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Shouldn't the statement"the Republic of Texas was De Facto a independent country" be replaced with De Jure? 2600:8800:2A0F:F900:959A:EEC3:352E:14A2 (talk) 18:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Idk 2600:1700:4A58:2910:D854:B418:36E6:9C08 (talk) 23:54, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "Role of Women" section is featured much more prominently than in other 19th century conflicts (see Crimea, War of 1812, others). The section's position, between Preparation and Events, leads the reader to believe this conflict was uniquely influenced by women. That is not true of this conflict--the role of women was typical for the era and societies involved. I propose that this section be reduced to a link to the article Women in the Mexican–American War and be positioned in a way that matches articles about similar conflicts. 184.176.143.8 (talk) 00:20, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I had previously broken out content into a sub-article on Women in the Mexican-American War, and do agree that we discuss it at too much length here. We could make better use of WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. In general, the article is much too long at 110 kb readable. Although a wholesale removal is too much. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 03:01, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 2025-09-27T21:36:57 User:217.177.137.40 changed the number of US troops "killed" in the infobox from 3,500 to 1,733, without changing the reference cited:

{{Cite web |url=https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/pages/report_principal_wars.xhtml |title=Official DOD data |access-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-date=February 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228202255/https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/pages/report_principal_wars.xhtml |url-status=dead }}

Sadly, I was unable to get anything with either reference.

Can someone find a current reference for this?

In the meantime, I'm reverting this change. Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 01:14, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John W. Chambers, II, ed. in chief, The Oxford Companion to American Military History. (Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-507198-0), 849 217.177.137.40 (talk) 15:01, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clodfelter 2017, p. 249. 217.177.137.40 (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The original post already had 1,733 listed. It was changed to 3,500 by

"18:33, 8 September 2025 2601:8c0:800:8810:a4b0:71b9:a7b5:c73a talk 219,762 bytes 0 1. Monterrey → U.S. officially ~368 dead, Mexican claims suggest higher. 2. Buena Vista → U.S. officially ~267 dead, Mexican sources say ~800. 3. Molino del Rey → U.S. ~116 killed, but wounded were very high; some Mexican sources claim more Americans died. Even with conservative U.S. numbers, the total killed in these three battles alone approaches or exceeds the 1,700 “official” combat deaths that the U.S. claims for the entire war. This is why: • Official U.S. reports almost certainly... undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit"

Which seems clearly likely a guess, as opposed to anything referenced.

Merely changed it back to its original form, with the same reference listed. "Clodfelter 2017, p. 249"

Also, included the other above reference "John W. Chambers, II, ed. in chief, The Oxford Companion to American Military History. (Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-507198-0), 849 "

Which is included in the United States military casualties of war page. 217.177.137.40 (talk) 15:08, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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