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Edits on Byron Galvez

Hey, would you please stop changing the page? The river under his house is the Tula River (check a map!!) the Tula ends up in the Moctezuma, but in Mixquiahuala it's still the Tula River. Furthermore, Byron spent his last years living in Colonia Condesa (in Agustin Melgar street) in Mexico City and NOT in Mixquiahuala (though he had a weekend house there). He died of Stomach cancer (yes, his heart stopped, which is what the newspaper says, but only after a large operation to attempt to remove the tumor). Finally, the exhibit in Taiwan was of fake paintings, I'm still fighting that battle and trying to get the gallery that's putting fakes in the market. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rleibman (talk • contribs) 22:33, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

You need to cite a source when you change information. Provide a source to replace the one that is there to make the change permanent. River names vary in Mexico. Its not as cut-and-dry as in other places.Thelmadatter (talk) 01:39, 7 November 2013 (UTC) By the way, I see you have a problem with a photo. If you have the rights to the photo, or can get someone in the artist's family to sign a letter, I can help you with the process to get it up and stick. I did his articles as part of a project with the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, which he is a member of and they can help as well.Thelmadatter (talk) 01:44, 7 November 2013 (UTC) I'm not sure what source to cite, Byron was my step-father, I wrote the original wikipedia article, all the issues I mention are first hand knowledge, or you can call his widow (and representative) Eva Beloglovsky in Mexico City to confirm all I said. I know wikipedia is not supposed to show original research, but I'm not sure you wanted showing falsehoods either. I can add something to ByronGalvez.com if you think that's helpful (since I manage that site) but that just seems silly. And yes, I do have rights to the photo, your help would be much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.62.196.11 (talk) 21:28, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Nice page on Antonio Vega!

I just marked your page on Antonio Vega as reviewed. It looks quite good already. Impressive work! Slashme (talk) 01:37, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Wow, even better that you're using Wikipedia to teach students! You're the kind of person that keeps Wikipedia going! --Slashme (talk) 08:20, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

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Answer to Mexican Immigration

No, no, no - you have a right logic in your head but it is more complex than that. Poland didn't exist at the time so Poles were Germans/Russians/Austrians, and with the passport, so in reality it is difficult to say how many Poles immigrated o Mexico. It used to be dependent on an official (as well as immigrant giving the country of origin). Some of them accepted to put Poland as a place of origin, most refused since Poland was not a country any more. Immigrants had the same dillema.--81.100.242.0 (talk) 10:58, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

PD reference sources

Maybe this isn't the best idea in the world, but one idea has finally worked its way through my skull here. I have recently started uploading a bunch of PD reference sources broadly relating to religion to Wikimedia Commons, so that I can start adding copyedited versions of some of the longer articles from them to WikiSource, so that they might, eventually, be linked to here. This seems to include at this point quite a few articles which don't yet have articles in the English wikipedia. I don't know how many similar PD reference sources there might be in Spanish in Mexico, but I definitely think it might be useful to maybe try to get them uploaded to commons, and then, if they are in Spanish, they could be translated into English on WikiSource. Alternately, maybe some of the articles in English from some reference sources already in commons could be translated into Spanish for the Spanish WikiSource (if there is one - I don't read Spanish, I dunno), and maybe be used to develope weak or nonexistent articles there. And, considering they are PD, they can be basically be quoted verbatim, as long as proper attribution is given. I wouldn't suggest that for students, because they have no reason not to check to see if there have been any changes in the interim, but in some cases there might not be any real changes to some topics.

l But I am honestly stunned by the extent of the coverage of some of these older reference sources, and from what I've seen of some I've been uploading relating to religion, philosophy, etc., a lot of their broad "topical" articles may well be dated, but a lot of the biographical articles and articles on books and such seem to me to be just about as good, maybe in some cases better, than newer sources. Just an idea, anyway. John Carter (talk) 20:34, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

As a bit of a follow-up, over at wikisource:User:John Carter I have gotten together a list of those old PD reference sources which were still, in 1986, considered useful enough for inclusion in a one-volume list of reference works. It includes quite a few which seem to relate to Latin America, at least some of which I haven't found on archive.org. It is possible, I suppose, that they might be more readily available in Latin American countries. If they are, we could possibly use them.

