Talk:Portolá expedition

Difficulties with article
1. The article repeatedly says that the initiative for exploring Alta California came from the King of Spain. While this may be literally true, if there is documentation to prove it, would it be less archaic to say that it was initiated by the Spanish authorities? Wouldn’t the actual execution have been done by the viceregal government of Nueva España/New Spain?

2. Why in the picture of Gaspar de Portolá has he grown a beard and put on the armour of about 200 years earlier?

--Hors-la-loi 07:54, 14 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hors-la-loi (talk • contribs)

Spelling
Sources differ, but the article about Gaspar de Portolà uses a grave accent, not an acute, and that corresponds to the way he actually signed his name (there's a facsimile in that article) so it seems to me that's the spelling we should use. A question and answer on the talk page confirms that the grave is the agreed spelling. Colonies Chris (talk) 20:27, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Citations needed?
A cite tag was recently (12 July 2017) added to the 'Background' section by User:Howcheng. In an attempt to clear the tag, I asked what are the specific concerns? I don't see anything in the un-sourced (but heavily wikilinked) middle 3 paragraphs that seems to need a citation for verification, so I'm putting the question out to other editors. Post any specific concerns here, and I'll try to find sources. If there are none after 6 months, I propose to remove the tag. WCCasey (talk) 16:54, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Per WP:Summary style (yes I know that guideline is about summary sections, but the same principle applies here): Each article on Wikipedia must be able to stand alone as a self-contained unit (exceptions noted herein). For example, every article must follow the verifiability policy, which requires that all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged be attributed to a reliable, published source in the form of an inline citation. So even though this section has links to other articles (presumably with references), you still need to have references here. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 17:20, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * So I ask again - what specifically is in those 3 paragraphs that you think is "likely to be challenged"? I'm trying to understand what you're looking for. WCCasey (talk) 05:39, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
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