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Section sizes

Section size for War of 1812 (52 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	10,286	10,286
Origin	7,123	31,977
Honour and the "second war of independence"	2,078	2,078
Impressment, trade, and naval actions	10,393	10,393
Canada and the U.S.	3,929	3,929
U.S. policy in the Old Northwest	6,399	6,399
Internal American political conflict	2,055	2,055
Forces	13	6,041
American	2,473	2,473
British	2,093	2,093
Indigenous peoples	1,462	1,462
Declaration of war	3,913	3,913
Course of war	595	78,461
Unpreparedness	3,418	3,418
War in the West	22	11,707
Invasions of Canada, 1812	3,410	3,410
American Northwest, 1813	2,778	2,778
American West, 1813–1815	5,497	5,497
War in the American Northeast	39	17,520
Niagara frontier, 1813	5,701	5,701
St. Lawrence and Lower Canada, 1813	2,514	2,514
Niagara and Plattsburgh campaigns, 1814	6,906	6,906
Occupation of Maine	2,360	2,360
Chesapeake campaign	1,511	6,949
Burning of Washington	2,704	2,704
Siege of Fort McHenry	2,734	2,734
Southern theatre	292	14,828
Creek War	6,327	6,327
Gulf Coast	8,209	8,209
The war at sea	21	21,002
Background	1,567	1,567
Opening strategies	1,644	1,644
Single-ship actions	8,918	8,918
Privateering	3,638	3,638
British blockade	5,214	5,214
Freeing and recruiting slaves	2,442	2,442
Treaty of Ghent	5,615	5,615
Losses and compensation	2,789	2,789
Long-term consequences	1,830	13,312
Bermuda	1,094	1,094
The Canadas	1,370	1,370
Indigenous nations	3,151	3,151
United Kingdom	1,737	1,737
United States	4,130	4,130
Historiography	84	84
See also	426	426
Notes	28	28
References	35	35
Bibliography	56,064	56,064
Further reading	11,158	11,158
External links	127	156
War of 1812#	29	29
Total	220,345	220,345

A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on June 18, 2004, June 18, 2005, June 18, 2006, June 18, 2007, December 24, 2010, and June 18, 2018.

This page is for discussions about changes to the article. There has been considerable debate over "who won the war" (please refer to Archives 8 and 9 for the most recent discussions). Historians and the editors have various viewpoints on which side won, or if there was a stalemate. For more information, see the section *Memory and historiography, Historian's views*. However, the consensus, based on historical documentation, is that the result of the war was per the Treaty of Ghent, i.e., status quo ante bellum, which, in plain English means "as things were before the war."

Please do not use this page to continue the argument that one or the other side "won" unless you are able to present citations from reliable and verifiable sources to support your claims. Per the principle of neutral point of view and due and undue weight, the article can only claim a side's victory if there is a verifiable general agreement.

If you wish to make a case for who won the war, but do not yet have citations, feel free to do so here: Talk:War of 1812/Who Won?

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my request that the United Kingdoms not the ending of the United Kingdom of Britain and ireland Bai society (talk) 23:27, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 02:19, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this written in Canadian English?

It was both a multi-national war, why is Canadian grammar being used? Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 01:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Because that is the version that the editors chose, which they are allowed to do. TFD (talk) 02:01, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which editors? Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 17:31, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Autumn Crest, I think it was lastly discussed here. Davide King (talk) 15:07, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Military historian view - how come all the citations (Hickey [cited twice??], Howe, Hiedler, Gregory) are American?

Historians' views Militarily, historians hold the view that the war ended in a draw[320][321][322][323] or stalemate,[324][325][326] with the Treaty of Ghent

- All of these citations are from American authors and completely ignore naval war. American authors view the war ended in a draw (as shown by these citations). Canadian and British historians it was an American defeat. suggest it be reworded that American historians hold the view and we then add the Canadian/British historians as discussed earlier in the archive.

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 ::Which editors? [[User:Royal Autumn Crest|Royal Autumn Crest]] ([[User talk:Royal Autumn Crest|talk]]) 17:31, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 :::{{u|Royal Autumn Crest}}, I think it was lastly discussed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:War_of_1812/Archive_23#Canadian_English here]. [[User:Davide King|Davide King]] ([[User talk:Davide King|talk]]) 15:07, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
+== Military historian view - how come all the citations (Hickey [cited twice??], Howe, Hiedler, Gregory) are American? ==
+Historians' views
+Militarily, historians hold the view that the war ended in a draw[320][321][322][323] or stalemate,[324][325][326] with the Treaty of Ghent
+ - All of these citations are from American authors and completely ignore naval war. American authors view the war ended in a draw (as shown by these citations). Canadian and British historians it was an American defeat. suggest it be reworded that American historians hold the view and we then add the Canadian/British historians as discussed earlier in the archive.