Also, on an at best marginally related point, La Luz del Mundo seems to be one of our more regularly controversial articles relating to Mexico, and it could always use additional eyes, particularly of individuals who might have more ready access to the better relevant sources. John Carter (talk) 15:47, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Mario Moises Alvarez

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Wiki Borregos CCM missing user

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Tesoros del Registro Civil Salón de la Plástica Mexicana

Hi there. I'm trying to track down the ISBN number for Tesoros del Registro Civil Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. You added one to Celia Calderón but it doesn't seem to be valid and I can't track it down through the usual sources. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 23:00, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

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Source of Popocateptl sound file?

I was just wondering where you got that. The speaker pronounces it as "popocatepet i l, notice the 'i' in between the 't' and 'l' at the end. This is not how it would be pronounced in Nahuatl. There would be no 'i'. Also you label it a Spanish. I was wondering how a Nahuatl word could be Spanish. Senor Cuete (talk) 15:46, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Some college student in Monterey isn't a reliable source and the fact that you recorded it yourself violates Wikipedia's policy on original research. I've never heard it pronounced like you have it in the sound file. I would certainly be justified in removing it. Also it's easier if you discuss things on one page, ie. put your reply here, not on my talk page, please. Senor Cuete (talk) 17:04, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Original research pertains to information written in Wikipedia, ,media files. That would be saying that photos have no place in Wikipedia articles for the same reason. There is nothing in WP:NOR to support such a position.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:19, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Huaquechula

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Template:Did you know nominations/Raheel Sharif

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revert

yup, accident, I was trying to edit to something but I managed to undo it all. I'm smart. Nezzy ^{(Talk)｜(Editor contributions)} 19:25, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, I never got an email from you - you mentioned on my talk page a day or two ago! Perhaps re-send? Thanks!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 10:51, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for this message! I resent to your wikia address posted on your talk page. The first one I sent via your user page which has worked before. Dunno why it didnt this time.Thelmadatter (talk) 14:44, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

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Mexican muralism + Mexican Renaissance

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I was told you're the person that would have some helpful input about this. If you have a chance to take a look at this, it would be much appreciated.--CaroleHenson (talk) 14:14, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Mexican feather work

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DYK review for Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza

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Enciclopedia de México

Hello Thelma, hope you are well. Glad to see you're still active! Any chance you could expand this stub? It has an entry on Antonio Castellanos which I started early but I can't access it. Perhaps you have access to it and could photograph it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:32, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Don't you remember me Thelma? I thought we were on good terms? Surprised to not see a reply from you! What have I done LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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La Merced Market

I appreciate your point, Thelma, but there is no other article about a La Merced Market in another city so we do not need the city name as per this policy: Wikipedia:Unnecessary_disambiguation Keizers (talk) 18:23, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Education newsletter

Hi Thelmadatter, If I can upload a photo of our class shortly after midnight (UTC) April 17, 2014, will I still make it for publication? That's the next time our class meets. Crtew (talk) 15:35, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Request for sources from Mexican university libraries

Dear Thelma,

I was told that you know who is able to get academic sources from Mexican libraries. I am looking for copies of the following reliable sources because of an AFD of the es:Liceo Mexicano Japonés on the Spanish Wikipedia: es:Wikipedia:Consultas de borrado/Liceo Mexicano Japonés

• "Proyecto Arquitectónico del Liceo Mexicano Japones, A.C." Arquitectura y sociedad, Colegio de Arquitectos de México, Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos, número 10, Ciudad de México, 1981 (Año XXV). Pág. 19-27.
• "Liceo Mexicano-japonés." Anuario de arquitectura, Mexico City, 1980.

In addition, I am checking to see if an individual on Reddit is able to get a copy of the following document, but if you or someone you know/can contact are able to get a scan or copy of this from the El Colegio de México I would greatly appreciate it:

• Watanabe, Chizuko. "The Japanese immigrant community in Mexico : its history and present." California State University, Los Angeles, 1983. OCLC Number 16517074. - This is a master's degree (M.A.) thesis (See Worldcat entry which states a copy is at the El Colegio de México)

Also if someone is able to get a scan of page 318 or any other pages that mention the Liceo (possibly p. 319?) of the following, I would greatly appreciate it:

• Palma Mora, María Dolores Mónica. De tierras extrañas: un estudio sobre las inmigración en México, 1950-1990. Secretaría de Gobernación de México (SEGOB), Instituto Nacional de Migración, Centro de Estudios Migratorios, 2006. ISBN 9680301710, 9789680301713. p. 318: "El Liceo Mexicano Japonés es una institución central en la vida del grupo, ya que en ella se forman sus hijos. Se fundó en septiembre de 1974, a raíz de la visita a México, por esa fecha, del primer ministro de Japón (Kakuei Tanaka). La escuela, sin embargo, no empezó a funcionar hasta el 2 de septiembre de 1977, y fue inaugurada por el secretario de Educación Pública de ese tiempo, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo.[...]" (See search page)

Libraries in and around Mexico City should have copies of these documents, and it may be possible university libraries in Monterrey may have copies. By having these sources I can help the understanding of the notability of the topic. Do you know who is able to get these academic sources?

Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 06:07, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

• Thank you so much for your help! WhisperToMe (talk) 05:38, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I was able to get select pages of Chizuko Watanabe's thesis. Do you know if your students have found anything yet? WhisperToMe (talk) 09:33, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Great news! The article was saved! WhisperToMe (talk) 13:20, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

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I'm re-deleting that bogus assertion that mole is "relatively unknown" in the US. The nearly 20 year old article used as the citation for that ends with mole producers in Mexico claiming that their imminent plans are to go after the US market. Based on the age of that citation and the far more recent citation that Americans are asking for mole there is no reason to continue to assert that mole is unknown in the US. Highnumber (talk) 22:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

That's why it's good to "date" statements from people, such as "As of 1998... so and so..." and then you can use a newer article to show a change: "As of 2010, so and so said mole has become popular" WhisperToMe (talk) 13:19, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

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Photo requests, and Colegio Franco Español

I found your photo of the Colegio Franco Español. I didn't know it existed, but once I found the photo I did research, and voila! I now have a stub. Do you do photo requests in Monterrey? If so, I have some ideas. WhisperToMe (talk) 10:32, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Oh, ok! In case you have a chance to take photos in any region I have a listing of requests here: Commons:Commons:Picture_requests/Requests/North_America#Mexico - I have some in Guadalajara and some smaller cities too! WhisperToMe (talk) 23:18, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:

• DeGruyter: 1000 new accounts for English and German-language research. Sign up on one of two language Wikipedias:
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• Fold3: 100 new accounts for American history and military archives
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Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
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New Tamayo Museum

Can you expand/photograph this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:38, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today :)

The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:

• Elsevier - science and medicine journals and books
• Royal Society of Chemistry - chemistry journals
• Pelican Books - ebook monographs
• Public Catalogue Foundation- art books

Other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
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Books and Bytes - Issue 9

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Books & Bytes
Issue 9, November-December 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

• New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
• New TWL coordinators, conference news, a new open-access journal database, summary of library-related WMF grants, and more
• Spotlight: "Global Impact: The Wikipedia Library and Persian Wikipedia" - a Persian Wikipedia editor talks about their experiences with database access in Iran, writing on the Persian project and the JSTOR partnership

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikimania

Hello friend, it seems like you are going to attend Wikimania 2015. I would be glad if you attend my presentation there. See you there. Have a nice day! :) Jim Carter 05:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 10

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Books & Bytes
Issue 10, January-February 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

• New donations - ProjectMUSE, Dynamed, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Women Writers Online
• New TWL coordinator, conference news, and a new guide and template for archivists
• TWL moves into the new Community Engagement department at the WMF, quarterly review

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Precious again

treasures of Mexico
Thank you for your consistent in depth coverage of the rich history and culture of Mexico and Mesoamerica in general, stones and people, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (22 November 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Three year ago, you were the 61st+ recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Eight years ago, you were recipient no. 61a of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Sexual_harassment photo

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A new reference tool

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Books and Bytes - Issue 11

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Books & Bytes
Issue 11, March-April 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

• New donations - MIT Press Journals, Sage Stats, Hein Online and more
• New TWL coordinators, conference news, and new reference projects
• Spotlight: Two metadata librarians talk about how library professionals can work with Wikipedia

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The Wikipedia Library needs you!

The Wikipedia Library

Call for Volunteers

The Wikipedia Library is expanding, and we need your help! With only a couple of hours per week, you can make a big difference in helping editors get access to reliable sources and other resources. Sign up for one of the following roles:

• Account coordinators help distribute research accounts to editors.
• Partner coordinators seek donations from new partners.
• Outreach coordinators reach out to the community through blog posts, social media, and newsletters or notifications.
• Technical coordinators advise on building tools to support the library's work.

