northeastern part of the state shares more in common, both geographically as well as culturally, with Pennsylvania than it does with Midwestern states like Indiana and Illinois. Likewise, the southeastern part is more akin to Appalachia and the South. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 01:55, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Technically, Ohio has always been defined as part of the Midwest region. My understanding of the region is that it encompasses the middle and western parts of the country (up until the Rocky Mountains start). If you really want to get into a battle of semantics, though, I will be happy to oblige. Consider it on a global scale. Ohio is as much a part of the Midwest as Iran is part of the Middle East. You can see on this map that the name "Middle East" is a bit of a misnomer: http://en.wikipedia.orghttps://wikious.com/en/Image:GreaterMiddleEast2.png. "Midwest" is really just a catch-all phrase given to the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. Oubobcat11 (talk) 18:34, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
What about Ohio's status as a swing-state on the national stage, or the internal political tendencies of the state? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.222.241 (talk) 06:38, 29 August 2004 (UTC)
In the "Political Demographics and history" section it states that state politics are currently dominated by Democrats. I am not sure that this is an accurate statement. The information that I have been able to find says that Ohio's General Assembly is currently controlled by the Republicans and despite the election of a Democratic governor will remain in Republican hands for the 127th session. So perhaps the Ohio article should be changed to say that state politics are dominated by the Republicans. ClixTrek 19:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
...to list of important cities and towns. While Bellefontaine is certainly not among Ohio's largest cities, it is important in that the city played a role in many of Ohio's historical periods. From its founding as the Shawnee community of Blue Jacket's Town c. 1770, to the travels of pioneers Simon Kenton, John Chapman, David Jones, and the Zane family, Bellefontaine was an important site at the founding of Ohio. Bellefontaine's importance continued through the railroading era; it was the site of one of the largest railroad terminals in the Eastern United States. As Ohio and America took to the automobile, Bellefontaine was there: The process for paving streets with concrete was perfected at Bellefontaine. And now, Bellefontaine is at the center of Honda of America Manufacturing's extensive Ohio operations. SwissCelt 21:52, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I think my bugaboo is with the section heading, "Important cities and towns". "Important" should not be synonymous with "most populous". SwissCelt 23:07, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
The article currently state that Ohio was admitted to the Union on "August 7, 1953, retroactive to March 1, 1803" (in the table) which is explained somewhat in the text with
I don't think this is quite accurate. First, Ohio was accepted as a State of the Union by the act of February 19, 1903 . The act stated that Ohio had fulfilled the process set out in the enabling act of April 30, 1802, "whereby the said state has become one of the United States of America". Unlike Lousiana and subsequent states, no effective date was declared for this change of status and the language was not as explicit as for subsequent states. Yet there is no question that Ohio had fulfilled all the requirements set out by Congress and was legally recognized as a state on February 19, 1803.
The lack of an explicit declaration of a date of statehood only became an issue as the 150th anniversary approached in 1953. The issue was more a matter of PR and self-promotion than a matter of law, but Congress and Eisenhower played along with the Ohio congressman, George Bender, who introduced the legislation that retroactively recognized Ohio's official date of admittance to the Union.
I am going to change the table to read "March 1, 1803, declared retroactively on August 7, 1953 and update the explanation in the text. older≠wiser 18:49, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
The photo of the plaque outside Federal Hall doesn't commemorate the Northwest Ordinance but rather the Ohio Company of Associates of Israel Ludlow et alia that bought a large chunk of southeastern Ohio around Marietta. (I corresponded with the New-York Historical Society on this issue a couple of years ago after I saw a photo of Federal Hall with the unmistakable outline of Ohio visible.) PedanticallySpeaking 14:38, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
I posted an item for discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. special districts#Ohio school districts on what to name articles on our school districts. I'd appreciate Wikipedians looking at my query and posting comments there. PedanticallySpeaking 18:38, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
I created Wikipedia:WikiProject Ohio townships yesterday after having gone through and manually created articles on all the townships in Butler, Warren, and Clinton counties, e.g. Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio.
