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'Over the 3 centuries Mexico have been trespassing in America and fleeing police.'

Iberians, the concept of Spain came years later after colonisation began, with the assistance of native allies toppled the ruling indigenous empires in the early 1500s and established colonies in slivers of the Americas in the first decades of colonisation, far from the entire continent.

It is estimated that as much as 90% of the native population perished due to diseases rather than warfare so these vast areas not under European rule is what allowed native populations to recover in numbers in the subsequent decades.

This allowed ‘mestizos’, who were of mixed ancestry and outnumbered those who were mostly of European ancestry, to thrive and prosper at the expense of those of mainly native ancestry and gradually assimilated the remaining indigenous population spread across the region in a process that lasted centuries and into the 1800s. By then the main demographic of Iberian colonies would have been Westernised mestizos of varying admixture and indigenous peoples, not people of mostly European ancestry.

There are sources that state that around 60% of the Mexican population spoke a native language in the 1820s, Spanish only became widespread in Latin America after the independence wars were over. So it is erroneous to assert and imply that Spanish was imposed instantly in the 1500s and mostly by those of mainly European ancestry. It was in fact a slow gradual process of assimilation that took centuries and mainly carried out by Westernised Latin Americans of varying ancestry, not too dissimilar to how other indigenous languages would have been disseminated as well.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 September 2024

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Remove uncited claim in geography. 64.189.18.28 (talk) 02:29, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: unclear what you are asking to have removed. Largoplazo (talk) 03:23, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the Mexico#Sports section, the following sentence is grammatically incorrect and requires copy editing, please change: “When it the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.”

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“The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.” 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 03:53, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Largoplazo (talk) 09:50, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This article cites Chinese state propaganda (https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/2153214/mexicos-presidential-front-runner-high-alert-election-fraud) as evidence for absurd claims of election fraud fears. This isn't a credible source of information. 2601:8C1:8282:8CE0:D8AC:B350:E52F:C3D0 (talk) 04:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. If you just want to start a discussion, don't use the edit request feature to do it. Largoplazo (talk) 09:57, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of El Álamo Image Caption

The caption for the "Battle of El Álamo" image should be updated to read "Battle of the Alamo," the name by which this battle is generally referred to in English. I believe this was overlooked when the previous discussion on this topic was archived. Jbt89 (talk) 23:46, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems exceedingly unnecessary. While WP:COMMONNAME would generally apply here, it makes sense that in different historiographical contexts different names for events may be preferred. Remsense ‥ 论 23:52, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is no mainstream context in which the name "Battle of El Álamo" is commonly used in English. WP:COMMONNAME applies here as everywhere else on this site and that's the end of it. Jbt89 (talk) 07:30, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add page numen for citation 115. 45.49.246.117 (talk) 14:01, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]