Sign up to help here :)

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Books and Bytes - Issue 12

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Books & Bytes
Issue 12, May-June 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

• New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
• Expansion into new languages, including French, Finnish, Turkish, and Farsi
• Spotlight: New partners for the Visiting Scholar program
• American Library Association Annual meeting in San Francisco

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The Interior 15:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Mexico City

Do you have any plans to visit Mexico City? If so I would like to know if you're interested in doing photo requests there? WhisperToMe (talk) 08:59, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Ok! I have a list of requests for Mexico City. The photo I would like the most is the main entrance gate for Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Camino a Santa Teresa No.1500, Col. Jardines del Pedregal C.P. 01900 México D.F.). I have a few others related to the Japanese community as well as corporate headquarters and other international schools at Commons:Commons:Picture_requests/Requests/North_America#Mexico_City.2FCiudad_de_M.C3.A9xico and Commons:Commons:Picture_requests/Requests/North_America#Mexico_State.2FEstado_de_M.C3.A9xico.

Thanks in advance! WhisperToMe (talk) 19:54, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 13

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Books & Bytes
Issue 13, August-September 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

• New donations - EBSCO, IMF, more newspaper archives, and Arabic resources
• Expansion into new languages, including Viet and Catalan
• Spotlight: Elsevier partnership garners controversy, dialogue
• Conferences: PKP, IFLA, upcoming events

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:30, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Movement Wide Finance Report 2014

Dear Thelmadatter,

I’m Alex, currently a finance fellow (i.e intern) at the Wikimedia Foundation. I worked before for Wikimedia France, planning the Hackathon Lyon 2015 mainly. I'm today contacting you because of your activity for Wikimedia Tech de Monterrey User Group.

Last year, Finance Fellows produced a financial report that included financial activity from every chapters. It was great and has been presented at the Wikimania in Mexico.

If you haven’t seen the results of the Report 2013, here they are: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-wide_Financial_Trends_Report_2013

We’re currently starting the Report 2014 and this year we also want to include user groups to improve the scope of our work. I want to tell you that I’ve tried to make the process as short and easy as possible, so that shouldn’t require a lot of your time.

The aim of such a report is global. It helps having an idea of how the money is used across the movement, it helps chapters and user groups to learn about best practice and finally it leads to more transparency through a qualitative work, which I believe is important.

Could you briefly tell me if you had any income and expenses in 2014? If you are not the person responsible for this, please tell me who is the user the most likely to know this information.

I’ll be your contact for this project this year, I’m looking forward to working with you!

Cheers, ACella (WMF) (talk) 22:56, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Meeting of Styles

Interesting, left some questions at article's talk. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:22, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Books and Bytes - Issue 14

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Books & Bytes
Issue 14, October-November 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

• New donations - Gale, Brill, plus Finnish and Farsi resources
• Open Access Week recap, and DOIs, Wikipedia, and scholarly citations
• Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref - a citation drive for librarians

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The Interior, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:12, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Help decide the future of Wikimania

The Wikimedia Foundation is currently running a consultation on the value and planning process of Wikimania, and is open until 18 January 2016. The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of Wikimania to help guide conference planning and evaluation, and (2) gather broad community input on what new form(s) Wikimania could take (starting in 2018).

After reviewing the consultation, we'd like to hear your feedback on on this survey.

In addition, feel free to share any personal experiences you have had at at a Wikimedia movement conference, including Wikimania. We plan to compile and share back outcomes from this consultation in February.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk), from Community Resources 21:32, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

added self as proposed guest speaker for Education section

Dear User:Thelmadatter, I have added myself to the list of proposed guest speakers for Wikimania 2016 in the Education track. If it is indeed a possibility for me to give that guest presentation, or if you would advise another way to present the ideas I've written about there please do get in touch with me. With regards, Arided (talk) 13:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC) (PS. My email address is: holtzermann17 @ gmail dot com)

Towards a New Wikimania results

Last December, I invited you to share your views on the value of Wikimedia conferences and the planning process of Wikimania. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report summarizing your feedback and important changes for Wikimania starting in 2018 as an experiment. Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page. Thank you so much for your participation. I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, 22:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Joaquín Clausell

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

AC notice

Hi there Thelmadatter. Just writing to let you know that I've removed the Account Creator flag from your account as you do not appear to be active in account creation or outreach activities that may require this user right. This action is procedural and in adherence to the community standards for this permission. It is not an indication of any wrongdoing on your part. If you ever need this permission again in the future, please submit a new request at WP:PERM or simply let me know! Regards, Swarm ♠ 21:29, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 15

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Books & Bytes
Issue 15, December-January 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)

• New donations - Ships, medical resources, plus Arabic and Farsi resources
• #1lib1ref campaign summary and highlights
• New branches and coordinators

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:19, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikimania Scholarship

Hi Leigh, I am Anmol Wassan and I have applied for Wikimania Scholarship and I want to present my views and ideas and my source of motivation for the event. I'll be highly obliged if I am given this opportunity.

