Talk:List of the 108 Lower Canadians prosecuted before the general court-martial of Montreal in 1838–39

About the renaming

The following was posted on User talk:DragonflySixtyseven 11 days ago:

There are a few problems with the renaming you have done. First of all, I am opened to renaming. This is meant as constructive criticism. :-)

I can see now that "martial court" is not really English. I thought I was properly translating the French cour martiale, but I was evidently wrong. I also see that the title I had originally given did not provide any indication as to the time period or the major historical event the prosecutions were connected to. Not very bright on my part...

However, that being said, the current title "List of Lower Canadian courts-martial resulting from the 1837 Rebellion" does work for at least two good reasons:

1. The list includes a majority of patriots prosecuted for acts committed in relation to the first and the second attempts at invading Lower Canada from the USA, which both occurred in 1838, not in 1837. Also the trials occurred mostly in 1839, only the first few occurring in December of 1838.

2. The list is one of persons, yet the title speaks of courts-martial (in the sense not of the courts themselves I presume, but the trials being heard). There were not 108 trials as some cases involved more than one person.

I propose "List of the 108 Lower Canadians prosecuted before the general court-martial of Montreal in 1838-1839". I am here referring mainly to the title of one of the main sources for the list, which is Report of the State Trials, Before a General Court Martial Held at Montreal in 1838-9: Exhibiting a Complete History of the Late Rebellion in Lower Canada. --Mathieugp (talk) 04:51, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Article needs further explanation

This article/list makes no sense due to lack of context. In other words, the lead portion needs somebody to explain what prompted the trials and explain the historical context. PKT(alk) 16:16, 26 June 2013 (UTC)