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So, which state currently owns it?[edit]

Seems this simple fact should be at the top of the article, but isn't! 78.146.87.48 (talk) 09:13, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The top of the article says it's Delaware. Tedickey (talk) 11:32, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear text[edit]

The sentence before the last one is broken. I don't see what was meant.

In 1892, W.C. Hodgkins of the Office of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey monument and eastward extension of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, and created the "Top of The Wedge Line."Tinus 23:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed.  Eoghanacht ^talk 13:13, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The map[edit]

I'm just looking at the map given on the page and it looks as though there is no wedge: the Twelve-Mile Circle just ends in a "horizontal" boundary with Pennsylvania. Is the map off or something? ZanderSchubert 04:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which map are you refering to? The general map shows current state boundaries. The detailed diagram shows the various "lines" that make up the wedge. — Eoghanacht ^talk 18:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After a reread, I get the map now. *slaps forehead* Sorry for wasting time...ZanderSchubert

What's in the Wedge?[edit]

Seems like this should be covered.

I live near there and can't think of anything of note. Just houses and subdivisions along back roads. 71.126.112.34 02:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, deep below the surface of the wedge is an arcane Orb of Secrets, previously crafted by the most powerful Iroquois sorcerers in history, but then buried that its terrible power might never be abused. Whosoever possesses the orb becomes immortal and all-powerful.

So you can see why Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland fought so much over it. --71.20.138.102 (talk) 18:50, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Boundry specifics[edit]

As a map geek and a local history geek with my roots in Pennsylvania, this article fascinates me. There is one thing related to this article, and boundaries in general, I'd like to see discussed. The southern boundary of PA is shown on a map as being the line of lattitude at 39 degree 43 minutes--but if you look at a topographical quadrangle map the numbered stones of the Mason-Dixon survey describe a very slightly--but obviously--zig-zag line. Likewise, I seem to recall that the 12-mile-circle arc on the topo quads is not a perfect circle but rather based on the points from an old and difficult survey. So which are the actual boundaries: the ideal lines described on paper or the lines marked by stones and pins and what not that were actually surveyed? The same applies to Wyoming and Colorado. At least one of the two is described as rectangular in their wikipedia article, but a look at the topo quads shows even more obvious deviations. PurpleChez (talk) 16:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

B Class?[edit]

How can this be a "B" class article - it does not have a single cited reference? – ukexpat (talk) 04:05, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comma problem[edit]

History, second paragraph: "Although the Calverts publicly stated that they wanted the settlements removed, because of the foreign policy implications for the Crown, they did not personally confront them militarily."

because of the foreign policy implications for the Crown is completely separated by the commas, so it's unclear what that statement is for. Are the implications the reason why the Calverts wanted the settlements removed, or are the implications the reason why the settlements weren't militarily confronted? One of those commas needs to be removed. —Onore Baka Sama^{(speak | stalk)} 20:40, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The text was added by Eoghanacht (talk · contribs) in this edit. Perhaps he can comment. TJRC (talk) 18:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]