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[edit] Open for discussion

This page is open for discussion once again

Spanish: Esta página está abierta a discusiones una vez más... jeje

"Antonio Mischevious Martin"



Hi Antonio,i don't know how busy you are but if by chance you read this message could you help me to correct the page i think you create from yiye avila, if you can help me an ask to other boricuas if they can translate the nicky cruz in spanish,and correct the spanish version of yiye's thank you --Teknomegisto 07:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


I did not email the board; that was just to scare you until the matter resolved itself with the help desk. I plan to let this incident slide after looking at the discussion between yourself and Maru. It seems you did not know Coolcaesar so it wasn't a personal favor, but rather just a quick judgment call on your part.

[edit] Gloria Trevi

You are right. That site is a graphical nightmare and I totally missed the Wikipedia credit. Please accept my apologies, I'll remove it from the copyvio list. Cheers, Ruiz 15:19, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Antonio, thanks a lot for your comments. I couldn't reply any sooner because I was enjoying my summer break but I'm originally from Mexico. Ruiz 00:15, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

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Feliz Cumpleaños

Happy Birthday Antonio
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Happy Birthday Antonio


Feliz Cumpleaños Antonio, from your dad, mom and the rest of the family.Tony the Marine 01:45, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Battles

Hello Antonio,

thanks for your answer. In fact, the whole category Battles by country and its subcategories are corrupted. Basically, a lot of battles are in wrong countries with wrong protagonists (not in the text itself but with wrong categories). I am currently trying to fix that, by taking over every category and making something standardized (based on the concept Battle in actual country/Battle of country/city/people).

Feel free to help if you want.

Thanks again

Pierre.maissa 09:55, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Belated birthday

Happy Birthday!

Here's a tasty Birthday cake. Best wishes to you! Hope you enjoy your day. Now, get on out there and have some fun! ;)

--Jen Moakler 00:20, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Caribbean notice board

Hola, Antonio. Thanks for the message re the Caribbean notice board. My idea was to define it as broadly as possible, to help get things off the ground by having a critical mass of people involved -- ignore technicalities like El Salvador not having a coast 'cos, heck, it can always be split up later if necessary. As it is, it seems to have lost pretty much all of its steam, which is a shame. Cheers, Hajor 02:38, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Argentine television

Hi Antonio! I just now realize that you never read my replay to an old messege you left at my Talk Page. I usually replay messages in situ, and keep track of the answers, sorry.

Yes, I'm well aware of your articles on Argentine television and Argentine actors. Unluckily, I don't share your tastes on TV shows; I prefer to see shows like Pretenders :o). Keep up the wood work, Mariano 13:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC).

[edit] Bureaucratship

Hi, AntonioMartin. Thank you so much for your support and kind words on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre (talk) 05:28, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Great user Page Antonio

Keep Up the good work! Great article!71.28.250.92 02:20, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you, unknown visitor. I hope to see you here soon again!

God bless you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio Cheerful Martin

[edit] User Categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Puerto Rico page as living in or being associated with Puerto Rico. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Puerto Rico for instructions.--Rmky87 02:06, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aircraft specs policy

Several weeks ago, you voted in the WikiProject Aircraft Specifications Survey. One of the results of the survey was that the specifications for the various aircraft articles will now be displayed using a template. Ericg and I have just finished developing that template; a lengthier bulletin can be found on the WT:Air talkpage. Naturally, we will need to begin a drive to update the aircraft articles. However, several topics in the survey did reach establish consensus, and they need to be resolved before we implement the template. It is crticial that we make some conclusion, so that updating of the specs can resume as soon as possible. You can take part in the discussions here. Thanks, Ingoolemo talk 05:55, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Trinidad vs. De La Hoya.JPG

Thanks for uploading Image:Trinidad vs. De La Hoya.JPG. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, ie in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you created this/these image(s) yourself, you can use the {{PD-self}} tag. Thank you.Who?¿? 07:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MARISA PAREDES

sorry, but marisa paredes is not married and she has not a son, but a daughter, mmm, where did you get that information?Gaudio 14:08, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] mmm

you're very welcome Antonio, I'm happy you don't get ofended because of the things I told, maybe I was a little rude...

Where am I?mmm, let's say that I'm from somewhere in Europe and my mother tonghe is Castillian, so if you feel more confortable in that language, you can write to me in my user page in Spanish

Bye Gaudio 09:12, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BBC autograph hunting

Hello there,

I'm producing a feature on autograph hunting for The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday. I came across an article on your site at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Autograph_collecting_do's_and_dont's. I was intrigued by the page, and would love to speak to the person who wrote it... Could you possibly send me their contact details, or alternatively pass mine onto them? I'd be really interested to talk to them.

Hi Antonio it looks like the person from the BBC didn't leave a contact you can send a message to the Jeremy Vine show on the BBC here [1] I'd guess they'd be interested to talk to you since you made the wikipedia autograph page. Bye Arniep 23:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi Antonio. Actually this person (the BBC person) did get in touch through the board address on OTRS. Could you send me an email at notafishz AT gmail PUNTO com so that I can forward his email to you and you can get in touch directly? Thanks a bunch. He got in touch with us again saying you did not answer ;-), but I guess if he doesn't leave his address...well, you cannot. Cheers, notafish }<';> 22:26, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kudos

Just a quick shout-out to say good job on all your work (and your father's). Stay on the straight and narrow :) --Dpr 05:12, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] they use abusive and illegal measures

These are the arguments posted on the page of "Moldovan language".

For these facts many users have been blocked and more forced to accept an unilateral point of view of the Administrator Mikkalai and 16 years old Kid [[Node _ue]]. He does not bring arguments as we do, instead he uses his power to block many times (for one week or 24 h). Like for yourself, he warned you and mock on you saying that you don't have the right to say something.

I agree with you when you say to redirect to "Romanian language". Anyway "Romanian" was once recognized in the constitution as official language of the Moldova between 1991-1994 and many attempts to remake this were done.

"Moldovan language" is in fact indentical with Romanian language, renamed as a "language" for political reasons by the government. Although similar theories have been fielded for other languages, this proposal is now believed to have been made to serve political purposes only, and nobody has provided any evidence so-far towards the idea that Moldovan and Romanian are not from common linguistic stock.

The term "Moldovan" is also a soviet invention (see Dept. of State & CIA). A separate language based on these was declared and promoted for political reasons, in order to further advance a Moldovan identity separate from that of Romania.

The soviet Russians called people of Moldavia Republic: "Moldovan" because they wanted to create a new nation different from Moldavians/Romanians.

There is also in Romania a region called Moldova.

Russians manipulated people of Republic of Moldova and washed their brains to create a new person, the soviet "Moldovan". The real name in English is Moldavian, in Romanian is Moldovean and in Russian is Molidavanin. So "Moldovan" belongs to no language! 

