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Q: What geographic region is Ohio in?

A: Ohio has been decided to be categorized as a Midwestern state. (Relevant discusison now archived 1, 2, 3 and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and subsections)

Q: What is the official date of statehood?

A: The date is March 1, 1803, declared retroactively on August 7, 1953 (See article section)

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Ohio was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
May 12, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 13, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Section sizes

Section size for Ohio (50 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	16,071	16,071
History	57	47,939
Indigenous settlement	5,255	5,255
Colonial and Revolutionary eras	7,310	7,310
Northwest Territory	2,690	5,799
Rufus Putnam, the "Father of Ohio"	3,109	3,109
Statehood and early years	5,502	5,502
Civil War and industrialization	3,856	3,856
20th century	9,534	9,534
21st century	10,626	10,626
Geography	8,717	30,060
Fauna	1,756	1,756
Climate	5,756	11,764
Earthquakes	6,008	6,008
Cities	7,823	7,823
Demographics	1,108	28,909
Population	6,249	6,249
Birth data	7,387	7,387
Ancestry	7,259	7,259
Languages	1,854	1,854
Religion	5,052	5,052
Economy	14,808	14,808
Culture	13	20,379
Art	7,001	7,001
Cuisine	1,117	1,117
Music	3,047	3,047
Sports	38	9,201
Professional sports	5,087	5,087
Individual sports	772	772
College sports	3,304	3,304
Government and politics	29	27,487
State government	8,931	8,931
Local government	5,315	5,315
Politics	9,229	9,229
"Mother of presidents"	1,255	1,255
Allegations of voter suppression	2,728	2,728
Education	5,037	6,452
Libraries	1,415	1,415
Transportation	211	6,620
Roads	2,115	2,115
Trails	1,085	1,085
Rail	1,517	1,517
Transit	855	855
Air travel	757	757
Waterways	80	80
See also	113	113
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
Bibliography	1,527	1,527
External links	1,534	1,534
Total	201,955	201,955

Add section about the memes

Please add a section on the TikTok trend, just to clear up confusion for researchers finding the memes. https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-everyone-joking-ohio-tiktok-201526627.html https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/ohio-bashing-is-inescapable-why-are-people-bashing-ohio-on-tiktok/ https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-ohio-joke-tiktok-state-gets-brutally-slammed-viral-trend https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/11/04/tiktoks-ohio-trend-has-become-the-latest-meme-on-the-platform/ https://wkfr.com/tiktok-ohio/ 204.100.235.152 (talk) 15:54, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

go for it 174.70.1.212 (talk) 04:49, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I concurr. NorthCentralKing (talk) 00:07, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

concur

67.234.222.80 (talk) 01:13, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ohio meme

Should a section about the ohio meme be added here? its a popular meme right now Rainbow Galaxy POC (talk) 00:53, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not, in the grand scheme of things I don't think it is notable enough to be mentioned in this article. – Treetoes023 (talk) 14:44, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I actually disagree since I see the meme almost everyday even though I'm not American. Thamska (talk) 17:17, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you can provide reliable sources for the meme, it'd be worth considering.Yobbin (talk) 03:52, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Some secondary websites (1 2 3) do show some notable coverage although I don't think that's enough to include it within this article or even a standalone article. SuperSkaterDude45 (talk) 16:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the meme does not need refrences as reddit, twitter and youtube should be enough of a proof Fardan bin khalid (talk) 11:52, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We need discussion in reliable sources. Reddit, Twitter, and Youtube are not reliable sources. Valereee (talk) 22:32, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: To be fair, I have provided some secondary sources that show some outside coverage of the meme although again, I don't think it's enough to qualify for even its own standalone article. SuperSkaterDude45 (talk) 20:42, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the ohio memes

I feel there should be a section for the recent ohio memes 2600:6C63:643F:3B23:A436:2D6E:340:21B3 (talk) 07:03, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but we can't. Read the above discussion that is below your discussion, and soon, you will know why they won't add the meme mention. Chiagozie Elobuike (talk) 02:21, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

popular culture

there must be a" in popular culture " section in this article Abo Yemen ✉ 16:11, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Superman and the Jewish golem

“Cleveland residents Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the Superman comic character in the spirit of the Jewish golem.”

So then, I looked at the Superman page, and it says Judaic elements are hard to find in their comics, and that neither Siegel nor Shuster were practicing Jews. Should this be rewritten? Fringe, Suspect The (talk) 13:41, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One does not need to practice Judaism to be a Jew, as Judaism is an ethnoreligion (more info in Who is a Jew?). Secondly the article didn't just say that they're hard to find — before that there is a paragraph listing multiple scholars' perspectives supporting the Judaic reading, and a section saying that Siegel or Shuster neither confirmed or denied those perspectives (which is not surprising or indicative of much considering their relative obscurity after the creation of Superman and loss of the rights to him).

Actually the Superman article itself should be amended to include *this* information — "Siegel’s widow, June, in a 1996 interview with The Jewish Week said she never heard her husband deny the Jewish underpinning of Superman, who like the Jews after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem were forced to live in a strange world, keeping their true identities secret — like Clark Kent hiding behind glasses and a felt hat." (https://www.jta.org/1998/07/03/ny/super-apology) Elehnsherr (talk) 22:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nine Inch Nails is listed twice

Under Culture > Arts > Music, Nine Inch Nails is listed twice. Furthermore, I feel like the band Hawthorne Heights from Dayton, Ohio deserves a mention.

That's all. Stellarzoneproductions (talk) 11:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

State Anthem

The version of Beautiful Ohio used in this article is never played in any meaningful setting. Rather the instrumental variation played by the Ohio State Marching Band is played quite often. I recommend a change from the waltz to the Marching Band version as seen in this YouTube video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcD2CAbwno 184.54.135.30 (talk) 05:29, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For consideration for Arts section

Wait — just how did Ohio become the cradle of great cartoonists? (July 19, 2016) Mapsax (talk) 23:54, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]