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view · edit Frequently asked questions 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)

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Section sizes Section size for Ohio (50 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 16,072 16,072 History 57 47,946 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 10,633 10,633 Geography 8,717 30,045 Fauna 1,756 1,756 Climate 5,756 11,764 Earthquakes 6,008 6,008 Cities 7,808 7,808 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 20,364 Art 7,001 7,001 Cuisine 1,117 1,117 Music 3,032 3,032 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 201,933 201,933

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]

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]

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]

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

“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]

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]

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]

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