Talk:Francisco García Salinas

Translation etc.
OK, I've given it a bit of a going over and I think the grammar is passable. The sobriquet "Tata Pachita" seems a bit odd, considering he was a chap. At minimum I would expect "Tato". It needs a bit more work to get some links. and I am unsure how to link it to the Spanish version, perhaps someone would be kind enough. Richard Avery (talk) 15:41, 30 November 2011 (UTC) No, on further looking "Tata Pachito" is perfectly sound, "tata" being a general term of affection for a senior, male or female. Richard Avery (talk) 08:18, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Merge
I suggest that, like Federico García Lorca, García Salinas should keep his acento agudo in enwiki. William Avery (talk) 22:53, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

The true portrait of General Francisco Garcia Salinas
Hi! Just saw that in Spanish Wikipedia a portrait of Francisco Garcia Salinas has been added to its page (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Francisco_Garcia_Salinas.jpg); and from there, the same portrait has been added to this page. Well, unfortunately, such image it's not the true portrait. Why? For several reasons:

1st. Garcia Salinas died in 1841, and the first photographs arrived in Mexico as Ambrotype around 1850; therefore, all his portraits are paintings and sculptures (among all his sculptures, the one standing in Paseo de la Reforma Avenue in Mexico City stands out: http://crisolplural.com/2008/10/16/el-sistema-representativo-en-el-siglo-xix-primera-parte/).

2nd. Garcia Salinas was a General and in almost all of his portraits, he wears a military uniform according his rank.

3rd. Garcia Salinas doesn't wear a moustache.

Searching the interenet, I've found some pages where the true image of Francisco Garcia Salinas is published:

Paints:

http://www.superstock.co.uk/stock-photos-images/4069-3834

http://www.imagenzac.mx/2002/06/11/cultura2.htm

https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=173603656031972

Sculptures:

http://www.elecodetlaltenango.com/?cat=11

http://plazesyjardinesdezacatecas.blogspot.com/2011/02/alameda-garcia-de-la-cadena.html

http://vamonosalbable.blogspot.com/2011/03/hacienda-de-san-pedro-piedra-gorda.html

Other references:

Also, Mexico's Mint has issued a silver medal with the image of Garcia Salinas and the Bank of the State of Zacatecas issued a bill with the image of Garcia Salinas.

http://noticiasjerez.blogspot.com/2010/11/cumple-25-anos-la-secundaria-francisco.html

Different portraits of Francisco Garcia Salinas can be found in the following book:

http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=FxhmIMZyXZIC&pg=PA123&dq=%22francisco+garcia+salinas%22+gobernador+zacatecas&hl=en&ei=nPrXTsaTIsmosALrtuTVDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title: "No queda huella ni memoria?: semblanza iconográfica de una familia"

Author: Aurelio de los Reyes

Edition: illustrated

Publisher: UNAM, 2002

ISBN 9683681107, 9789683681102

Length 391 pages

Many thanks for your kind attention to this!

Hyperspeed2000 (talk) 23:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

PS. The image that pretends to be of General Francisco Garcia Salinas (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Francisco_Garcia_Salinas.jpg), is a portrait of the famous Mexican poet Ramon Lopez Velarde, whose image is very well known; here three examples:

http://bufondedios.blogspot.com/2010/09/ramon-lopez-velarde-en-grecia-tomado-de.html

http://www.lashistorias.com.mx/index.php/archivo/la-palabra-morbida-sobre-ramon-lopez-velarde/

http://www.los-poetas.com/i/index.htm