User talk:Cambalachero

Archive 1

Name change

Change of name, eh? How come? Welcome again then. (Siglo 20 cambalache problemático y febril...). -- Alexf^(talk) 17:32, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, I wanted to unify accounts at last, and to get rid of using names of peoples or characters. That seemed like a good idea some years ago, I used nicknames of many characters, historic people or musicians at many web pages, but now I prefer something more "unfocused", even if still pointing my nationality. So I waited to a point where I did not had anything nominated anywhere and no other ongoing discussions, and changed it, this time to last. Besides, I'm tired that everytime I say something remotely related to the Malvinas, users react as if I was a POV warrior because of the username, without actually considering what I do or say. One time, I recategorized an article, and some user reverted me, and then reverted himself, restoring my edit... Cambalachero (talk) 18:05, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

I guess it makes sense. Not sense on having a name that could be controversial or be taken as POV pusher. In my case I have always used a real name as a brand. This was pointed to me by a marketing expert over 25 years ago. You can still find if you search hard enough and know what to look for, posts I made in boards and things I said online around 1988 or so, yes pre-Google but Google bought many databases over the course of the years and I can still find some of that material. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:22, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Captain

all these redirect to this same page - Yes. Did you give any thought as to why that might be the case? Pdfpdf (talk) 18:24, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: José Domingo Molina Gómez

Nominations are rarely incorrect unless done disruptively; the article appeared questionable and discussions improve articles or weed them out; if kept, it definitely could use more sourced content. My earlier mistake was getting excited without calmly reading enough of the surrounding material. It was detailed enough to look real, and used an actual person's name who might have conceivably been participated in that alternate reality. I learn more participating in AfDs than clicking on 'Random article', procedurally and content-wise. Dru of Id (talk) 04:59, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Participate in White Latin American's AfD

Hi, congratulations with your new name. Please, participate in this discussion by adding your opinion and arguments why it should be kept, or why it should not. Gracias. --Pablozeta (talk) 17:14, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to take part in a study

I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to Main Study. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates about 20 minutes. I chose you as a English Wikipedia user who made edits recently through the RecentChange page. Refer to the first page in the online survey form for more information on the study and me.cooldenny (talk) 01:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Mauricio Macri

I have added information that is true and verifiable regarding a situation that Mr. Macri's administration has been directly involved with. These are facts and should not be removed or tampered with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidglen77 (talk • contribs) 22:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mariano Moreno

The article Mariano Moreno you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Mariano Moreno for things which need to be addressed. Scampioen (talk) 17:36, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: File source problem with File:Bad weather Titanic in Virtual Sailor.png

I did tag my file as "Own work, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0" (I think that was it). I also noted that I used Fraps to take that as a screenshot. What did I miss? King Of Aviators (talk) 00:38, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Tagging

Thanks for tagging articles for the indigenous peoples of the Americas wikiproject. If you want to access them at the same time, I've been automatically assessing all ethnic group articles as having "mid" importance. I put in a request for a bot to autotag articles, but there's been no action on that front. Cheers, Uyvsdi (talk) 21:41, 2 May 2011 (UTC)Uyvsdi

Quack - The Duck Test Revisited

Hiya, there's some contention on the part of one user over the Platypus on WP:DUCK. After some edit warring: [1] He has taken it to the talk page. He really doesn't want that platypus there. =p Care to weigh in? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 07:26, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Been there, got the Wiki T-shirt

Please explain why you consider the valid topic of Bin Laden death merchandise to be "spam"? 86.172.225.184 (talk) 20:38, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

The links I listed were not even to sites selling merchandise, but to reports of such. And I made my reasoning perfectly clear. Your reasoning, please? 86.172.225.184 (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Griselda Siciliani

Hello! Your submission of Griselda Siciliani at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK review

Thanks for the review. I've responded to your comment. — KV5 • Talk • 11:01, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Interim De Facto Argentina

Two interim millitary presidents (Lacoste, Saint-Jean) are missing from the list of heads of state of Argentina. Because you done the last edit and I don't know what exactly to write, can you put them please?--46.12.13.100 (talk) 20:26, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

• Really, why you don't answer to the guy?--178.128.75.48 (talk) 17:21, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

• Sorry but I don't believe that you simply didn't see this. I believe that you don't answer to us. I have to add that the third triumvirate is also missing!--178.128.75.48 (talk) 08:34, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

