User talk:GeoMauri

Departments vs. Provinces
Hey, MauriManya! Thank you very much for undoing those, I dare say, nonsensical redirects. It's much better now, as it has to be. Regards, --Góngora (Talk) 18:38, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Estimado Góngora. Sé que al igual que yo sos uruguayo, por lo tanto te respondo en español. Bien sabemos que Uruguay se encuentra dividido administrativamente en Departamentos y no en Provincias, eso es así tanto en idioma español como en inglés. Lo lógico es que en la Wiki en inglés figuren como Departments y no Provinces, como debe ser. Saludos! --MauriManya (talk) 02:45, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Me parece bien, gracias. Ya me preocupaba la falta de sentido común, porque a todo a quien me quejé por este problema no me dio "ni bola". Saludos, --Góngora (Talk) 20:25, 20 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Claro, hay que usar el sentido común. Y si, lamentablemente a veces no te dan "ni bola". --MauriManya (talk) 22:25, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Renaming areas of Montevideo
Hi MauriManya, I moved Cuidad Vieja, Carrasco and Prado to their correct naming as per naming conventions, and bypassed redirects in the "what links here" links and in the general template. However, I don't understand why you suggest to rename Pocitos to Pocitos (Montevideo) and Tres Cruces to Tres Cruces (Montevideo), since there are no existing articles with the same name (yet), so it is not according to naming conventions to specify. Also I am not sure how to go about Central Montevideo to Centro (Montevideo). (I understand Spanish well enough, by the way, though I'm not good in using it yet). Hoverfish Talk 13:23, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, I saw your corrections and checked the specific naming conventions for administrative divisions. So now everything is back to "Area, City" format. Hoverfish Talk 18:30, 20 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Hoverfish. I undid my revision and add some changes. Regards. --MauriManya (talk) 18:55, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Inclusion of external link on Montevideo
Hi MauriManya, to avoid violating the policy on self-promotion, I have placed a request for the inclusion of an external link here Talk:Montevideo. Since you are relevant to the edit history of the article and to the topic of Montevideo, I would like to ask you to decide on inclusion, and if so to add it to the external links. Thank you. Hoverfish Talk 13:23, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

/* List of largest empires */
Hi, I noticed you reverted an edit on List of Largest Empires. Was this because you prefer it formatted as a list instead of a table or was it because of some information in the article? I'm in favor of the table format instead of the list, for reasons given on the talk page there. I may change it back to the table format, but I thought I'd check your opinion first. It's probably easiest to reply back on Talk:List of largest empires. Dingo1729 (talk) 18:13, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

List of largest empires
Hi there. We're having a content dispute at the article above - the list of empires has a large 216 entries, and currently the article sees fit to repeat this list 6 times! Clearly a waste of storage and bandwidth. A better solution (saving at least 30% and making it much easier to read and use) would be a table with a column for each attribute, sortable, as used in many other articles (see the discussion). However, a silent editor keeps reverting attempts to clean up the article, without explanation. Please see the discussion (currently nobody disagrees). Your comments would be welcome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.18.207 (talk) 21:17, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Non-free content and templates
Please do not place non-free content, such as File:Flag of the African Union 2010.svg, on to templates as you did here. The use of non-free content on templates is strictly prohibited by WP:NFCC #9. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 21:51, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Your user page
I have moved your user page back because it must match your username MauriManya. If you want to change username you can request it at Changing username. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:18, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Embajada Saharaui en Montevideo
¡Me has quitado la edición de las manos! jejeje, me alegro de que haya más usuarios editando en las páginas de la RASD. Yo ahora estoy muy liado con la página de las actuales revueltas árabes, ya que algunos usuarios no reconocen las protestas saharauis de Gdeim izik como parte de esos sucesos (contra toda lógica). Saludos.--HCPUNXKID (talk) 20:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Imperio Mongol
¿Por qué revertisgte me corrección sobre el tamaño del imperio mongol? La fuente decía claramente que eran 24 millones de km cuadrados, no 33. Si no tenés buenos argumentos no toques nada. Saludos.

I think you are misguided. Maybe the source has two different sizes, but it´s obvious that the real size is 24, no 33. I´ve checked other sources in google books and the numbers are much closer to 24 than to 33 million square km. Besides, just take a look and compare the mongol with the russian empire or the soviet union. You´ll see the are roughly of the same size.--Knight1993 (talk) 19:34, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Department flags
Hi MauriManya, do some Uruguay departments have flags and others not? or do we simply miss the proper flag-icons? Personally I think they look best with only the coat of arms, but I think that the "Artigas flag" has historical significance too. Hoverfish Talk 16:00, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Western Sahara (Revisited) on Talk page of 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests
Por favor, entra en la talk page del artículo 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests sección Western Sahara (Revisited), deja tu opinión y vota. Saludos.--HCPUNXKID (talk) 18:57, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Spanish wikipedia
Hi MauriManya, I saw that Manuel Esmoris also added it to the Spanish Wiki, so I notified Góngora to keep a watch. I see you had a whole edit war going on yesterday. You see, "Manuel Esmoris" is the writer of the PDF text, but he is a begginer in Wikipedia and does not know anything about policies. The template I know Template:Uw-copyright does not have a Spanish page and my Spanish is not good enough to write the proper explanations and warning by myself. So I am not sure what procedure is best there. I suggest you contact an active admin there, if he continues. Meanwhile, please keep in mind this. Saludos. Hoverfish Talk 12:59, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Palestine relations.png
Apologies for the inconvenience, but could you please redo your edit without also changing other parts of the map? I have no objection to changing Uruguay...  Night w   05:20, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I've contacted another editor to get this fixed up properly. Please refrain from editing any of the maps in the meantime.  Night w   05:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

