Talk:1862 Mankato mass execution

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Dakota War of 1862 was copied or moved into 1862 mass execution at Mankato with this edit on 05:54, 17, March 2025. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

On 10 May 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from 1862 mass execution at Mankato to 1862 Mankato mass execution. The result of the discussion was moved.

Chomsky Quote: "convicted, not for the crime of murder"

This quote is misleading: even the abstract of the Chomsky article clearly states that they were tried for and convicted of "murder, rape, and robbery." This is corroborated by numerous other sources: [1], [2], etc. IMO the quote should be removed entirely, but can anyone else think of a better solution?

Quote in question: The Dakota were tried, not in a state or federal criminal court, but before a military commission composed completely of Minnesota settlers. They were convicted, not for the crime of murder, but for killings committed in warfare. The official review was conducted, not by an appellate court, but by the President of the United States. Many wars took place between Americans and members of the Indian nations, but in no others did the United States apply criminal sanctions to punish those defeated in war. Jbt89 (talk) 04:14, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted it, it's hopelessly misleading and confuses the reader Jbt89 (talk) 18:46, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 May 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 14:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1862 mass execution at Mankato → 1862 Mankato mass execution – For consistency with other articles on massacres. Salmoonlight (talk) 06:26, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support. More WP:CONCISE without losing any meaning. Yuchitown (talk) 15:00, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.