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1091/moldovan1qp.png

taken from Price, Glanville. Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe. ISBN 0631220399; Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK; April 2000

Very interesting. For those who bother making a click on the link I will cite:

"The name 'Moldovan language' (in Russian, МОЛДaВCKИЙ ЯЗБIK 'moldavskii iazyk'); in Romanian, limbă moldovenească, or, in Cyrillic characters, ЛИMбЗ MOЛДОBeНЯCKЗ was applied in the Soviet Union, as during earlier periods of Russian occupation of the area in question, to the * Romance language used in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (corresponding more or less to the formerly Romanian territory of Bessarabia, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940). In reality, 'Moldavian' is nothing else than the *Romanian language as spoken in Moldavia, i.e. both east of the river Prut in Bessarabia (now the Republic of Moldova) and west of the Prut in that part of the former province that remains as part of Romania. Claims made in the post-Second World War period by the Soviet linguists that 'Moldavian' should be recognized as a distinct Romance language were not taken into seriously by western scholars. Under Soviet domination, the *Cyrillic alphabet was in the use in the Moldavian SSR until the passing of a law on 31 August 1989 (i.e. before the break-up of the Soviet Union) proclaiming Moldavian as the official language of the Republic and the use of Latin script. Apart from a few lexical differences (mainly technical terms borrowed from Russian rather than, as in standard Romanian, from western languages), the written language was thenceforth indistinguishable from that in use in Romania and moves are afoot to harmonize the technical terminology of Moldova with that adopted in Romanian specialized dictionaries. After the Republic of Moldova declared its independence of the Soviet Union in 1991, its Constitution (1994) declared that the official language was limba moldoveneasca 'the Moldavian language'. At the time of writing, moves to have this amended to 'limba română' the Romanian language have not yet succeeded.

Heitmann, K., 1989, Moldauisch. In Holtus, G., Metzeltin, M. and Schmitt, C. (eds), Lexicon der Romanschinen Linguistik, Tübingen, vol 3. 508-21.

GLANVILLE PRICE"

Even at the internationally level (officially) is recognized that in Moldova the people speak romanian. Just for your record the US State Dept. (their foreign office), the french ministry of foreign affairs(France), the UK foreign office (UK), the german ministry of foreign affairs (Germany) are stating one think: in Moldova it is spoken romanian. romanian is the official language even if the name is moldovan. For the others motivated "moldovan language" followers please check the links:
  • German Foreign Ministry, Germany
  • US State Department, USA
  • France – Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres
  • UK – Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Others except the Russian are in the same manner. All the western powers refuse the russification attempts.

[edit] Artificial creation of the "Moldavian language". Evolution from Romanian to so called Moldavian

Lately were discovered some facts that prove that the theory of the both languages romanian and "moldovan" - was prefab since the 1812-1918. Some important aspects of the problematics: functioning of the romanian language in the sphere of the laic education system from Bessarabia of the year 1812-1918, the attempts to codyfing the romanian language in conditions of a linguistic situations, causes that determined to degradation of the language compared with spoken romanian on the right side of the river Prut, taking out the name "romanian" and introducing the term "limba moldoveneasca", the intention of the tsarist government "to create a dialect neared to the slavic language".

In the first years of russian occupation (after 1812), because 95% of the population being romanians which they knew only their mother tongue, romanian was admitted as an official language in the institutions of Bessarabia, used along with russian. Gradually the russian language win importance. According to the dates offered by the Dept. for ruling the Bessarabia from 1828, the papers from bureau were held only in russian, and around 1835 it is established a term of 7 years time in which the state institutions will still accept acts in romanian language. As concerning the education, romanian was admitted as language of teaching only until 1842, after that being taught as a separate object. Thus, at the theological Seminar of Chişinău, romanian language is found on the list of compulsory subjects, with 10 hours weekly, until 1863, when the department of romanian is closed for good. At the highschool no. 1 from Chişinău the pupils had the right to choose between romanian and german or between romanian and greek until 9th of Feb. 1866, when the state counselor of the russian government interdicts teaching of the romanian language because the pupils "know this language in the practical mode, and its teaching follows other goals". Around 1871, the tsar published an ucaz "On the suspension of teaching the romanian language in the schools from Besserabia", because "In russian Empire are not taught local speeches".

Two examples of the identity were given: (one is from the constitution of both countries – see the identity)

[edit] Comparison Romanian/Moldavian

The example below demonstrates that a formal text in Romanian and Moldovan may be completely identical, the only difference being the spelling of the î vowel in the word vântul. The colloquial languages show more difference, which varies over the area.

Moldavian Romanian English
Vocala este un sunet din vorbirea omului, făcut cu trecerea sonoră, liberă şi fără piedică, a vîntului prin canalul sonor (compus din coardele vocale şi întreaga gură) sau un semn grafic care reprezintă un atare sunet. Vocala este un sunet din vorbirea omului, făcut cu trecerea sonoră, liberă şi fără piedică, a vântului prin canalul sonor (compus din coardele vocale şi întreaga gură) sau un semn grafic care reprezintă un atare sunet. The vowel is a sound in human speech, made by the sonorous, free and unhindered passing of the air through the sound channel (composed of the vocal chords and the whole mouth) or a graphic symbol corresponding to that sound.
Aşa bunăoară, avem şase vocale ce se fac cu vîntul ce trece prin gură, unde limba poate să se afle într-un loc sau altul şi buzele pot să stea deschise un soi sau altul. Aşa bunăoară, avem şase vocale ce se fac cu vântul ce trece prin gură, unde limba poate să se afle într-un loc sau altul şi buzele pot să stea deschise un soi sau altul. This way, we have six vowels that are produced by the air passing through the mouth, where the tongue can be in one place or another and the lips can be opened in one way or another.
Vocalele pot să fie pronunţate singure sau împreună cu semivocale sau consoane. Vocalele pot să fie pronunţate singure sau împreună cu semivocale sau consoane. The vowels can be pronounced alone or together with semivowels or consonants.