There is a wealth of data on each township in the Census data, which are also available more easily through Ohio State's site. Bots were used to create articles from this data on all of Ohio's villages and cities and I wonder if someone would be willing to create and operate a bot for me to add the Census data to the existing articles and to create new ones. I have some guidelines on the project page for how these articles should be set up. If someone's interested, please let me know on my talk page. And I'd welcome anyone to join the project as well. PedanticallySpeaking 15:20, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
The war fought from 1756-1763 is known as the French and Indian War only in the US, and not all of North America, as the article states. In Canada, as elsewhere, the war is called the Seven Years War. Corrected to show this fact.--Simon.Pole 03:00, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I looked up Ohio to find out what the annual rain fall was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.12.116.135 (talk) 23:17, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
The following cities and towns were cut in the most recent edit:
I think Athens, Chillicothe, and Marietta should stay. Chillicothe was the site of the Constitutional Convention and capital city for a few years. Marietta was also one of the capital cities, along with being the home of the oldest college in the Northwest Territory. Athens is the site of the first public university in the state. Rkevins82 20:15, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I've proposed a standard form for naming articles on Ohio school districts: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Ohio school districts), which could easily be extended to apply to districts in other states. I'd welcome some feedback on this. PedanticallySpeaking 16:37, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I feel that Parma, Lorain, and Hamilton should be removed from the list of important cities. This is not due to them being unimportant, rather that they are part of a larger metropolitan area (Cleveland for Parma and Lorain, and Cincinnati for Hamilton). The US census bureau consideres these cities to be part of their MSAs, as they are geographically fairly close to the nearby major city. Bcirker 22:08, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Why are all of the statistics for the state showing up in Metric Units? None of the folks I know here in Ohio use Metric units. In fact, most of them have no idea how long 355 kilometers is. I tried updating these to show both English and Metric, but someone deleted all of my work. It only makes sense to have the measurement used in the area in question shown on the page, when most of the folks looking up information on it will be from that area. They have a right to have access to the data in a useable form, without having to do a bunch of conversions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.88.221.97 (talk) 18:57, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to nominate my home state as a featured article. Fellow Buckeyes, please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leoberacai (talk • contribs) 04:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Here's the Reform Judaism info I trimmed:
Interesting, but it seemed too detailed for the overview nature of the paragraph. The history of religion in Ohio should be a separate topic from the current religious demographic. I presume the same information is available under Reform Judaism; if not, it should certainly appear there. Carboncopy 03:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
The combination of "Amish/Pietist" seems very strange to me. As far as I know pietism is a Christian movement among Lutherans (and some other denominations) mostly in Germany. Does "Piestist" have another meaning here in context with the Amish? If so, what does it mean here? Does it make sense? (Sorry, if these questions seem silly to you. I'm not a native English speaker.) The combination "Amish/Pietist" was added to the article by a user with an IP-address on July 1, 2005: . -- Mathetes Ger 09:12, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
I have an idea for converting the state symbols list to a more graphical view. See below. --Midnightcomm 04:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
--Midnightcomm 04:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
The start of the article quotes The Economist saying that Ohio is in the mid west of the united states. From the map it appears to be in the north eastern corner of the country. So how does one arrive at it being in the mid west? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.209.7 (talk) 15:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Ohio is in the Northeast
See the discussion over here. You could probably divide the state down the middle somewhere as to where Midwest meets Northeast. Frank12 16:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Does Ohio have a climate ;-) and if yes, what is it like? --62.134.233.93 19:12, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Found this pdf. Could someone include it into the article, please? My English is not good enough... Thank You! --62.134.228.22 20:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Removed "Build Your Business. Love Your Life." from the list. It's nothing more than an advertising slogan for the Ohio Business Development Coalition, which is a consortium of corporations and chambers of commerce. One of the stated goals in their mission statement:
Develop a brand and messages to aggressively sell Ohio as a profitable location for business investment
This would seem to qualify the "motto" as spam. The article is better off without it.
