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Image copyright problem with Image:Ashgrove in LA.JPG

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Unspecified source for Image:Ashgrove_in_LA.JPG

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Tenda dos Milagres (novel)

Thank you for expanding the plot section to Tenda dos Milagres (novel). However, articles about fiction need to go beyond just a summary of the work, but need to explore the scholarly discussion of the work and verfiying this discussion with criticism. For more information, you should check out WP:MOS (novels), which outlines what information should be covered in articles about novels, Sadads (talk) 19:09, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Causa (causa limeña) (December 1)

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Rankersbo (talk) 08:43, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello! Lastudies, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!

Author responds to editor's arbitrary censorship

I'm sure the editor who took down my article was well intentioned, but I believe misguided. While nothing I write for Wikipedia is perfect, I do a reasonably competent job. I happen to be a recognized specialist on Peruvian history and culture, with a PhD among my accomplishments and 45 years of classroom teaching at Cal State LA.

Lima has become a food tourism destination, and Peruvian restaurants have proliferated in the United States and across Europe. My cardiologist recently went to Peru only to eat, not to sight see.

Because Peruvian food is a cultural mix of Spanish, Andean, African and Chinese influences, there are few dishes that actually contain "Lima" in their name.

I not only consulted some Peruvian cookbooks to craft the article, I completed it while watching a native Peruvian cook go through all the steps for its creation.

I challenge the Wikipedia police to find a better encyclopaedia article on causa limeña in any published source.

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Author responds to take down of Ash Grove image

This is the second or third time the Wikipedia police have taken down this photo of the Ash Grove, despite the fact that its owner is none other than Ed Pearl, founder of the institution. He gave the photo to me with full permission to place it in the public domain. The photo was, to our knowledge, never copyrighted. Ed Pearl cannot recall if it was taken by him, by his brother or by some patron and friend of the Ash Grove. Again, the photographer is unknown and the photograph is in the public domain.

I wrote the article and uploaded the photo on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the music club. Wikipedia police promptly took down the whole article, alleging that the subject was "insignificant." Frankly, it took me more work to defend the article against that ignorant charge that it did to write the original. I am too old to fight the Wikipedia police. Bob Dylan did not think the club was insignificant. Why did you?

There are so many Wikipedia articles that are transparently self-serving and written by publicists hired to extol the virtues of a person or firm. Usually you can find online the corporate sites from which the Wikipedia text was cribbed. You might take down a few of those, rather than the work of legitimate scholars.

If you would like to verify my credentials, here is an encyclopedia in which about one-hundred of my entries appear under the chapters on El Salvador and Peru:

http://www.worldcat.org/title/latin-american-labor-organizations/oclc/15084105&referer=brief_results

https://books.google.com/books?id=a0S2AAAAIAAJ&q=Latin+American+labor+organizations+sheldon+maram&dq=Latin+American+labor+organizations+sheldon+maram&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV3NOD-L3RAhXor1QKHU88ClkQ6AEIKDAC

https://www.amazon.com/Latin-American-Organizations-Gerald-Greenfield/dp/0313228345/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484269923&sr=1-1&keywords=latin+american+labor+organizations

Here is the link to Ed Pearl's online copy of the photo:

http://www.ashgrovemusic.com/original.htm#build

I beg the police to reconsider. The deletion was petty and arbitrary.

Bill Bollinger Latin American Studies Cal State LA