Second example is taken from the Constitution of Moldova and Romania. The identity is more than obvious.

so called Moldavian Romanian English
TITLUL I: Principii Generale TITLUL I Principii Generale FIRST TITLE: General Principles
Articolul 1

Statul Republica Moldova

Articol 1 Statul român Article 1 (Romanian/Republic of Moldova State)
(1) Republica Moldova este un stat suveran şi independent, unitar şi indivizibil. (1) România este stat naţional, suveran şi independent, unitar şi indivizibil. (1) Romania/Republic of Moldova is a national, independent, unity and undestructible state.
2) Forma de guvernămînt a statului este republica. (2) Forma de guvernământ a statului român este republica. (2) The form of the guvernment of the state is republic.
(3) Republica Moldova este un stat de drept, democratic, în care demnitatea omului, drepturile şi libertăţile ... (3) România este stat de drept, democratic şi social, în care demnitatea omului, drepturile şi libertăţile ... Romania/Republic of Moldova is a state of low, democratic, in which the human dignity, rights and liberties...
[[2]] [[3]] Links to the official page of Constitution for both countries

As you can obvious see from these examples they are identical. We speak here about one language. But they Mikkalai and Node_ue don't accept such examples and they constantly delete them without any argument. They delete them because the examples demonstrates all …

[edit] Hi Antonio

Your user page should be a featured article. Like it, the most interesting admin page I have seen.--81.29.68.162 22:24, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Sadly, you have no username but I still thank you, whoever wrote me that message , you made my day!

Thank you and God bless you!

Antonio Rehab Senior Martin

[edit] Mexican American Wikiproject

Your father thought you might be interested in a project we are starting. Check my talkpage for details.--Rockero420 17:00, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

The project page is: Wikipedia:WikiProject Mexican-Americans/Chicanos. Bienvenido!--Rockero420 16:28, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Rockero got here first. Thank you for your comments on my talk page. Joaquin Murietta 21:11, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey Antonio, I thought I had already left you a message somewhere, but after looking around, I don't see it anywhere. The message I thought I left you went something like this: Glad to have you aboard. I'll try to do some background on Carlos Almaraz this week (it should definitely mention that he was gay). As you can tell, we have decided to focus the project on Mexican-American and Chicano topics. I notice you have written a good deal about sports, and that is one area that is lacking (I noticed the additions to the section—good job). And if you have a good library nearby, you should be able to get the resourced you'll need for what you want to research. I look forward to working with you! BTW the article on Mexicana was excellent.--Rockero420 03:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Gracias vale. I've got a special award in the works for project participants, so you've got one coming your way after another article or too. I noticed you used the word "güey" (buey). Do Boricua say that too? I thought it was just a Mexican thing. Also, do Boricuas say "agüevo", as in "of course" like us? And do you guys say "coño" like the Cubans? Just a little curious because I've had a lot of Mexicans, Central Americans, and I have a close Cuban friend, but I don't really know that many Boricuas. I would love to learn more about PR (all I really know about is Lolita Lebrón, a fascinating woman, and West Side Story), and I'd prefer to learn it from people who know. Anyways, thx again for the recognition. PAZ, --Rockero420 07:00, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Heya

Hi Antonio, haven't chatted in a while!

Just to let you know, I'm up for another Request for Bureaucratship. You said you wanted to be contacted when I was up again, so here is the link: Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Linuxbeak_(2). Thanks! Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 14:05, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Comma before LoPbN dates?

Hi, and thanks for your contribs on List of people by name-tree pages!

You may be interested something that's been diffidently discussed for over a year, but hasn't gotten any attention since i asked for opinions on resolving it about 6 months ago. I've put a lot of commas between the link to the subject's bio and their parenthesized dates of birth &/or death, since that has been the predominant approach for a long time, but my cautiousness about a change has been the strongest opinion for it that i've heard for a while before, and since then.

Earlier this week, i announced my intention to eliminate the comma before (but not the one after) the dates, come the new year; that too has brought no response.

Your interest in the pages suggests you're among those whose continued silence should justify my confidence in that move, so i hope you'll speak up at Talk:List of people by name#Commas if you've got enough of an opinion to bother commenting on it.
--Jerzyt 22:26, 17 December 2005 (UTC)



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Feliz Navidad

Tony the Marine
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Tony the Marine

O.K. Toño, so you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you all the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your Dad, Tony the Marine 06:39, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Feliz Navidad

I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 17:24, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] barnstar

Thanks very much for the barnstar, I really appreciate it. I did remove it from my user page after a while though, because I'd prefer to keep that page as simple as possible. A couple of other users posted barnstars to my talk page a while back, if you'd prefer that instead. Thanks again. -- Curps 06:08, 23 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Hi!

Antonio, you sly ol' dog, how have you been? GREAT to hear from you! I'm also glad to hear you're into airplane models. I've only been involved in R/C aircraft models for a couple of years, but I'm totally addicted and totally immersed. As far as static models are concerned, I've always been into cars. R/C cars are another passion of mine, but I really dig planes. There's a link on my user page to a Wikicities site devoted to all phases of radio control. Check it out if you have a moment and PLEASE sign up if you'd like. - Lucky 6.9 07:18, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas!

For being a good friend and a great guy to work with, I present you with my favorite airplane: N9824L.
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For being a good friend and a great guy to work with, I present you with my favorite airplane: N9824L.

Merry Christmas, Antonio! I hope you enjoy your present. Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 04:11, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rosa Chacel

Hi Antonio, just to let you know that I plan to do some heavy editing on Rosa Chacel, mostly on fixing internal links, to give more/less relevance to several concepts. To see what I have in mind, please see [4] (in Spanish).

Saludos cordiales, User:Ejrrjs says What? 11:13, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Done...do not hesitate on comment; my English is far from perfect. I'm from Argentina but I'm currently living in Spain. I've already seen some of your contributions, keep up the good work! User:Ejrrjs says What? 12:30, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Well, you've screwed up.

Sorry if I sound too aggravated. In mid-2004 you created the article on E.J. Montini, the essential facts of which remained intact to this day. Unfortunately some of them were less than accurate, as Montini himself has pointed out. I've nuked the prominent errors, and figure that the least we can do now is to get him a proper Wikipedia entry. Can you help? In particular, do you have any sources? There appears to be very little biographical info on him online. --Kizor 13:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

-- Hi, thanks for answering and sorry for being accusative - I get too worked up over these things. It's be unreasonable to expect you to remember an article started over 18 months ago, or to question your intentions. And I have to admit that having a Wikipedia article one's written receive a mention in the press must be flattering... though a less embarassing one would be even better. I didn't vote on Zulma Aguiar, considering myself unable to form an informed opinion. I've never been around AfD votes much. --Kizor 01:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cromagnon

Thank you too for collaborating with our WikiProject. We're still few and scattered but we're picking up momentum. On the other issue, República Cromagnon nightclub fire is what you're looking for (República Cromagnon redirects there). I've made sure 2004 in Argentina mentions it. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 14:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)


I was writing a response to it; I didn't post the original message. Everyking 11:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Año Nuevo, etc.

Hello and Happy New Year, 'mano! I meant to get back to you about your Chacon-Limon article. Great work on the background there. I think at some point we may need to move some of that info to some sort of Mexican-Chicano rivalry article, but for right know it is fine where it is.

