Mexican American War While I can see that Mexican American War was not moved this does not appear to be an appropriate closing There are probably 10 000 reliable sources that say that it is spelled with a hyphen and our own style guide says that Hyphenation also occurs in bird names such as Great Black backed Gull and in proper names I am sorry that I missed out just kidding on the lengthy discussion last year that oddly and incorrectly argued for a bizarre new use for the endash that no one else uses Please explain