Thank you.

Anmol Wassan (Wikimedian) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wassan.anmol (talk • contribs) 04:28, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia-l comments

Hi Leigh. I wanted to thank you for this comment, and had a look at your earlier contributions this month. I agree with all of them. I was especially taken by this which, I think, incidentally, is a pretty good picture of the ideal ED. Thanks for all your wonderful work. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:07, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 16

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Books & Bytes
Issue 16, February-March 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)

• New donations - science, humanities, and video resources
• Using hashtags in edit summaries - a great way to track a project
• A new cite archive template, a new coordinator, plus conference and Visiting Scholar updates
• Metrics for the Wikipedia Library's last three months

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:16, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Landmarks of Colonia Roma

Is it okay if I merge Template:Landmarks of Colonia Roma into Template:Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City? It may be good to have everything in the delegation in the same template.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 07:26, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

In that case Template:Landmarks of Colonia Roma would remain and then Template:Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City could link to it WhisperToMe (talk) 15:18, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

That sounds like a plan. There is a template for Landmarks of the Historic center of Mexico CityThelmadatter (talk) 19:32, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Alrighty! I added the two landmark templates to the Cuauhtémoc one. I'm hoping the delegation templates help better integrate various Mexico City-related articles with one another. Speaking of which I started many articles on Mexico City private schools to entice high school students into editing ENwiki. Liceo Mexicano Japonés is perhaps the best-sourced of them but perhaps others will decide to sign up for the English Wikipedia and write about their city there. (unlike the English Wikipedia the Spanish Wikipedia does not have a presumption of notability for senior high schools unless secondary sources are presented, and therefore only some high schools have ESwiki articles) WhisperToMe (talk) 20:36, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

CECyT 2 Miguel Bernard Perales

Do you know if CECyT 2 Miguel Bernard Perales is preparatoria/bachillerato level? WhisperToMe (talk) 07:07, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

GLAM Boot Camp announced (June 14-16 in DC)

You have expressed interest in the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium, so you may be interested in attending the GLAM Boot Camp next month in Washington, DC. This is a training designed to help Wikipedians interested in guiding museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions in wiki engagement. Travel funding available for those in North America. Since the event is coming up soon, please be sure to add your name to the page if you are interested -- and please pass this announcement along. (You may want to share on Facebook or on Twitter.) Thanks for your interest! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:24, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Link for GLAM Boot Camp

My apologies - here is the link for the GLAM Boot Camp mentioned above: Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot Camp. -Pete (talk) 04:30, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Regarding a title for your submission on Education newsletter

Hi Thelmadatter, thanks for submitting your post for the Education newsletter. The post looks great and the volunteers who are in charge of the newsletter will be reaching out to you soon when they start reviewing the same. However, the title for your submission is yet to be added. Would you mind quickly adding the same there? Thanks in advance. --SPanigrahi (WMF) (talk) 18:18, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 17

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Books & Bytes
Issue 17, April-May 2016
by The Interior, Ocaasi, UY Scuti, Sadads, and Nikkimaria

• New donations this month - a German-language legal resource
• Wikipedia referals to academic citations - news from CrossRef and WikiCite2016
• New library stats, WikiCon news, a bot to reveal Open Access versions of citations, and more!

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 18

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Books & Bytes
Issue 18, June–July 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi, Samwalton9, UY Scuti, and Sadads

• New donations - Edinburgh University Press, American Psychological Association, Nomos (a German-language database), and more!
• Spotlight: GLAM and Wikidata
• TWL attends and presents at International Federation of Library Associations conference, meets with Association of Research Libraries
• OCLC wins grant to train librarians on Wikimedia contribution

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

re: research on attitudes of GLAM institutions?