The thing about the word Chicano (which needs to be explained in the word's article--the narrowness of the definition is one of the reasons there is so much disagreement on the talk page), is that it is an ethnic signifier. Ethnicity is both touchy and highly abritrary subject, so it becomes a matter of personal identity rather than a blanket term. And since the meanings of words change over time, labels that were very convenient in the turbulent 60s and 70s no longer have lost some of their initial value. These days, people that have "graduated" from the Chicano movement no longer associate themselves with leftist causes don't like their ethnicity to be associated with their politics.

Some people who used to identify as Chicanos feel that the term is too exclusive since it doesn't include Central Americans, Boricuas, etc. They tend to prefer Hispanic or Latino. Some people don't like the American aspect of Chicanismo, and consider themselves simply "Mexican". And some people never identified themselves as Chicanos in the first place. In Tejas, they have a long tradition of having their own culture and identity. So it doesn't surprise me that Mexican American tejanos felt no need to call themselves Chicanos, because when the word gained prominence, it filled a void in the collective consciousness and answered the question "Who am I?" Identifying themselves as Chicanos helped root people, especially the youth, into the "here and now" when they felt uprooted from the "motherland" and excluded from mainstream society, so it was more useful in places like California and Colorado.

Now that we have (almost full) social inclusion, the need for the word is not as great. I hope this explains a little bit. I've been wanting to tackle that article and do a mean rewrite, but writing new articles is so much more fun than laboring over someone else's errors.

I also wanted to write you about feminist research. You may want to check here, and there are a fair amount of databases online. I usually do my research in the library (--I just tend to trust books a bit more than websites), and the library I use has a great research staff. (And since we're on the subject, did you hear about that group of women in India who murdered their neighborhood rapist in court? The police were not protecting them so they took justice into their own hands. I believe in letting the punishment fit the crime, but I could not feel sorry for that man.) If you're anywhere near ASU, you may want to visit their library for better resources than I can point you toward.

I don't know if you noticed, but I just finished an article on Estela Ruiz. If you're anywhere near Phoenix, you might be able to get a picture for it. I know they have a shrine in their back yard that is open to the public. I know its a lot to ask, so take your time. But when I started reading about this woman, I just became fascinated and had to write about her.

OK pues, I hope you have a fantastic 2006. Tu wiki-amigo, Rockero420 16:31, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] William T. Anderson

Hello, could you add sources for this article, William T. Anderson? --FloNight 23:07, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.--FloNight 01:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please help me ...

... translate Flor de Caña. It seems what it says there ("sugarcane") is nonsense (see talk). Thanks in advance, and all the best, <KF> 01:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! <KF> 10:29, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banderas de Latinoamérica

Hey Antonio--would you consider adding the Flag of Aztlán to the Latin unity area of your Userpage? I just wrote the article yesterday...--Rockero420 16:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thx for the recognition Antonio. Just curious, did you intend to include the "Bandit" poster as part of the award? I just want to make sure it looks the way you want it to. Joaquin has been using that image to identify himself, but I know it is much easier to copy/paste those types of awards than to start from scratch, so I suspected it might be unintentional. Paz, pues, --Rockero420 01:54, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arbcom candidate userbox

Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.

{{User arbcom nom}}

If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 02:16, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject: Puerto Rico

Hey, thanx for leaving a message in my Talk Page and for inviting me to contribute to this WikiProject. I already added my name to the list of contributors. Let's see what I can add in the following days.

However, and since you mentioned it, I've been wondering what's the point of the country infobox if there's already one in the Puerto Rico page? I mean, wouldn't it be repetitive? you might also copy and paste the one in the article.

Anyway, you can visit several WikiProjects from other countries and see what else you can add to this one.

Cuidése, caballero ;-) Thief12 21:47, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Rico project

Hey, Tony! Long time!!!

I'd be honored to help when I get back on a regular basis. In fact, it sounds like a wonderful diversion from vandal patrol. I'll drop a line real soon. - Lucky 6.9 00:47, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Boca Jrs.

Antonio:

Thanks for the offer, I will do my best to help (Actually Puerto Rico is already on my watchlist) but b/c of my limited time available I'm not sure how much i'll be able to do. :) I'll try, though!

Saludos y gracias por tu mensaje!!!

Sebastian Kessel Talk 15:20, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey! I didn't know Tony was your dad! He's a great guy! Sebastian Kessel Talk 19:18, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Those articles are great, don't forget to list them in the Noticeboard, too. :) Sebastian Kessel Talk 17:48, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boxing info-box

I suggest that we should organise info-box of boxers.

  • Name
  • image
  • nickname
  • weight class
  • date of the birth
  • birthplace
  • Date of the death
  • deathplace(necessary?)
  • style
  • record

I think hometown should be removed because it is fluid, and add a column of formal name because some boxers use ring name for boxing fights. For example, Henry Armstrong to Henry Jackson Jr, Max Baer to Maximillian Adelbert Baer. Do you agree with this? I need your opinion. Bye Yappakoredesho 17:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I want to learn from your constructive criticism

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Hi Ingoolemo: First of all, thank you for voting on the arbitration elections, even if your vote was against me. Believe it or not, I like it when people call me naive or what was the other thing you said.

The reason is that, I like the constructive criticism. I think you can help me out by letting me know which areas you think I can improve and then I can work on those areas. As much as I have written here (3 years and counting now trust me and it never gets old!) I always look to improve because after all, we are an internet spectre (everyone sees us, so we need to be the best writers we can be), and because of that, any suggestion you may have for my writing style to be improved will be greatly appreciated.

Anyways, thanks for everything, and God bless you! I hope we can become wiki-friends!

Sincerely yours, Antonio McCartney's Lover Martin

I guess that the issue is not that you aren't qualified, but that we have differences in opinions about the issues. Thus, I can't merely recommend, 'you could do X better.' Rather, I'll have to present my own values and vision for Wikipedia to you, and attempt to persuade you to accept them. Whether or not you choose to embrace my philosophy is your choice, of course. I hardly expect you to abandon your beliefs in order to gain votes. In short: though we respect each other, we don't agree with each other.
As per your request, I will eventually post some soundsnacks of my opinions for you to mull over. Unfortunately, as you may have noted from my Candidate Questions page, I'm not always timely about getting around to such things. But I promise that I'll post more some time in the next few weeks. Cheers, Ingoolemo talk 04:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Puerto Rico Stub Template

Hi. I have created a Puerto Rico related stub template. It can be found at Template:Puerto Rico stub. Check it out and let me know what you think. I can also create other, more specific templates such as a Puerto Rican People/Biography stub template, etc. I have added the template to the PR wikiproject.Joelito 17:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Saludos!!

