Template:Did you know nominations/Manche Ch'ol


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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:15, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Manche Ch'ol

 * ... that the Manche Ch'ol, a Maya people contacted by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1525, were nearly extinct by 1770?

Created by Simon Burchell (talk). Self nominated at 21:23, 18 June 2014 (UTC).


 * Reviewed: Shelbyville Courthouse Square Historic District
 * Symbol question.svg New enough and long enough. Cited throughout. Meets core content policies. The hook says "effectively extinct", but the article says that there were 300 surviving members, how is that "effectively extinct"? --Jakob (talk)  00:12, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, there were no Manche Ch'ol in their original territory, and the few survivors, around 300 and down from a population in the tens of thousands, had been forcibly relocated into an area where Spanish-speakers equalled them in number, and where they were absorbed into the local Q'eqchi' Maya population. I think that counts as effectively extinct, (extinct is certainly used in the sources) but am open to alternative wording. In any case, I've expanded the section to include info on the absorption of the Manche by the Q'eqchi'. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 09:28, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Perhaps "nearly extinct"? If you don't like that, I'm still open to approving the original version. --Jakob (talk)  12:39, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * "Nearly extinct" is fine, I've tweaked the hook. All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 12:48, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Alright then. AGFing for book sources. --Jakob (talk)  12:53, 21 June 2014 (UTC)