That's an interesting question and no, I am not aware of any work. You may want to sent an email to research and glam listervs. If you intend to pursue it as a formal paper, I'd be happy to collaborate with you on that if you'd be looking for collaborators, this is a very interesting topic. PS. You may find my paper on attitudes in academia towards Wikipedia of interest ([1]). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:37, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Try [2]. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:33, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Mexico City high schools

Thelma,

I started a variety of articles on Mexico City high schools, accessible from this template: Template:Private high schools in Mexico City. You may wonder why I wrote them in English... it's because of Wikipedia:Common_outcomes#Schools - On ENwiki any school with a senior high school section is presumed to be notable (unless one cannot prove the school exists!) and this practice was adopted to cut down AFD requests. The Spanish Wikipedia on the other hand does not have this and requires each school article to have serious sourcing. Therefore the trick is to write them in English first and wait until sources come in for a particular school... then it can get a Spanish version.

One Mexican IP user converted an article to Spanish thinking Spanish as a more suitable language. Since this is ENwiki I had to revert it but I hope to find sources that allow me to start a Spanish version soon. WhisperToMe (talk) 12:23, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

BTW Colegio Alexander Bain seems to have an interesting history WhisperToMe (talk) 13:03, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

No reason not to have them in English, if it is possible. Spanish Wikipedia has a very different notion of notability (relevancia enciclopedica), which despite my years working with it on the periphically, still perplexes me.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:45, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

I think recently things have been becoming more understandable on that side for schools. I fought long and hard to save es:Liceo Mexicano Japonés (see its AFD), and it thankfully was saved. I was able to make new versions of article subjects that were previously deleted and they survived AFD this time WhisperToMe (talk) 01:27, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Latin American 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge ‎ has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Argentina etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Latin American content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 350 articles in just six days. If you would like to see this happening for Latin America, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Latin America, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:22, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Latin American 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge ‎ has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Argentina etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Latin American content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon. If you would like to see this happening for Latin America, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Latin America, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant!♦ --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:55, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 19

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Books & Bytes
Issue 19, September–October 2016
by Nikkimaria, Sadads and UY Scuti

• New and expanded donations - Foreign Affairs, Open Edition, and many more
• New Library Card Platform and Conference news
• Spotlight: Fixing one million broken links

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19:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Artists of the 2011 Festival Internacional Cervantino

Template:Artists of the 2011 Festival Internacional Cervantino has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 13:54, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Thelmadatter. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 20

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Books & Bytes
Issue 20, November-December 2016
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs)

• Partner resource expansions
• New search tool for finding TWL resources
• #1lib1ref 2017
• Wikidata Visiting Scholar

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:59, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

COPREDAL assistance

Hello! Someone recently asked for help with the COPREDAL article that seems to be under construction. Since it seems like you are teaching a class, I was wondering how involved I should be and if you wanted me to leave some work for students so they can attain their own experience in editing Wikipedia. What I will do for now is place a few citations and make a few other edits. Let me know if you need more help.--ZiaLater (talk) 00:02, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Draft article on COPREDAL

Hi Thelmadatter,

I got a talk message from Victoria de la Parra to look at the COPREDAL article. Her talk page does not exist, but your username was also connected to the article, which is why I'm writing you now.

I'm no expert on the topic, so take these general comments with that in mind.

-The lead needs more information. The draft reads: COPREDAL, "Preparatory Comission [sic] for the Denuclearization of Latin America" was a meeting with 4 periods of sessions in a Preparatory Commission. (library un)

I suggest: COPREDAL, (Spanish acronym) the Preparatory Commission for the Denuclearization of Latin America, was a series of four planning meetings in [year], under the 1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, generally known as the Treaty of Tlatelolco. The meetings resulted in [fill in the blank].

Since there is a Wiki article on the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the authors of this draft article need to make the notability case for a separate Wiki article rather than simply added info on the preliminary meetings to the existing page.

Note: spelling in English "Commission". Add th link to Treaty of Tlatelolco. The English draft is good, but right now it clearly reads as an article by a non-native speaker.