Thanks for your answer. I'm curently a little bit disconnected with Argentina, because I'm living in Europe, and I don't have Telefé. I also don't know this Cristina Pérez, but I'm sure you'd make a good article out of her. Actually, I would prefer to have some more time to complete some more encyclopedic subjects regardin Argentina, some history, a few vice-presidents, and a couple of cities. Take care, and good wiking. Mariano(t/c) 12:10, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hey Antonio:

Thanks for blocking that user. I agree that the article (Bar examination) may need some semi protection for a few days. --Coolcaesar 23:26, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Blocking

You should not have blocked the IP address 65.3.235.84. Two edits to the article adding real content Cool Caesar does not like is not vandalism; even if 'twere vandalism, you are supposed to go through the test template series first, which you did not. --maru (talk) contribs 03:54, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Luis Vigoreaux image

Hey Car: Thanks for the note on my user page. I write articles every day and that has been going for three years so as you can imagine I can't even remember everything I've done lol.

I probably placed that image there because of this: I saw the image at a few websites by looking through Google and obviously believed it to be public domain. What should we do in this case?

You know more about that than I do :)

Thanks and God bless you! Sincerely yours, Antonio's lost in his world Martin

If you can't find any definite evidence that it's in the public domain or under some free license, it should be deleted. --Carnildo 08:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poltergeist

Hello...

On your main page you have listed Poltergeist with a link to Poltergeist movie series. That is just a redirect page. The actual page is Poltergeist film series. It would be a good idea to change it.

Lady Aleena | Talk 12:56, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Río de la Plata

Ey compai! Swimming being prohibited is worth mentioning. It's sad about the boy dying, but like I said, it's not really encyclopedia fodder. I didn't really take the text out of the article, I just made it a little harder to see. :-) Tomertalk 15:53, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New York Puerto Rican boxer

_ _ Hi, 'Ton, i notice with pleasure that you continue steadily contributing new LoPbN entries on notables.
_ _ I'm writing about Jose Basora, described there as

... New York Puerto Rican boxer

which i'm tentatively changing to

... American Puerto Rican-descended boxer

even tho i fiind it about 3/4 of a word too long for his situation and LoPbN's very compact, stylized descriptions. Of course, that's based on my assumption that i grasp what you understand his situation to be.
_ _ Puerto Rican bios are the ones most difficult for me to as to their LoPbN entries -- partly bcz it's not as easy to "just throw up my hands" as i might, say, with ethnic Russians born in Kazakhstan during Soviet rule, or with Kurt Gödel who seems to have had at least four or five citizenships. Please forgive me if i'm just thinking out loud, bcz i do so here in the hope of avoiding appearing to brusquely edit you, and of perhaps learning something from you that will make me wiser in future cases.
_ _ What i try to do on LoPbN, as first priority, is get down "nationality", usually in a sense that is equivalent to citizenship: British, usually, rather than Welsh or N. Ireland, Spanish rather than Basque or Catalan, and so on. Part of that emphasis is that there is less nuance involved in identifying citizenship than the other categories, which can so much more easily be treated with the thoroughness they deserve in the bio articles: trying to state them at all fairly and precisely would take up more than their share of "mental space" in an LoPbN entry, without much benefit in terms of improved navigation to the desired bio. Another part of that emphasis is that there are so many ethnicities that are smaller than the country that predominantly includes them, so that there is danger of the ethnicity alone being less helpful than the citizenship alone. For instance, many English speakers in this decade can identify a country or two that has Kurds. But ten years ago Kurds sounded like a food, and there are still very few who know there are still Assyrians, or can tell you where to look for Berbers and Uighurs. (I think you'll recall my emphasis on these entries serving as good routes to the bio articles rather than encouraging people to treat them as information sources.)
_ _ That being said, IMO Puerto Rico is a special case, first bcz the Commonwealth status is so unusual -- virtually unique in US, i guess, since Alaska statehood several generations ago, and of course bcz so many can place Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. I'm tempted to call it a "semi-colonial status", except that that is too vauge to really add any userful information to a discussion.
_ _ On LoPbN i convert Sardinian, Native American, and Uighur to "Italian Sardinian", "American Mohawk" (or whatever tribe), and "Chinese Uighur" (usually deferring to the other editor's opinion in recognition of my inability to spot the probably rare cases where ethnicity does help navigation rather than just duplicating the article's info). Even so, my bottom line is usually to let Puerto Rican stand without "American" before it, unless the person seems based in US locations outside of Puerto Rico, or to be notable in relations to their US military service.
_ _ W/ Jose Basora, i've no doubt "New York" is too much detail for LoPbN (tho i assume it's important for his bio article -- esp'ly if Nuyorican identity is important about him). My doubts lie with whether and how to include "Puerto Rican" in the LoPbN entry. As i say, i rule out treating "Puerto Rican" like his nat'ty on LoPbN, bcz to the extent that "American" doesn't serve well, he seems more like at most an expatriate Puerto Rican than an unqualified Puerto Rican. And i think "American Puerto Rican" suggests Puerto Rican-born, which i see is not the case for him. Actually, i think if the one-word "Puertorican" were accepted English, i'd go for "American Puertorican-descended" without reservation. I'm more concerned in this case with the length than the level of detail; as it is (just one character longer, but, IMO more significantly, nevertheless a word longer), for me "American Puerto Rican-descended" is slightly uncomfortably long. I'll be interested in your take, esp'ly as to how the specifics of his relation to Puerto Rico affect your view.
--Jerzyt 01:48, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
(I'm embarrassed, on going to effect that change, to realize i wrote so much assuming a mistaken recollection of "New York" rather than "New York born"! Fortunately, it doesn't change the thrust of what i wrote. [blush]
--Jerzyt 01:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Help

Here goes another anon how has no knowlege of how Wiki works and has posted a good article for deletion. It's about Norma Candal, please vote here: [[5]] and help fight this injustice. Thank you Tony the Marine 04:46, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

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[edit] Irichelle Duran

Someone sent a letter to the help desk about this boxer who is the daughter of Roberto Duran. I was thinking whether her record as a boxer was notable enough to warrant a seperate article rather than a standalone article. I noted that you were the original editor and was wandering what your thoughts were.

Capitalistroadster 03:15, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:WikiProject Puerto Rico

Hi Antonio. Just made some major changes to the WikiProject. Tried to make the project article more compact. Tell me what you think of the changes and the layout schemes. I have some other ideas that I will be implementing shortly. See you around. Joelito 21:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Date links

You were good enough to invite me to contact you if I wanted a favour... Please would you be kind enough to vote for my new bot application. Thanks. bobblewik 20:10, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Activism, etc

Hey Antonio, I was just wondering how you were doing. I've been incredibly busy lately, but I managed to find time to rewrite one article on the Chicano project's expansion list, and I finally translated another. But since Spanish is my second language, I'm sure it could use some finessing.