• Yes but it (The Third Triumvirate) is Present in the spanish version of the list, it is consisted by San Martín himself, Matías de Irigoyen (governor of Buenos Aires, no relation to Hipolito Yrigoyen) and Manuel de Sarratea of the First Triumvirate. Also, the list has already two interim presidents: J. M. Guido and R. Al. Lastiri. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.128.75.48 (talk) 13:42, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

• Can you answer please?--46.12.45.67 (talk) 18:22, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

• Sorry, I changed IP adress today!--46.12.45.67 (talk) 18:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Griselda Siciliani

Materialscientist (talk) 01:18, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Spanish American wars of independence

Hey, Cambalachero! That portal you created is pretty cool! Thanks. Nice to see a new group of people getting interested in the Latin American history pages here on (English-language) Wikipedia. I've been a bit busy con mis niñas (little ones are very demanding, but it's very enjoyable), but I might get inspired again!TriniMuñoz (talk) 18:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, but I must notice that, although it's beyond the red links state, it's still in development. You can add new entries if you want to help, but try to be selective, add events or biographies according to their state as articles (at least B rank) rather than with the real significance, and images of high resolution where we can say something in the caption about the image itself, rather than about what's depicted in it. I have the intention of nominating it as featured portal sometime in the future. Besides, I realize that my knowledge is mostly about the Argentine theater and nearby areas, if you can point dates or quotes from Mexico, central america or northen south america, that would help a lot. Cambalachero (talk) 22:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Historia de San Martín y de la emancipación sudamericana

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Cámpora

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Falkland Islands Article in Arbitration

Having briefly reviewed the article's discussion history, I've identified you as a potentially aggrieved editor whose contributions may have been negatively impacted by the actions of a group of editors who are alleged to be POV-pushing and engaging in WP:GAMES. I invite you to peruse the arbcom request and voice your opinion and experiences, at your leisure. The link is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#WP:NPOV_and_WP:GAMES_in_.22Falkland_Islands.22_and_related_articles

Thank you.Alex79818 (talk) 22:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Revolution of October 8, 1812

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Villa Gesell at DYK

Question for you on your nom of Villa Gesell-see T:DYK for details. Cheers, Khazar (talk) 06:12, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

White-winged Widowbird

Check the article and DYK now. BarkingMoon (talk) 21:08, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

File mover

It was adopted as an official policy apparently. See the talk page. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 11:47am • 01:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

talk in Commons

Hallo Cambalachero, you should not use your admin rights to protect a page where you are involved in an edit war commons:User talk:Cambalachero - if you think protection is required please ask other admins to do so. Please unprotect your page therefore.

On the edit war topic: I do think deletion request notifications should be archived properly - as every other content on you talk page except vandalism or talkback or stuff. Previous deletion notifications are a good help for others. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 01:56, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

The problem is that Ferbr1 is a troll that follows me across projects in order to harass my edits with pointless demands. He has nominated many images I uploaded in the past, wich were kept, but he cites them anyway pretending to state that I upload problematic images. Which is the basic reason why the prohibition of removals is not used here: placed incorrectly or spuriously, and then used as an alleged record of a user's misbehavior, is simply trolling.

The protection of my talk page is for just three days, just the basic time to see if he calms down and finds something else to do. In any case, the real conflict is about a certain image, the conflicting use of admin powers would have been if I protected it to avoid nomination, or if I closed the deletion request myself; I did not do either thing. In the case of the talk page WP:HUSH supports my case here. Cambalachero (talk) 02:29, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Hallo again Cambalachero, thank you for your explanation. That changes the situation of course - I did not know because you you did not mention this at all in your revert or protection comment. It is okay for me then. Please reply here if you want to. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 03:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Please, you haven't evidenc of your afirmations. I'm not a "troll" or a "harass". If you no delet this defamations of me, I will present a report here. Thanks. Ferbr1 (talk) 13:08, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Evidence? I said that you follow me across projects to harass me, and that's exactly what you are doing here. You have not edited in months, and spring from out of nowhere to complain about things taking place somewhere else. I could easily point as well the deceptions in your links (such as saying that I did not provide the information required, when you actually deleted it at a point), but that would be beyond the point here.

Feel free to report whatever you want, but have a care: you are not in Spanish wikipedia here. There's considerable leeway there for chasing people around and making a big scene about every edit, but here, things are not the same. read WP:WIKIHOUNDING and WP:HUSH. Those are the policies of this project, the policies of the main project I work at, and the policies I consider when editing in Commons. Cambalachero (talk) 13:55, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Villa Gesell

Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Renewed discussion?