I hope this helps. Good luck with the project. Amuseclio (talk) 16:26, 27 March 2017 (UTC)Amuseclio

Books and Bytes - Issue 21

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Books & Bytes
Issue 21, January-March 2017
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

• #1lib1ref 2017
• Wikipedia Library User Group
• Wikipedia + Libraries at Wikimedia Conference 2017
• Spotlight: Library Card Platform

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:54, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 22

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Books & Bytes
Issue 22, April-May 2017

• New and expanded research accounts
• Global branches update
• Spotlight: OCLC Partnership
• Bytes in brief

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Non-English content

Please do not add non-English content to articles, it is against wiki policy... I reverted a few Spanish-language videos. If you are the original author of them, you could add English narration or subtitles, then they would be acceptable. --Janke | Talk 06:46, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 23

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Books & Bytes
Issue 23, June-July 2017

• Library card
• User Group update
• Global branches update
• Spotlight: Combating misinformation, fake news, and censorship
• Bytes in brief

Chinese, Arabic and Yoruba versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:03, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Your educational project at Wikipedia in Spanish

Hello, I′m writing to you in regard to your educational project at Wikipedia in Spanish. After reading your answers in the Café′s thread, where you stood up for your project, I want to offer my help in reviewing your students′ translations into Spanish; I have managed an educational project for the Pablo de Olavide University, and I am as well proficient enough in English to be of assistance. However, bear in mind that Wikipedia in Spanish values quality over quantity, so sometimes it may be necessary to delete certain articles that don′t fit our encyclopedia′s notability guidelines, or rewrite some of your translations that might contain grammar or style mistakes. In case you are interested in my help, please write me. Greetings.--Ad crumenam (talk) 17:26, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. If you ever need any help with the notability guidelines and/or any other aspects of Wikipedia in Spanish, feel free to contact me and I´ll give you a hand. Greetings.--Ad crumenam (talk) 14:56, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

C-Kan

Hi you might want to have a look at the above article that I believe was written as a project by some of your students as per your edit summary here It has been substantially modified since and some non NPOV comments added as well as copy paste google translation from sources. There is a lot of un-sourced material as well. Most of this has been added by User:CTrons who may well not be one of your students. Your students may want to have a look at his edits and work on cleaning it up as a follow-up to their project. best regards. Domdeparis (talk) 16:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Copyvio

Hi. Sorry to post here, but this 2008 edit[3] includes copyvio from p.8 here about sacrifices, and ironically the author, a free lance writer and no expert, seems to have copied that from an earlier publication, Artes de México.[4] Doug Weller talk 16:07, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 24

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Books & Bytes
Issue 24, August-September 2017

• User Group update
• Global branches update
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Books and Bytes - Issue 25

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Issue 25, October – November 2017

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Books and Bytes - Issue 26

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Books & Bytes - Issue 27

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Issue 27, February – March 2018

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Books & Bytes – Issue 28

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Issue 28, April – May 2018

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Books & Bytes – Issue 29

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Issue 29, June – July 2018

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Books & Bytes, Issue 30

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Books & Bytes, Issue 31

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Books & Bytes
Issue 31, October – Novemeber 2018

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Books & Bytes, Issue 32

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Issue 32, January – February 2019

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Books & Bytes, Issue 33

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Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019

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A barnstar for you!

	Gold Barnstar of Mexico
	For this amazing body of work, which I discovered today. Thank you! – Levivich 04:25, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

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Books & Bytes
Issue 35, July – August 2019

• Wikimania
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Books & Bytes – Issue 36

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Books & Bytes – Issue 37

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Issue 37, November – December 2019

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Issue 38, January – April 2020

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ITN recognition for Manuel Felguérez

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Books & Bytes – Issue 39, May – June 2020

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Issue 39, May – June 2020

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Books & Bytes – Issue 40

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Books & Bytes
Issue 40, July – August 2020

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Books & Bytes – Issue 40

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Books & Bytes
Issue 40, July – August 2020

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Books & Bytes – Issue 41

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Issue 41, September – October 2020

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 42

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Books & Bytes
Issue 42, November – December 2020

• New EBSCO collections now available
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Books & Bytes – Issue 42

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Issue 42, January – February 2021

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Books & Bytes – Issue 43

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Issue 43, March – April 2021

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Books & Bytes – Issue 45

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Issue 45, May – June 2021

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Books & Bytes – Issue 46

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Issue 46, July – August 2021

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Books & Bytes – Issue 47

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Issue 47, September – October 2021

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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. Your work is remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:52, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Chacalilla

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Article about a local beach does not meeting notability guidelines for geographical places.

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The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

		The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		For your work in getting 50 articles through the DYK process. --evrik (talk) 16:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:15, 26 June 2024 (UTC)