2010-2011 Sahrawi protests
Hi, I would be glad if you take a look at the article, or contribute to it, or give your opinion on the disruptive edition of some users seeking retaliation. Thanks and regards.--HCPUNXKID (talk) 18:00, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

SADR "Spanish" language
Spanish is not an official language of the SADR. The SADR constitution specifies Arabic as the sole official language of the country. This is discussed on the SADR talk page and referenced in the article. Please do not insert Spanish into the info box. There is no legitimate reason for doing so. If you feel otherwise, you should participate on the talk page for the article (as I have done and other editors have) 109.76.199.226 (talk) 08:30, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Countries with multiple capitals
According to the Constitution of the Republic of China, the nation's capital is Nanjing. However, in reality the seat of government is Taipei. Therefore, it should be included in as a country with multiple capitals. 67.124.149.129 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:36, 29 June 2011 (UTC).
 * Hi there, the Netherlands only has one capital: Amsterdam. Where the seat of government is located is utterly irrelevant; and indeed the own interpretation linking one of the possible (American) English interpretations of the term capital onto the Dutch case. This is synthesis a form of original research, which has no place on Wikipedia. Unless you can provide a reliable source that explicitly mentions the Dutch case as a country with two capitals do not re-add it. Thanks Arnoutf (talk) 17:20, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Help with a reference
Hi MauriManya, do you think we can find a reference for this: "An abandoned hotel by the beach (of Pajas Blancas), the Viejo Hotel, used to host important events, including the festivities for of the Selección Uruguaya when they won the football cup in 1930." This information I was told by a local person in Pajas Blancas, but I have very little knowledge on how to find any reference for it. Old sports articles maybe? Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 12:05, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Mongol Empire
Please refrain from continuously changing the Mongol Empire entry's size as 34.0m km sq on the List of Largest Empires page. I have cited my sources as to why it is 24.0m on both the English and Spanish Wikipedias. Thank you, and have a nice day! Lord British (talk) 15:11, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I was mistaken in thinking these sources said 33.0m. They do, in fact, say 24.0m. Please DO NOT edit what I have said on talk pages. If I change what I say, then it means I wish to correct myself. Thank you. Lord British (talk) 15:03, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Hola, Mauri
Yesterday my article received a status of "Featured list" in Russian Wikipedia. May be it makes sense to write this in Spanish or English?--Soul Train (talk) 09:27, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * List of abolished CONMEBOL tournaments winning managers (1988-2001)--Soul Train (talk) 15:15, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Have you seen my wiki-project about Uruguayan football?--Soul Train (talk) 14:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

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Azeri map
Sorry for my lack of response to your query, MauriManya. I haven't been online in a while. There is another map with what you're asking for --File:Azerbaijan with Nagorno Karabakh region.svg -- will that be okay?  Night w   11:35, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Azerbaijan map
If you continue simply editing things like this hackles will be raised. Instead of editing the svg file, add a confirmation question on the Azerbaijan talk page, or edit the Azerbaijan page noting it as "per talk" or something as such, as there has been no opposition there. Regards, CMD (talk) 09:44, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

List of countries by system of government - references needed
As the main author of the article List of countries by system of government I'd like to point out the RefImprove-Tag in this article, which stands there since 2007. Many of the details has been out of date for a long time. For more information please visit the talk. — Allrounder  ( talk ) 16:50, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Can you help with any reference
Hi MauriManya, as you see I have turned all links to point to Pérez Castellanos now. In all the inmobiliaria of Montevideo I find it as Pérez, but the only official mention I have ever found has it as Castro. Is there any non-spam link you could help me with? The article is completely unreferenced as you see. Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 00:58, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Truth is I haven't looked into this new CCZ# system of Montevideo yet. Such alphanumerical names seem to deprive a place from any local identity, but as long as they are there I guess we have to bring them in here too. Anyway the link you sent is fine, thanks again. Hoverfish Talk 10:23, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Women's suffrage
Please see Talk:Women%27s_suffrage. – Smyth\talk 02:27, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

C.A. Peñarol
Demoró pero pudimos "terminarlo"... entre comillas porque nunca va a estar terminado. A ver si sale lo de GA. Abrazo.—Nuno93 (talk) 19:01, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Increible.—Nuno93 (talk) 22:30, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Lamentablemente, no creo que quede... hay un par que lo cuestionan y son medios exigentes, por no decir otra cosa.—Nuno93 (talk) 03:15, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Uruguayan Primera División
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 * No doubts, Peñarol is "the most successful club" in Uruguay - we can see it even here, in Russia.--Soul Train (talk) 06:47, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

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Reversed changes
Hello. I saw you edited Uruguayan Primera División's Wikipedia page. I revert your changes and I will explain why. I did it first because Wikipedia states that must appear on all possible versions of a information, and not that a user creates to be true. Also, for example, that number (49) is not only the championships won by Peñarol, but also to those earned by CURCC and other tournaments outside AUF.

This point has already been discussed many times in the Spanish Wikipedia and this result was reached. Data titles are clarified below in the article. I would also ask you to avoid an edit war, so if you do not agree with me I think we can reach a state that leaves us both satisfied. Greetings. --Laln93 (talk) 00:22, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Malietoa Tanumafili II
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