Talk:Gadsden Purchase

message: To anon: Please stop reverting to old version of the map.  Here is the discussion on the changes to the map (sssssssssssssfrom User_talk:RadicalBender). RADICALBENDER★ 20:08, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: any more than when you go to the store and purchase bread it is called "bread purchase".  The Gadsden Purchase was an event, and at the time of the purchase the area was called "Gadsden Purchase" in that it was the area purchased, but the area itself is called Gadsdena.  --141.219.44.80 17:05, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure does.  The name of the "Louisiana Purcase" is "Louisiana," duh.  --Daniel C. Boyer 17:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What? No. That is bogus. The Louisiana Purchase was very large. Louisiana refers to the modern state of Louisiana, which is very small in comparison. See Louisiana Purchase instead of talking out of your ass. --24.251.240.229 19:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What? Yes.  Lousiana is a large area of which a small part is the "modern state of Louisiana."  They are both called "Louisiana."  --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 16:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gadsden Purchase is not an area

message: * U.S. paid Mexico $10 million
*: I would think was to pay would be more accurate, given the apparent $4 million gap.
* The matter about the money was to be very conflictive
*: Awkward.  I'd suggest dropping the entire phrase.
--JohnRDaily 19:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "When the money arrived in Mexico City, $1 million ($23 million in 2006 dollars) was missing, resulting in receipt of only $6 million ($140 million in 2006 dollars)"
And then what happened!? Mexico just accepted $6 million without protest? Can anyone fill in the end of the story? Where are you getting this information? Article III of the Gadsden Purchase treaty states: 
In consideration of the foregoing stipulations, the Government of the United States agrees to pay to the government of Mexico, in the city of New York, the sum of ten millions of dollars, of which seven millions shall be paid immediately upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, and the remaining three millions as soon as the boundary line shall be surveyed, marked, and established.
Did Mexico in any way fail to conclude their end of the bargain?
Pisomojado (talk) 09:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Money woes

message: There isn't a single footnote in this entire, POV-laden article.  I'll start weeding out the POV if I can find a place to begin, although it looks like the best solution would be to scrap everything except the intro, and allow contributors to re-build with proper references.DougRWms 05:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This comment is out of date. The article has many inline citations and a Note, plus received Good Article status in 2008.  --Prairieplant (talk) 21:19, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Footnote Free Zone

message: The lede should be a stand alone summary of the significant aspects of the article.  For reasons that are not readily apparent, two paragraphs were totally eliminated from the lede with no explanation.  These paragraphs contain essential information on reasons why the purchase was initiated and describes ts eventual failure.
I am not sure why two paragraphs were added that contain nothing but a detailed description of the boundaries -- detail (that besides being extremely boring prose)  that does not seem to be appropriate for an article lede, especially since there is a map that right along side the lede that identifies the territory being discussed.  I have reduced these paragraphs to a footnote although I have no objection to it being incorporated elsewhere in the body of the article. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 10:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lede

message: The second paragraph of Indian Raids has inconsistent conversions.  The first sentence says "$12 million ($310,000,000 today)," while the second to last sentence ends "$12 million ($650,000,000 today)."  I believe the latter should be $25 million, based on arithmetic. --Kelseymh (talk) 02:36, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Currency conversion

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