Talk:Cúcuta/Old topics

A better photo to show Cucuta
Could someone upload a better photo of Cucuta than the Ventura Plaza photo? --Francisco Valverde 08:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Unbalanced and cleanup
The article is full of POVs, and its missing relevant information such as its foundation date and history before the Independence revolution and despite it has an external link to some websites the article lacks proper citations and references within wikipedia guidelines. it's a complete mess. -- F3rn 4nd0  13:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I tried to help with this article, but user:ricardocolombia insists on maintaining a POV. He sustains without prove that Cucuta is a secure city, contrary to reliable sources (BBC) and El Pais newspaper from Spain.

plus other news I can provide     cambio.com.co  aol.news  Government website for human rights  RSF  violencia intrafamiliar  among others.. All I have found is efforts by the local government to apeasse the city gov norte santander -- F3rn 4nd0  18:14, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Pasó una vez
Mire Fernando... la verdad no sé en que forma decirselo. Eso pasó una sola vez y en la época en que la guerrilla tenía poder en la ciudad. Hoy en día la ciudad es muy segura y como está en el artículo vive una era de progreso sin presedentes.

Considero que si alguien necesita información sobre Cúcuta y la consulta en Wikipedia querrá saber donde queda, que población tiene, cuando se fundó etc... más no que un día se colocó una bomba que mató a siete personas.

Considero que esta parrago le caga la cara a mi ciudad.. y no es enciclopedico.

Este es el único atentado que ha sufrido Cúcua en muchos años... ha diferencia de ciudades como Medellín, Bogotá, Cali que sufren muchos a diario.. y no por eso está escrito en el tercer parrafo de sua artículo en Wikipedia.

Si los artículos de las ciudades anteriormente mencionadas se colocaran todos los atentados que sufren a diario.. seguramente desbordarían un navegador.

Si quiere estar enterado de Cúcuta, consulte http://www.laopinion.com.co

--Ricardocolombia 23:09, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, on the english wikipedia we discuss things in english. I cannot understand you, I can see by your edits that you do speak some english. HighInBC 20:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Ricardocolombia sabes hablar por favor inglés tan bien como puedes en Wikipedia inglés. (translation : Ricardocolombia can you please speak english as well as you can on English Wikipedia)GameKeeper 20:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * For a poor translation go to this link and select Spanish to English and give the url of this page. HighInBC 21:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Third opinion
I've been asked to give a third opinion on this dispute. Unless you specifically point other points of contention out to me I'm going to deal mainly with the addition of the two graphs and the deletion of the paragraph on the violence as they seem to be the main problems I've spotted.

Firstly, the paragraph is mainly well-sourced, especially the part about it having the highest murder rate, although that particular citation should point at ; it isn't covered in the existing one. Note that "the BBC says that Cúcuta has the highest murder rate" is not exactly the same claim as "Cúcuta has the highest murder rate". By attributing it to a source, we allow people to judge how truthful it is likely to be, based on the reputation of the BBC; it is, in other words, verifiable. Wikipedia policy states that the person wanting something to be included should provide the evidence, and I'm satisfied that F3rn4nd0 has done so. If you think what F3rn4nd0 has said is untrue, Ricardocolombia, I'd invite you to provide reliable sources that state otherwise. Then, in line with NPOV, it can be added into the article too.

Secondly, the graphs look good, and seem mostly relevant, but are perhaps a tad large. Perhaps scale them down and run them inline with some text by putting |300px|right| into the image link. If there are potentially copyright problems, they should be brought up on the appropriate image talk page.

Finally, can I ask all parties to please use English (or at least provide an English translation) on talk pages. The person you're addressing it to may speak Spanish, but I'm afraid too many (possibly interested) third parties can't. --Scott Wilson 21:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Scott Wilson.. I have a question for you. Where is the BBC? Is in Colombia? No, it is not. I'm a colombian and I know very well my city, and it is one of the safest in Colombia. Make a search with the word of "Cúcuta" in EL TIEMPO (the main colombian newspaper) and in LA OPINIÓN (the main newspaper in Cúcuta) and you will not find anything.

Ricardocolombia 10:51, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Despite the BBC's flaws, they're better than anything you've brought to the table. If you can find a source (in a Columbian newspaper or otherwise) that says that Cúcuta does not have the highest murder rate in Columbia, please put it forwards. Remember that the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiabiliy, not fact. "I live in Cúcuta and I haven't even come close to being murdered yet" is, I'm afraid, not enough because no-one can check up on it; the reputation of the person saying it has not been established even if the fact is totally true. See WP:V for more details. --Scott Wilson 11:07, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism...
A user deleted a lot of images of Cúcuta in the Wikimedia Commons without reason.

Those images were mine.

--Ricardocolombia 20:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


 * What user? --Neurophyre(talk) 03:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

LINK
hope this link can help you understand the reality of Cucuta, very realiable source also. Unfortunately it's only available in spanish but I can translate it at request. CUCUTA ARTICLE My proposal is to create a crime section or page for this. -- F3rn 4nd0  16:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Move Request
The request is based on the principal that the common denominator, per the new category UTC-5 demonstrates that cities generally have the state or province name. Take for example Ottawa which should redirect to Ottawa, Ontario and not vis-versa. This will help when categorizing cities. Thank you for following through with the request to move this page to appropriate location--(( F3rn 4nd0 ))(BLA BLA BLA)  16:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Google Earth
Hi, I was just wondering about this article's link placement on Google Earth. It is out in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean NE of Jan Mayen midway between Norway and Greenland! Can someone move it or remove it? Tanru 08:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Structure
I would suggest that small subsections, such as "Parks", "Monuments", and "Greenery" be made paragraphs of a main section, rather than subsections. -Pgan002 01:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The recurring interruptions "Main Article X" suggest it would be better as subsections. It's difficult to read a set of paragraphs interrupted by recurring italic comments. Rintrah 05:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * On the other hand, if these comments were moved to the beginning of the section, it would be more readable. Rintrah 05:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * ✅ Rintrah 05:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Wiki links
Some terms in the article should be wiki-linked -- for example the tree names and park names. -Pgan002 01:51, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Historic places
The paragraph about historic places in the history section needs to be re-written focusing on historical events, or be moved to the section about monuments. -Pgan002 01:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Moving it is more logical. It does not fit well with the historic events. Rintrah 05:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Edited for English usages
"Precipitous" means "steep", or, in informal usage, "hasty, without thought". I think what was meant was that those months have a lot of precipitation. I don't know what was meant by "currency" (possibly "currently", meaning "now"?), "reel", or "indus". Also, I can't find a translation for "acedillo" (on the Seal), except as the name of a city or castle. Can you help with what you mean here?
 * Made all of those changes except: still cannot understand "acedillo". Unimaginative Username 04:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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