Its funny, you know? They really discourage "activism" on Wikipedia, but I don't see as how what we do is anything but! It may not be overt, but I think that simply providing the information is a way to, as you say, combat stereotypes. But it also provides a resource for people who are activists, (political, social or otherwise), because information and education are our best weapons in the struggle. I think it was Steve Biko who said, "Your mind is a weapon. Sharpen it!" (or something to that effect).

Anyways, I think you, your pop, and Joel have been doing a great job on the PR wikiproject. Whatever task you pick up next, let me know and I'll see if I can help.

Thanks for staying in touch, amigo, y te cuidas.

PAZ--Rockero420 20:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Input for next Wikiproject Collaboration

Seeing as we are almost done with the Andrés Avelino Cáceres collaboration and March is coming up. I'd thought that I should inform you and the other members of WP:Peru that you can add your thoughts on what you think the next project collaboration should be on at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Peru#Collaboration.--Jersey Devil 21:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Puerto Rico's 'Did you know?'"

Somebody nominated "Did You Know?-Puerto Rico" for deletion. You could express your opinion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Did You Know - Puerto Rico. Thank you, Tony the Marine 01:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Consensus: Puerto Rican Spindalis

An organized consensus in regard to the Puerto Rican Spindalis has been placed at [6]. Please express your opinion. Tony the Marine 15:03, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:WikiProject Puerto Rico Collaboration

Hi Antonio. I have begun a collaboration of the month for the Puerto Rico Wikiproject. The collaboration is Accentuation. I have created a template and a subpage for it. The template can be found at the top of the project and the details for the collaboration can be accessed through the navigation template or by clicking here. Please tell me what you think about all this. Joelito 22:38, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eddie P

_ _ Hi, Antonio; i put a long note on Talk:Eddie Perez (politician) about your edit there. I'm also concerned abt the corresponding edit you did on his LoPbN entry, but that involves some different issues, and i think it is likely to be easier to settle after dealing with the bio than in parallel. So for the moment i'm ignoring the LoPbN edit.
_ _ My experience with you has been good: i think you're a responsible editor. So i feel this is just a small bump in the road, and look forward to a satisfying resolution of it that will please us both. Thanks.
--Jerzyt 15:36, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paco Jamandreu

Hi Antonio. I see that you've created Paco Jaumandreu. I'm from Argentina and I'd never seen his surname spelt other way than Jamandreu before. I was quite surpised when I googled both the spellings and found out that Jaumandreu shows a lot of results, that are nonetheless outnumbered by Jamandreu. I think a redirection is needed. --Filius Rosadis 14:01, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Látigo Coggi

Dear Martin,

Thank you for your message and for your many articles about Argentina. I particularly liked the one about Juan Martín "Látigo" Coggi, who was one of our last great champions. It's sad to say that box is declining in Argentina (and probably also in the whole world). You may add the following issue in the article (I leave you the task since your English seems to be better than mine): the fights with Eder González, particularly the first one (Tucumán, 12/17/1993), which was very controversial. Coggi was clearly dominating the fight, but for some reason, may be excessive confidence, he neglected his defence for a second and suffered a terrible knock down. The referee clearly helped him to stand up after a very slow count. Coggi was groggy and suffered a harsh punishment during the following rounds, but managed to slowly recover his strength round by round and eventually knocked González out on the 7th (it was actually a TKO). Despite the questionable action of the referee (depriving González of the title and at the same time exposing an almost unconscious Coggi to serious harm), that fight was one of the many samples of Coggi's incredible recovering skills, which makes some of his fights unforgettable. After such a polemic decision, a new bout was mandatory, so Eder González and Látigo fought again on 03/18/1994 at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Then, Coggi won by TKO in the 3rd round. --Filius Rosadis 17:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Locomotora Castro and Víctor Galíndez

You did a very good job also with Locomotora Castro and I feel a bit ashamed because the Spanish Wikipedia doesn't have any entries about those boxers, and only a stub about Félix Trinidad.

You've also created Víctor Galíndez! That's certainly one of our old times heroes. His fight with Richie Kates (Johannesburg, South Africa, 5/22/1976) was an incredible battle. Galíndez was intensely bleeding, so he had to use the referee's shirt as a towel to clean the blood. The shirt became red and is now in a museum. Galíndez won by K.O. in the 15th round (remember those old 15 rounds fights?).

As for Castro-Jackson, I saw it on TV and I remember Jackson waking up and trying to find out what the hell had happened just some seconds before. I really didn't remember Jackson getting up after that famous right hand to restart the fight. Anyway, although Castro was bleeding and was being overwhelmingly defeated by Johnson, he simulated he was about to fall, he pretended he was almost K.O., and then shot when nobody expected.

Because of such tricks, Locomotora used to be also nicknamed "Roña Castro" from time to time, but some journalists consider that pet name derogatory and avoid it. In this case roña is a slang meaning something like dirty trick.

Castro is as strong and hard as a rock, but he has never been capable of disciplined, systematic training.

Box is violent? Off course it is. It's a fight after all. But football (or soccer, as it's called in America) has caused much more casualties, including a war. And Monzón, who was a violent man outside the ring, was completely under control during all his fights; box made him a respected and admired champion whilst the rest of his life drove him to prison and death.

Hasta pronto.

--Filius Rosadis 22:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yet another date links proposal

You may wish to see the proposal at: Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)#linking_of_dates. Thanks. bobblewik 11:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Blowouts

Man I asked my buddy to DVR that for me...but having no HBO myself, I missed it. I know that it was filmed on location and they asked a lot of raza, locals, and students etc. to participate. One of my compas came out as an extra. It's been a redlink on the template for too long, but alas....

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner Toño--I know you had some questions for me. I think that anyone who participated in the Mexican American War is definitely part of the history of Mexican Americans and Chicanos. That's pretty cool that you found un tocallo histórico. Do Puerto Ricans use that word tocallo?

About founding an organization, I really wouldn't even know where to begin. My guess is that all you would have to is make a page, get some people interested, and make some templates. If you decide it's a good idea, let me know, and I'll help however I can.

