User talk:Alexandermackenzie

Hello, I am Brett Peters and I hope this is the talk page. Brettpeters1993 (talk) 18:04, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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Article evaluation
Red River Rebellion

The article on the Red River Rebellion is relevant to the course and the history of Western Canada. The article is apart of several WikiProjects rated in the B-class with high importance. WikiProject Canada, WikiProject Manitoba and WikiProject History. Additionally, it is also apart of two C-class rated WikiProjects for Indigenous People of North America and Military History.

This article gives an adequate explanation of different relations between settlers and Indigenous people. It also shows religious tensions as well as politically conflicting views such as Canadian expansionism and American annexation of Rupert's Land without showing favour to one idea or another. This article also touches on Metis and Indigenous anxieties over federal land surveys and migration of European settlers to the area. I think this article does not underrepresent or overrepresent certain sides of the event when outlining the facts and other issues surrounding it. Furthermore, there were no substantial or controversial claims made and everything was backed up with citations.

This is a very controversial topic especially surrounding the definitions of the conflict as a rebellion or a resistance, so this article does a good job at staying neutral on the issue of definition aside from the name of the article. In regards to the name of the article and the use of the word rebellion, it does have a section that explains the use of alliteration and the common referral to the conflict as the "Red River Rebellion," therefore staying neutral even with a potentially biased name.

The article uses very reliable sources. Many are resources from the government of Canada such as the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and Library and Archives Canada. It also offers various academic and scholarly works in the section for further readings.

Speedy deletion nomination of "Allendale, Ontario"
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Thank you. Septrillion (talk) 17:07, 11 April 2018 (UTC)