The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn to re-scope article per suggestion. ( non-admin closure) Mottezen ( talk) 02:13, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
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This article is a mish-mash list of conflicts between indigenous peoples and colonial or settler states from Hernan Cortez to the present day Chiapas conflict, though it marks the end date of the "Mexican Indian Wars" in 1933. The links tying all these conflicts together are very weak. These wars all implicate different actors and circumstances. No sources I saw made the connections between these conflicts the way this article does. Overall, there is very few mentions of this concept in the literature: 2 hits on google scholar, and 6 on Google books. "Indian Mexican Wars" has just as little hits.
Only one book in the hits I got was not simply making a mention in passing of this subject. This book only deals with the period of 1812 to 1900, and makes comparisons with Indian wars in Canada and the United States. The author uses the term "Mexican Indian Wars" just once in the whole book. He titled a relevant chapter "Indian Wars in Mexico" instead. The comparative nature of this books likely why the author even used the term "indian wars" at all; the term is absent in every other works of Mexican history.
Of the sources in the article, only one of them uses the term at all, and it doesn't strike me as a RS. And even then, the author, "History guy", only uses the term to describe three wars in the early 20th century.
The article was written by a now-blocked user mostly interested in American history. The Spanish article of this topic was written last year, and describes the term as a "anglophone concept", "'mostly used in Canada and the United States", and "not used in Spanish". I feel this is a case of circular reporting on Wikipedia. Tales of a totally made up conflict that lasted 414 years are being shared on instagram. Time to delete this aberration. Mottezen ( talk) 21:10, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn to re-scope article per suggestion. ( non-admin closure) Mottezen ( talk) 02:13, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
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This article is a mish-mash list of conflicts between indigenous peoples and colonial or settler states from Hernan Cortez to the present day Chiapas conflict, though it marks the end date of the "Mexican Indian Wars" in 1933. The links tying all these conflicts together are very weak. These wars all implicate different actors and circumstances. No sources I saw made the connections between these conflicts the way this article does. Overall, there is very few mentions of this concept in the literature: 2 hits on google scholar, and 6 on Google books. "Indian Mexican Wars" has just as little hits.
Only one book in the hits I got was not simply making a mention in passing of this subject. This book only deals with the period of 1812 to 1900, and makes comparisons with Indian wars in Canada and the United States. The author uses the term "Mexican Indian Wars" just once in the whole book. He titled a relevant chapter "Indian Wars in Mexico" instead. The comparative nature of this books likely why the author even used the term "indian wars" at all; the term is absent in every other works of Mexican history.
Of the sources in the article, only one of them uses the term at all, and it doesn't strike me as a RS. And even then, the author, "History guy", only uses the term to describe three wars in the early 20th century.
The article was written by a now-blocked user mostly interested in American history. The Spanish article of this topic was written last year, and describes the term as a "anglophone concept", "'mostly used in Canada and the United States", and "not used in Spanish". I feel this is a case of circular reporting on Wikipedia. Tales of a totally made up conflict that lasted 414 years are being shared on instagram. Time to delete this aberration. Mottezen ( talk) 21:10, 24 April 2021 (UTC)