I'm moving the link to the article provided by ConfiteorDeo, for reference. "Ads aim to lure CEOs to try Ohio" The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 14, 2006. Accessed October 31 2006.
Should any of the other "unofficial mottos" be included in this article? They don't seem like encyclopedic material. --KeithB 04:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Should the infobox be changed to replace Mike Dewine with Sherrod Brown for our senator, per the elections? Or has he not be sworn in or something? Just checking, seems like kind of a big fact to miss...same with governor, it should be Strickland now. DoomsDay349 17:14, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
It seems someone thinks changing everything on the page to variants of the "your mom" joke is funny. I'm only a novice at this wiki thing, could someone with more experience and authority please undo the damage that has been done? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.132.42.13 (talk)
Somebody should also remove "Ohio's main export is prostitutes." (It's up near the top.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.0.212.132 (talk)
I was just about to ask if a disproportanate number of successful porn stars came from Ohio, when I saw the mention of "exporting prostitutes" in this vandalism section. I've personally noticed quite a few spirited stars come from Ohio. Are there any current references on the sex industry in Ohio? ...
I'd like to know if there is anything about Ohioan culture that's conducive to a healthier attitude towards sex than the rest of America's puritan approach. I'm still doing basic sexological research on this. If noone has any input, I may still add to this comment later. 64.175.42.74 06:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. states format has been updated to include a new Sports section, that covers collegiate sports, amateur sports, and non-team sports (such as hunting and fishing). Please feel free to add this new heading, and supply information about sports in Ohio. Please see South_carolina#Sports_in_South_Carolina as an example. NorCalHistory 16:20, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
IMHO, the introductory paragraph is far too focused on whether Ohio is or is not part of the midwestern states. Perhaps the debate could be moved into the Geography section, and a better introduction could be written for that first paragraph. Thoughts? JonathanFreed 19:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I believe there is plenty of debate regarding calling Ohio "midwestern." As I said in earlier comments on this issue, the issue of region should be put into its own special section.
I think the main issue is that "Ohio is a midwestern state" leads the article of Ohio and that is a mistake because it implies that that is one of Ohio's defining features. If anything, I consider Ohio's "midwesterness" one of its most misleading features and a source of much confusion.
The following is the language that I created in December 2005. I believe this copy does a good job of discussing this issue without pigeonholing Ohio unnecessarily.
Ohio is a state in the United States. Historically (but not universally) considered a part of the Midwest, Ohio is a multi-regional, cultural and geographical crossroads, with elements of the Midwest, Northeast, Appalachia and the South. "This slice of the mid-west contains a bit of...(etc)
At some point in time, someone came along and removed "(but not universally)." I did not consider that line hugely important in lead, though it did imply a certain amount of discussion of this issue (whereas without the line the discussion of the issue is purely alluded to.) The line's removal was fine, except for the fact that people naturally want to simplify it down to "Ohio is a midwestern state" which is actually different from "Historically considered a part of..."Jimbobjoe 09:13, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
The more I think about this, the more I think the current language for the first sentence is problematic and less elegant than it could be. Because I've experienced this language section changing a lot, and not necessarily for well founded reasons in my opinion, I propose the following language with followed by defenses for why it's better than the current text.
Ohio is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio is a multi-regional, cultural and geographical crossroads, with elements of the Midwest, Northeast, Appalachia and the South. "This slice of the mid-west contains a bit of everything American—part north-eastern and part southern, part urban and part rural, part hardscrabble poverty and part booming suburb..."
The main proposal here is to change the current line "which was settled by people from New England, the Middle States, Appalachia, and the upper south" to "with elements of the Midwest, Northeast, Appalachia and the South."