Tu carnal en wikidaridad,

Benjamín *Rockero 23:33, 19 March 2006 (UTC)*


[edit] new category: Category:Deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing

Following yesterday's death of Kevin Payne, a welterweight professional boxer who died from injuries sustained in a boxing bout, I wrote the bio article (a stub) about him and created a new category, since there wasn't one dealing with boxing deaths. -- Mareklug talk 22:17, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] [[History of Puerto Rico

Hi Antonio. I write to you because I will soon submit History of Puerto Rico to feature article candidate. I wanted to know if you could check out the article and let me know what you think. Joelito 21:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hispanic Wikipedians Asociation

I'd like to be a member of this Asociation. As you said, some Hispanics believe that we are not brothers. I think that's not true. Besides that, trading articles sounds great for me. I want to contribute to this project translating some good articles from es:. I usually edit for es: but I can give some for en: too. I'll be glad if your ideas come true. :D Alhen ♐... 16:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HappyApple contact

Hello over there, i have received your message at my talk page, and i would gladly join your cruzade to develop a group gathering latinos, as you have said , sharing the knowledge and so on, for further information you may want to ask me, please do not hesitate yourself to contact me once again, best regards. --HappyApple 18:16, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Re: Association

Thanks for the invite, but ethnically I am Portuguese, Italian, French, and German, not a native Latin American in heritage; however, I do claim several Central American countries as homeland, being raised there and doing missionwork during my younger years. I will keep an eye on your project, however! Thanks! --Danteferno 19:29, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great initiative

Dear Antoinio,

It sounds like a great initiative. However, I don't think that I would be the right person to include. I was only born in Brazil - to Danish parents - and within a couple of years moved with them a number of different countires. Bascially, I have only my love for Brazil, no adquate knowledge write or exhange any articles. Best wishes, Varga Mila 10:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

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  1. Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before.
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Signed...
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[edit] Hola

Hi Antonio, this is Mxcatania, from Argentina. I saw you are member of our Wikiproject. It's fantastic. I read your user page and some of your edits. You are muy simpático and I'm happy to know you love Argentine culture. I watch Telefe and some of the series you enjoy. We can improve Wiki by adding some of that series, sports, etc. Well, keep in touch. Best, Mxcatania 21:39, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Blowouts

¿Qué pasa Toño? I see you started the East LA Thirteen article. ¡Bravo! Would you mind if it became the basis of the Chicano Blowouts/East Los Angeles Walkouts article? If I move it, that will be the last redlink on the Chicano template... then maybe we can work on expanding it... What do you think?--Rockero 23:33, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "the Rat"

Hey Antonio, I've got a boxer for you to look into when you get a chance. His name is Raúl "the Rat" Macías, and he was world bantamweight champion in 1957. He was a Mexican from the Tepito barrio. He lost the title to Alphonse Halimi, a French fighter. Three years later Mexico sought to reclaim the title through the efforts of José "Tapato" Becerra, who knocked Halimi out in the ninth round.

Sometimes I like writing articles that I know nothing about. But this time, I thought I'd leave it in the hands of an expert 8).

Oh and I was wondering, is there a List of bantamweight champions anywhere? Just curious...

Tuyo en wikidaridad,--Rockero 20:28, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Marchas

No, no he podido asistir ningunas de las manifestaciones, pero pienso en irme el lunes. I think it's great that you're going to support, because technically Puerto Ricans aren't even immigrants! (Although they were treated that way when they first started moving here.) My political science professor was telling me that he was impressed by the marches, but he was afraid that Latinos would "sell out", like he says white immigrant groups did, after they get their rights, and forget that all these movements are really about human rights. That is, that we would quit fighting. You my friend are proof to the contrary. I think you should definitely represent la bandera de tu país and show Latin Unity. And make sure the Phoenix march is in 2006 U.S. immigrant rights protests!

PAZ,

Rockero

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade
The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date:
"Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
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  1. The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details.
  2. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page.
  3. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Association

(excuse my english)

Hi!... unafortunally, i'm not speak english very well, then i can't help u with your proyect... i'm sorry. But if you want, i can translate articles from spanish wikipedia to here, but i'm not sure if my translation is very well.

Tell me what articles you want to contribute, and i try to help you. Cheers! --Antoine Araya (Let's chuchadas begins) 06:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I love this new section!!! Mxcatania 21:42, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review request

Hi Antonio,

I found your name in the Boxing project listing. My article on Cutmen is currently undergoing peer review: could you let me know if you have any feedback?

Thank you! -- CasualFighter 21:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help!!!

My user account is block I dont anderstand way? Hier is my page User talk:Hipi Zhdripi#Vandalism and hier is the rv. [7] .

[edit] Immigrant rights

Hey Antonio, just thought I'd let you know about the one protest I managed to attend. It was a march for Emiliano Zapata this past Sunday in East L.A. It was low-key, but exciting at the same time. I blog about it here if you desire to read about it...btw have you told the other members of the Chicano wikiproject about the association? They may be interested...--Rockero 22:17, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Association

Dear Antonio, thanks for your suggestion of joining the association. I see that as a good idea, may be an utopia, but a good idea at the end. The point is to be able to contribute in a different way (a plus) to the normal way Hispanic/Ibero-Americans wikipedians do. They move themselves by their own interests (otherwise, the cost of contributing would outweight the satisfaction they get by doing so). So the idea of a community portal sounds good in the sense that can put in contact Hispanic wikipedians with similar interests. Think on topics related to history, wars, economy, migrations, ideology and politics, soccer, religion and folklore, and so on. Let me know how I can help you with that topic. --Poldavo 19:19, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hobby store

Over two years ago you wrote in Hobby store about gender differences (Hobby stores are particularly popular with men and children, less so with women, although many hobby stores today cater to women's interests too). I am trying to find a citation for this, but cannot. It does sound like common sense, but nonetheless it is something that should have a source. Perhaps you can help?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:41, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Ex-Yugoslavia

Talk:Kosovo#2 Administrator for Ex-Yugoslavien articels in Wikipedia- The voice of Kosovar

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PR Project Collaboration of the Month

Hello AntonioMartin. It is my intent to begin a Collaboration of the month for the Puerto Rico Wikiproject. I have suggested Politics of Puerto Rico and Economy of Puerto Rico as options for the collaboration for May. Please leave suggestions or comments on the talk page or vote for any of the choices I have suggested. Take care. Joelito 16:44, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

There is a consensus discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft#Infobox Aicraft consensus discussion on adopting a non-specifications summary infobox for aircraft articles. Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks! - Emt147 Burninate! 18:30, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sub nation (unincorporated nation)

Hi, I nominated this at {{prod}}. I hope you won't take it personally. It has been on cleanup since April 2005. I found no google references for this term. The article is an incomplete list of what appear to me to be very different political situations ranging from Russia to Puerto Rico. There is already an article about separatism that lists many of these movements. If you disagree, please help me understand why, I'd be interested to learn more. If you agree, that's great too. Regards, Kaisershatner 20:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Floriberta Jiménez Torres

In case you hadn't noticed, Floriberta Jiménez Torres has been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 16:00, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:PROD is a discussion-less process. You should put a comment on the article's talk page to explain why you think the article should be kept (since you didn't use an edit summary), but removing the prod notice is the actual way of contesting the deletion. But I certainly wouldn't mark the removal of a deletion notice as a minor edit. NickelShoe (Talk) 20:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AOL IP's

