Talk:Capture of Guam

People of Guam
I really don't like the term native being used on the article. They should be refered to as the people of Guam or as Guamanians. See Stand Ye Guamanians.--Amadscientist (talk) 06:52, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Result in infobox
The infobox says, "... the United States acquires its first Pacific Ocean territory" I think that this is technically incorrect. The capture of Guam gave the U.S. control over the island, but did not amount to annexation of the island as a U.S. Territory. At the time, the Hawaiian Islands were governed by the Provisional Government of Hawaii which was then lobbying for annexation by the United States. This government maintained power until the U.S. annexed Hawaiʻi on July 4, 1898. The U.S. dodn't acquire Guam until the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898 (or, arguably, not until ratification of the treaty by the U.S. Senate in February of 1899). Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 03:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Un-encyclopedic tone
I must note that this article is written in an un-encyclopedic tone. Portions of it are more appropriate to a magazine article or other light reading (e.g., "the little whaleboat"), while some portions are almost worshipful, raising POV issues (e.g., the description of the Guamanian soldiers' happiness at surrendering). Can this be remedied? I got the "little". --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 19:35, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

These issues, and others (see the use of "native", etc.) make me suspect that significant portions of this article were taken from contemporary magazine articles or reports, possibly outright propaganda, which likely played up the U.S. side of events and made it look like the Guamanians ("little brown brother", anyone?) rejoiced in the change of colonial masters. This needs to be re-written to modern standards. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 19:41, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Brass beer checks?
I wonder whether the term "brass beer checks" used in the article is correct? I don't know what this means, and neither a search of Wikipedia nor Google have thus far been helpful. If this is correct, I suggest a cross reference or explanation. If it is not, it should be corrected.Bill (talk) 23:38, 21 June 2010 (UTC)