The proposed text is perfectly justified by the quote from the Economist which follows. On the other hand, the current text is harder to justify (particularly because immigration from "middle states" is neither defined nor, whatever it may be, significant) and the inclusion of Ohio's immigration history into the first paragraph is a request for enormous complexity. (This article does indeed lack a good section on immigration to Ohio, particularly that of european immigration which had a huge role in settling the 3 major cities.) However the article's lack of an immigration section should not be made up by a less than ideal second sentence.Jimbobjoe 09:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I see a quote in the "Demographics" section that caught my eye as it is blatantly incorrect.
"Although Ohio grows slowly, it grows faster than states such as New York or Michigan."
Now, I'm not sure about New York, but Michigan grew just as fast as Ohio over the 80's (i.e. 0%), and Michigan grew faster over the 90's (Michigan's 7% vs. Ohio's 5%), and is predicted to have grown faster thus far in the 2000's according to the mid-decade census estimates (Michigan's 2% vs. Ohio's 0.9%), so how can this fact be true for Michigan? --Criticalthinker 06:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Exactly, it's complete BS. I'll get rid of it if it is still there.
7FlushSetzer 02:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
About mid-February the lead was changed to what I believe is a less effective lead. I have seen the individual editor's justification for the changes, but I don't believe they are strong enough to support the changes, and have diminished the article.
The current lead:
a.) Spends a lot of time mentioning Native Americans and their time in Ohio. However, very little of the article discusses Native Americans in Ohio (arguably a failure point of the article) and, unlikey many other states, Native Americans have not had that much effect on modern Ohio because they were gone by the time of Ohio's ascendancy. Undoubtedly Native Americans have an influence on Ohio, but I'm afraid that influence wasn't strong enough to justify a mention in a 4 sentence summary of the state.
b.) copies some strange, misleading and inaccurate language regarding Ohio's settlement (particularly on the line "was settled by people from...the Middle States"...middle states? what they hell are those? and besides, Ohio wasn't settled by the middle states.)
I propose returning back to an amended lead which had been around prior to the mid-February change.
Ohio is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio is a multi-regional, cultural and geographical crossroads, with elements of the Midwest, Northeast, Appalachia and the South. "This slice of the mid-west contains a bit of everything American—part north-eastern and part southern, part urban and part rural, part hardscrabble poverty and part booming suburb" notes The Economist.
The Economist quote I believe is an extraordinarily elegant, concise and unique way of discussing the complexities of Ohio. In that regard, I think it's perfect for the lead and in that regard many wikipedians did as well, leaving it up there for a good year or so.
The editor who removed it said that the "lead should not contain material that is not in the main text" but I don't see that in the Wikipedia guidlines, nor do I believe that that text says/implies things which are not in the article already.
I'd like to change the lead to my proposed language, and I hereby request comment for feedback on that. I'd like to be able to justify the changes through a process that either included feedback, or no opposition. Jimbobjoe 00:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know what natives of Ohio are called? C0N6R355 20:59, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Northeasterners eat their hot dogs with ketchup. Midwesterners would prefer mustard. Ohioans love ketchup on hotdogs so Ohio is a Northeastern state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.104.114.196 (talk)
I'm an Ohio and I say I'm in the Northeast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.106.138.185 (talk)
I too am an Ohioan as well, and completely can see both sides of this debate, but especially having been away from the area for a couple years, I definately feel I'm more of a "northeasterner" than a "midwesterner"....west of what? Verbatim, it doesn't make sense. We are right on the border of both geographic zones; "Mideasterner" is probably more accurate, to be honest. A "Great Lakes state" is fine too. I had to laugh at the ketchup thing....I grew up completely with ketchup on my hotdogs (I use mustard occasionally, like at the Jake), while my wife, from Oklahoma, is a mustard user and thought ketchup was weird. :) -BulaJacket —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.129.178.35 (talk) 06:03, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Ohio is not midwest!!!75.118.140.159 (talk) 05:15, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Any interest in creating a Portal for Ohiosimilar to the ones created by other states? Portal:Florida, Portal:California, and Portal:Vermont. Vbofficial 10:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Midwest flooding of 2007 has been created, involving the effects of the recent (and ongoing) rain and flooding. Kablammo 20:05, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I was editing the Sport section, and did a little rewrite on the paragraph about the Grand Slam status of Cincinnati and Cleveland. This is the status of having a team in each of the four sports leagues: MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL.
