Talk:Enoch Brown school massacre

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Change Title Back to "Enoch Brown School Massacre"

I believe that the current title, "Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre" needs to be changed back to the initially established "Enoch Brown School Massacre." The latter seems to be the most commonly used form outside of Wikipedia, and in period writings dating back to the 19th century.

The reason given for the change was that 'the massacre shouldn't be named after one of its victims,' and while I don't quite follow that logic, one could content that it wasn't being named simply for the man, but for the school UNIT where he taught -- it was Enoch Brown's SCHOOL that was attacked, and naming it after the school would be a common convention similarly to how the "Columbine High School massacre" is identified here on Wiki.

Further, this event was an isolated incident in a region that saw much conflict between the native population, and the encroaching colonists. There were killings perpetrated by BOTH sides before this, and there were instances after; indeed, the Paxton Boys massacre of 20 or more peacefully-existing Indian men, women and children PRE-dates this event by about eight months -- should that be called the "Pontiac's Rebellion Indian massacre?" To name this event after the wider conflict that was taking place over a vast region, and during a timeframe of several years diffuses the personal nature of this horrifically tragic event -- it would be like calling the Malmedy massacre the "World War II massacre," or the My Lai massacre the "Vietnam massacre."

I believe it should be given a more specific name, based on the location of the event -- so if not Enoch Brown school, then perhapse the "Greencastle school massacre." Also, it should be noted that the Wiki article on the Pontiac conflict has been more appropriately renamed as Pontiac's War.

Please offer comments, and if no strong sentiment to the contrary, I'll make the change in a month or so. --Chachap (talk) 04:49, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]