Hi, I appoligize if my blocks keep affecting you. I'm trying to keep them as short as possible, but there is a recurring problem from the same various IP's. I'm very sorry if this is causing a lot of trouble. --lightdarkness (talk) 03:45, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service.
This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
  1. Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
  2. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
  3. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
  4. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
  5. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture
20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Tetelo Vargas, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man 16:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Block

{unblock|Curps blocked me, I can't unblock myself I don't know why Im an administrtator I should be able to, but Im trying to do some good work here}"

207.200.116.196

Well the block log doesn't say anything about you being directly blocked. [8] and nor is the IP you've given [9] So the block message should tell you that you've been "autoblocked". Who did Curps block that has affected you? --pgk(talk) 22:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
I've given you a 1 minute block to see if it will clear the autoblock. -Will Beback 22:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Curps has been responsible for several autoblocks in the last 24 hours: [10]. I don't think we should unblock them all. Does your notice give any details, like which autoblock it is? -Will Beback 22:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey buddy, glad you're back. The place hasn't been the same without you. Cheers, -Will Beback 08:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
That news is sad. In the midst of life, death is all around us. I can relate to the loss, I have two memorial services to go to on Saturday if I could. Keep yourself well. Cheers, -Will Beback 10:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Again!

{unblock|I just need to write}"

205.188.116.13.

I don't know why you're getting blocked. I've given you another 1 minute block, in hopes it will work. If not, please give more details so we can track it down. -Will Beback 02:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification

Dear Antonio, thank you for your nice message in my discussion page. Just to give to you some useful suggestion in the discussion between Hispanic and Latin American for including both Spaniards and Brazilians in the same token. We here in Spain use the term "Iberoamericano/a" or "Iberoamérica" (I suppose can be tranfered to English like "Iber American" & "Iberoamerica", or something like that). In this form, we include all the American lands that share the same Iberian cultural origins, meaning Iberian as belonging to the Iberian peninsula (it includes Portugal and Spain). -Poldavo 09:06, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Grito de Lares

We now have somebody who wishes to change the name of The Grito de Lares to Lares Outcry. Please express your opinion here: Talk:Grito de Lares (The Cry of Lares). Thank you. Tony the Marine 00:14, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Puerto Ricans

One of the main concerns about the "list" is that it is getting out of control and that many names of people who have only had their "15 minutes of fame" or simply are non-notables are being added. I propose that we set up guidelines as to who should be admitted with a clear definition as to the terms "notable" and "fame". I am calling upon the parties interested to express their opinion and to help develope these guidelines. I believe that after we take a vote and reach a censensus, said guidelines should be followed and posted either on the article or the articles talk page. We need your help. Tony the Marine 19:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Please particpate here: [11]

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[edit] tango

Regarding your comments made here, Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. --Ragib 15:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

  • I agree with Ragib here, of course. If some of the things said by the ones who want to delete the page sound offensive to you, please say so, and why - do not attack the people themselves. That is not the way we do it on Wikipedia. For starters, you could delete the words "by a racist? Wikipedia is not a personal webpage for racists.", or strike them out by editing your own text and putting <s> and </s> at the start and the end of the passage concerned. Yes, you are entitled to say that if the tango list gets deleted, List of MLB players should then be deleted as well. I would second that wholeheartedly by the way.--Pan Gerwazy 00:19, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I understand your feelings, but while voting, it is better to use politely formulated arguments and to direct them at the people concerned. The proposer was definitely not a racist. I know the discussion was difficult to follow, precisely because one opposer used a completely opposite argument compared to the proposer (oh, and I am sure that other guy was not a racist too).
In my view (I am not a Latino, I am just your typical European person who likes flamenco and songs by Pyotr Leshchenko) (I actually danced tango for three hours today at the Ghent Feesten), the words "a very obscure topic" were NOT racist, but bordering on "chauvinist" and "ethnocentric". What you wrote on my talk page is a good explanation of why in your eyes, the conversation at that point came over as "racist". OK, your comment IS long (too long for putting next to your vote - and in any case your vote is primarily directed at the proposer), but since the author of "a very obscure topic" also took a lot of text in his comment, you would have had every right to put all that as comment under his text. Salu2 - take care!--Pan Gerwazy 20:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Rico FAC!!

Be sure to support the Featured Article candidacy of Puerto Rico!Hezzy 19:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ecuadorian

Check out the comments about Lloyd, here. Appreciate your support. --evrik 21:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject name commentary

Can you comment on this Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mexican-Americans/Chicanos#The_name_..._again? Thanks --evrik 18:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're Great!

Hi amigo, First of all, thanks for your interest in my country and believe me when I say that I appreciate each person in this beautiful but almost daily unfair world. Of course, I'm like those people who think that writing is a good way not only of expressing our ideas but also of making new friends and sure..why not..getting to know everyone. My name is Gustavo Góngora and I'm from Uruguay, South America, even though I'm living in Spain since last year. I've published more or less about 25 articles in Wikipedia.org in "Español". Among my interests are literature, boxing, music, geography and language learning. For more information, click on my signature and if you want to, you are welcome to leave me a message. Kind regards, saludos, --Gustavo86 22:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

Just a happy Birthday message to you, AntonioMartin, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Jrcog@Insert something here 00:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Just a happy Birthday message to you, AntonioMartin, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Many happy returns and enjoy the day to the fullest! Thistheman 05:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
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  1. In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
  2. The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
  3. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created.
  4. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter.
  5. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
  6. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd
05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] WikiProject Ecuador

hola antonio

i just joined the wikiproject ecuador. i've seen that you started this some months ago. i want to focus on ec related articles. i also plan to start the ecuador portal. the current structure on the projects mainpage seems to be a little bit too complex for me. i borrowed the structure from another project and did setup a sample at my user page User:Ma xyz/WikiProject Ecuador. would you agree if for a start i would replace the current project page with that? i will then also start to add sub pages, to-do lists etc...

saludos, miguel Ma xyz 02:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

hola antoino, in the meantime i've been boldissimo and just did it. saludos Ma xyz 21:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History transfer

Hola, he visto que eres administrador y además hablas en español, y tengo una pequeña duda que quería resolver. Sólo es para consultarte si es posible transferir el historial del usuario 213.60.22.104 a el usuario registrado que aquí escribe, o sea, yo. Aunque son pocas cosas, me gustaría integrarlas ahora que me he registrado. ¿Es posible? Muchas gracias! --Pristigaster 09:20, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Gracias por la respuesta! Ya nos veremos por aquí. Saludos desde España! --Pristigaster 15:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
  4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
  5. TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd
04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] barnstar

The Original Barnstar
For your hard work and dedication to improving Wikipedia, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Original Barnstar. Good job! Sharkface217 19:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello
20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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