I couldn't find any record of Cincinnati ever having had an NHL team. The old text said that Cincinnati had GS status from 1968 to 1972. The NFL Bengals started in 1968, so I see where the 1968 comes from; and the NBA Cincinnati Royals (now the Sacramento Kings) left in 1972. But I don't know of any NHL team that was ever present in Cincinnati. Cincinnati has had some non-NHL teams, but even counting them, the time lines for these don't seem right, either: the Cincinnati Mohawks (1949-1958) were too early; and the Cincinnati Stingers (1975–1979) and the Cincinnati Cyclones (1999-present) were too late.
Am I missing a team, or was the prior entry wrong?
I've taken out the Cincinnati claim, but I took it out with a comment, keeping the text as I rewrote it, including the wikilinks. If anyone can fill in this hole (if indeed there is one), please have at it. -- Terry Carroll 06:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I removed this claim: "One unconfirmed rate said that a poll found residents responded their favorite NFL team as 55% Browns, 25% Pittsburgh Steelers, 9% Detroit Lions and only 6% Bengals, 5% others." Besides being poorly worded (a rate said that a poll found residents responded their favorite NFL team?), it also provides specific statistics without a citation. I've tagged the previous statement about the disparity in merchandizing for citing. -- JHunterJ 17:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Merely stating that slavery was not permitted implies an incorrect and lopsided view of the treatment of blacks in Ohio. I think the Black Laws and the fierce discouraging of black immigration at least deserve a brief mention. Cami Solomon 05:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
The article should have a section on how the KKK exercised power of Blacks in the state. The article si very bias and paints a false history of kindness in Ohio to those who are not white. This article needs work. "The Ku Klux Klan was especially strong in Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. In Summit County, the Klan claimed to have fifty thousand members, making it the largest local chapter in the United States."The link is to Ohio historical society. More info:KKK--Margrave1206 (talk) 19:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
As big a fan as I am, and as proud as I am of Ohio's football legacy (particularly when it is played by the Buckeyes, Browns and St. Ignatius), I am looking at the section on the collegiate and high school sports section, and it needs an overhaul. There should definitely be something mentioned about football, but to give a comprehensive list of programs (or anything past a gloss for that matter), detracts from the point of the article itself: to give an overview of The State of Ohio. It makes the article lengthier than need be, and restates info that is already presented in other articles for specific schools mentioned. Besides that, there are NPOV issues. Any thoughts? If no one else has anything to add or debate on the matter, I will begin to edit it in the next few days. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 00:49, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
That solution might work, although there are extensive articles on all the major teams already (the Browns and Indians articles are nearly as long as the Ohio article). Most of the stuff I removed was either POV or unsourced (and likely unsource-able in the first place). I'm holding off a little while longer on editing the high school/collegiate section to give a fair say to anyone who wants to contest it though.Ryecatcher773 (talk) 17:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Looking to start an Ohio Portal. If I can get two others to back it I'll begin it sometime this week. Stepshep (talk) 22:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
It's starting, check it out at Portal:Ohio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stepshep (talk • contribs) 23:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I was reading the Ohio revised code, and on the General Provisions §5.30 reads Saturday afternoon is legal holiday. Every Saturday afternoon is a legal holiday, beginning at twelve noon and ending at twelve midnight. No section of the Revised Code and no decision of any court shall affect the validity of any check, bill of exchange, order, promissory note, due bill, mortgage, or other writing obligatory made, signed, negotiated, transferred, assigned, or paid by any person, corporation, or bank upon said holiday, or any other transaction had thereon.
Effective Date: 10-01-1953
Could this be added to the article? §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 22:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
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