User talk:Danvargas60

Building dates
Hi, I see you recently changed the completion dates for several buildings in Albuquerque. Do you have a reliable source you can cite for these dates? Without a source, we have no way of verifying if the dates are correct. The existing dates were from Emporis, which is not always accurate but better than nothing. If you do in fact have reliable sources showing your dates are correct, this would be very helpful in improving the encyclopedia. Otherwise, they will be removed as unsourced. Please let me know if you have questions (you can reply on this page). Camerafiend (talk) 15:50, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * My recent changes for the built dates are correct. I only have backup for the Dennis Chavez Federal Building in form of a photo of the plaque that is located in the lobby. The Gold Building (Bank of New Mexico) was constructed when I was in the 3rd grade (1959).  I spoke to a employee of that building recently, he informs me that the plaque was removed during renovations and not put back up.  As for the Compass Bank Building (National Building), I obtained my drivers license at the DMV located in the lobby of this building in 1967.  I also looked for a plaque in the lobby, but none exists.  Let me know how to get a copy of the photo that I mentioned to you to back up my change for the DCFB.
 * Thanks for your response. I've taken the liberty of indenting your comment for readability and redacting your email address so you won't get spammed, I hope that's OK. First of all, I have no doubt that your dates are correct. Emporis has information on hundreds of thousands of buildings, so it's almost inevitable that some of it will be wrong. However, the standard of inclusion on Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth, which means that information must be reliably sourced (Wikipedia does not consider "personal knowledge" to be a reliable source).
 * That said, I think the DCFB lobby plaque would be an acceptable primary source per WP:ABOUTSELF. If you took the photo yourself and don't mind releasing it under a free license, you can upload it on Wikipedia (I can help you with this). I think that should assuage any doubts about the construction date. For the other buildings, we will still need to find reliable sources for the construction date. I'll look and see what I can turn up; I seem to recall having seen a 1959 date for the Gold Building at some point, so I will see if I can figure out where. Like you, I am interested in getting the dates right. However without a reliable source, the Emporis dates are bound to get replaced at some point (it looks like somebody already did this for the CBB). Camerafiend (talk) 00:01, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Tell me how to upload my photo, I'm anxious to get this correct.
 * I realized you don't have enough edits yet to be WP:Autoconfirmed, so you won't be able to upload it yourself. I emailed you at the address you gave earlier, you can just reply to that email and attach the photo. I'll upload it for you.
 * I spent some time looking for sources for the other two dates. I wasn't able to find anything for the CBB. For the Gold Building, I found an ABQ Journal article stating that the Bank of New Mexico built the building and "moved its 150 employees into the building in January 1961." Since the month as well as the year is given, this opening date seems likely to be accurate. I also turned up a passing mention in a book that the previous building on the site was "torn down in 1959 for the New Mexico Bank and Trust Building, also known as the Gold Building." Based on this, it appears the building was built in 1959–1960 and opened at the beginning of 1961. Does that sound like it might be right to you? The 1968 date clearly isn't right. Camerafiend (talk) 01:19, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

When I was in 3rd grade ('58-'59) we had an article from the Journal about it's construction on our current events board. It had a picture of the steel frame of the building.