Hello Cambalachero. As you previously participated in the discussion regarding Brazil, I am notifying you in hopes for a renewed discussion at Talk:Brazil. Elockid ^(Talk) 17:06, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Juan Larrea - check of a detail

Hi, can you confirm that this edit is correct? That is, that Larrea was exiled and had his properties confiscated, not just Alvear? Thanks --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:55, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Also, "he voted for the incorporation of deputies from other cities into the Junta, an attempt of Saavedra to reduce Moreno's influence within the Junta, although manifesting his rejection to the proposal" - does this mean that Larrea expressed his opposition to the proposal, but voted for it anyway? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:53, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

The first question, yes, that info is about Larrea. And the second, yes, it may sound weird but that's what happened: Larrea said he was against the proposal, but voted for its approval. Reading between lines, it seems to me that he was extorted to vote for the proposal, so he did so but under protest. But there is no actual historical evidence of Saavedra extorting Larrea, so this explanation would be original research. I do not know either if the legislation of the time included a "vote under protest" clause, so using that term for the sake of clarity may become misleading. Cambalachero (talk) 00:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks. I've re-worded the section on the Saavedra proposal to make it a little clearer. I think the copyedit is just about complete. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:09, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help Cambalachero (talk) 01:34, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks for reviewing the DYK Motor Transport and Traffic Unit. I have addressed the concerns you raised. Could you re-review it. Thanks. A friend called -- CrossTempleJay  → talk 23:24, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. A friend called-- CrossTempleJay  → talk 10:18, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

New section in WP Uruguay

Hi Cambalachero, You added a new section named "recognized content in WP Uruguay. Can you give me a hint about what its purpose is? Thank you. Hoverfish Talk 02:09, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

OK thanks, now it makes sense. And thanks for the historic article. Maybe it should offer a line of explanation as to why a "cry". This was my first question when I heard about the Grito de Asencio and I was told this indicates a battle cry and that there are more Gritos in neighbouring histories (Brazil?). I think this would add interest to the article. Hoverfish Talk 10:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Very enlightening the link to pronunciamiento. Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 15:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

More Larrea

"Larrea resigned his wages from his position as Junta member, and organized the resources for the upcoming war" ... I think this means the war against the royalists, but it might be worth clarifying it a little, because the immediately surrounding text doesn't mention that much. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 06:41, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Javier González Fraga

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cry of Asencio

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Secret Invasion

Hi. Just letting you know that someone bothered to actually answer your question. Matt Deres (talk) 22:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

May Revolution

The article is using a mix of Spanish and Anglicized names which might be confusing. I don't know if you noticed, but I only added the original, Spanish, name of those royals on the first time they are mentioned, so that readers will understand that the names used are anglicized forms. The type of references which I added are currently the best ones and are the ones used in FAs. They are far more simple and you don't need a lot of work when there are many passages using the same source, for example.

Anyway, I don't know what are you doing but it's quite obvious that you simply don't want to listen to an experienced editor. I was really trying to help and I even asked other editors to copy-edit your article to improve its prose. I had no need or obligation of doing any of that. I could have simply "opposed" as many others around do. But I wish you good luck. --Lecen (talk) 12:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I will consider this for the future, but not for now. I have been working, in the real world, at a project in the university (completely unrelated), and nominated this article when I ended it, thinking that I would have spare time if needed. The problem is that the teacher came with highly irrational complains and a pair of teammates betrayed me, so I'm in risk of having it failed and have to study that topic and make a new project all over again. It's not the same case than the FAC, but it seems very similar (replace all "minus" signs in page ranges with a code that generates a "dash", which looks exactly like the minus sign?), at least in my current state. So, I should better deal only with the real world issue and close this one, and avoid working with others for some time, or I may risk extrapolating over all of you the hatred I feel for that other issue.

I hope you will understand Cambalachero (talk) 13:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Fine by me. I would make a nother suggestion: find other editors interested in the subject. FAC is what we call in Brazil a "panelinha" (a closed or an exclusive group). There are a few editors who are always well treated by the delegates while others simply aren't. It's all about politics. Even if you have an article which is clearly up to FA standards, that doesn't mean that it will pass. You need people reviewing and supporting it. You can't simply invite others to support it because it will be considered canvassing (or cheating). This is why I believe you should search for a good copy editor (a good place to find one is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors). Nikkimaria also suggested TCO and Diannaa. I believe they can be easily found in the FAC pages. Once the prose is good and you've finished adding all sources. Ask for a peer review. Once it's done, you'll have at least three different editors (the one who copy edited, the other who made the peer review and the third one who reviewed the article in the GA nomination) to whom you could send an invitation to ask them to review the FAC nomination. Again, good luck. --Lecen (talk) 14:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)