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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:01, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía

 * ... that in 2013 and 2014, the Mexican RTC issued 50 times as many religious broadcasting permits as it did in 2000 and 2001?


 * Reviewed: Maria Carbone
 * Comment: All sources in Spanish. Long name and often known and referred to by its much snappier acronym.

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 05:33, 14 February 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg The main paragraph of the history section is entirely uncited. Please address this, as well as looking at some of the other references. Some of them are primary, one seems to lack an URL where it could have been given while another one does not seem reliable enough (leads to a Blogspot blog). If this is addressed, I will do a full review. —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  20:34, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll answer some of these...
 * The Blogspot blog link is actually a mirror of a piece on the history of radio in Mexico by an academic, Fernando Mejía Barquera, who now writes a weekly telecommunications column for Milenio and is well-respected in this field. I can't find it anywhere else—if you can, please let me know!
 * The Reforma piece came from an academic database. Most of their site is under paywall. This is typical for this publication, which is a daily newspaper in Mexico City.
 * I've attempted to beef up some of those areas. There should be a few more references now too, including some good books from Google Books.
 * Hope that helps, Raymie (t • c) 05:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, more references. That certainly helps, although I would like to see the Reforma piece linked regardless - it doesn't matter whether the site is locked behind a paywall. With regards to the Blogspot link: who's the owner of the Blogspot? If it's not the newspaper or the journalist who originally wrote the piece, that link constitutes a copyright violation to which we should not link. —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  07:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The Reforma piece isn't even on their site, it's that old, so the only copy online is from this mirror and in the academic databases where I originally found it. As to Mejía Barquera, I can't find it anywhere that's not a blog, not even in my university's academic databases. What do I do when I can't find it anywhere, the only copies are on blogs...and I'm fairly sure it's a reliable source? (I used it a lot when I did my DYK of Radio in Mexico.) Raymie (t • c) 22:15, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * If you can link the source to its original text on its original website, you should. But mirrors and such should not be bothered with, unless it's an archival website like Archive.org. You can still use the source and use it to reference information in the article.. just don't link it to a website that may have committed a copyright violation. On the Reforma topic: as I understand now, it's really old and is not (nor has ever been) on their own website. Alright, that's fine then. I'll drop my point concerning that one.  —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  00:28, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I've simply removed the link — unfortunately, I can't link to anything with that resource. It's not what I'd like, but it's what I have to do. Raymie (t • c) 01:46, 13 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg It's time to ship this to the queues and preps. I'm assuming good faith on the Spanish language sources. —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  09:19, 13 March 2016 (UTC)