User talk:Jmundo/Archives/2009/February-March

Kenneth McClintock
WP:SUBCAT. People aren't filed directly in Category:Puerto Rican politicians if they're already filed in that same category's own more specific subcategories. Bearcat (talk) 20:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Catalan
That is really great! You know I asked Cerejota to un-nominate the article for FAC, because I get stresed out with details, but he said that he is goingto work on it. Another thing, I want to thank you so much for your work with the citations and the links. When it comes to bringing out facts that have been omitted from the history books in regard to our history and the contributions which Puerto Ricans have made, I believe that we have an excellent group. Que Dios te bendiga. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:44, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

afroporto-riquenys
Gracias por haberte fijado en mi traducción. No es del todo buena, però estoy intentando hacer lo que puedo para la wiquipedia en catalan, introduciendo artículos sobre los africanos de la diáspora. Si tienes más información relacionada a los afroamericanos de puerto rico y me lo haces saber, intentaré traducirlos. Buen trabajo. Ah, vengo de la viquipedia catalana--Pitxiquin (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

NZDJ
Thanks, now salted. --Oscarthecat (talk) 07:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the blanking of my talk page, and congrats on beating me to it twice :) Gail (talk) 16:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost &mdash; February 23, 2009
This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 8, which includes these articles:


 * Philosophers analyze Wikipedia as a knowledge source
 * An automated article monitoring system for WikiProjects
 * News and notes: Wikimania, usability, picture contest, milestones
 * Wikipedia in the news: Lessons for Brits, patent citations
 * Dispatches: Hundredth Featured sound approaches
 * Wikiproject report: WikiProject Islam
 * Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

The kinks are still being worked out in a new design for these Signpost deliveries, and we apologize for the plain format for this week.

Delivered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  at 01:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Shenandoah History
Town and city history pages detail information concerning history, unique facts, geographic data, famous residents and so on. These pages are not repositories for random news stories from the town. Many tragedies have taken place in the mining towns of Pennsylvania. I am sorry to say that just because some sad event took place in a town it does not make it relevent to the geographic or historic purpose of these pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.10.203 (talk) 21:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost &mdash; 2 March 2009
This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 9, which includes these articles:


 * Books extension enabled
 * News and notes: Stewards, Wikimania bids, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia's role in journalism, Smarter Wikipedia, Skittles
 * Dispatches: WikiProject Ships Featured topic and Good topics
 * Wikiproject report: WikiProject Norse History and Culture
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  at 20:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Chat
I haven't seen you around lately and I just wanted to know how you were doing. "Flag of Puerto Rico" was promoted to "GA". Tony the Marine (talk) 04:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Steven Toushin
Hi Jmundo! You helped keep the Steven Toushin page from being deleted last December. I made a request on the discussion page to have the COI tag removed from the page. Can you take a look? De Bergerac (talk) 22:25, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
— raeky ( talk 18:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost &mdash; 9 March 2009
This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:


 * News and notes: Commons, conferences, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Politics, more politics, and more
 * Dispatches: 100 Featured sounds milestone
 * Wikiproject report: WikiProject Christianity
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  at 23:54, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism alert
You have been paged because a user has reported a high level of vandalism and you are listed as a contact.

''This is an automatically generated message. If problems occur, please contact User:nathanww''. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The King's a-poopin' (talk • contribs) 12:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Luis Muñoz Rivera
Thanks for handling this review, I usually attend them quickly but this time it appeared during mid-term madness. Perhaps we could take a jab at promoting Luis Muñoz Marín as well, I believe there isn't a father & son GA combo on Wikipedia yet. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  00:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Tu ayuda es bienvenida hermano. We also need to find a few references for the "Retirement, death and legacy" section, but I'm logging out for now. Good night. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  06:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:Esquisito
Did you know that the history books used in Puerto Rico's educational system prior the Spainsh American War was the one written by Salvador Brau and that after Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States, the Americans commissioned Dr. Paul Gerard Miller, the appointed Commissioner of Education to re-write an Americanized version of our history? His "Historia de Puerto Rico" was then used in our island's school rooms instead of Braus. That is one of the reasons that I have dedicated myself to making sure that our history is presented in a truthful manner. Tony the Marine (talk) 06:05, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost — 16 March 2009  Unsubscribe &middot; Single-page &middot; Full edition &raquo;  — 16 March 2009


 * News and notes: License update, Commons cartoons, films milestone, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Manufactured scandal, Wikipedia assignments, and more
 * Dispatches: New FAC and FAR appointments
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  at 23:03, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Obama
I have an outline of a lengthy and legitimate article at User:THF/Obama with not a single "nutball conspiracy theory" in it. I'll draft it off-wiki this weekend. I encourage editors to participate in this project by sending me sources (or perhaps fully drafted paragraphs) rather than battling at DRV or on the Talk:Obama page about intermediate stages. If we present a fully-sourced, well-written neutral article, there shouldn't be a problem -- and if there is, it will be pretty damning of Wikipedia. THF (talk) 15:47, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Boricua in Space

 * I want to share with you and every Boricua in Wikipedia that today March 19th, our "Boricua" astronaut Joseph M. Acaba, proudly displayed and placed the Puerto Rican Flag in the Discovery Shuttle and that he played "Que Bonita Bandera" while doing so. His pride in his heritage, makes me even prouder of mine. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Mi hermano, I hope that you don't mind, but I moved your article Cape San Juan Light to Cape San Juan Lighthouse which I believe would be the proper heading. I you think that I am wrong in doing so you can revert. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hum..., I didn't know about the naming thing. Do you want me to change it back? Just say the word and I'll do it. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:50, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost : 23 March 2009 ==
 * It is done. I changed it back. Interesting article about the O'Neill's. I won't comment about it, I'll let others decide pero, it needs a whole lot of citations. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:33, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * From the editor: Reviewing books for the Signpost
 * Special report: Abuse Filter is enabled
 * News and notes: Flaggedrevs, copyright project, fundraising reports, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Alternatives, IWF threats, and more
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Club Mahindra Holidays
Hi

Apologies for the "spam"; I'm writing to you and other editors because you have edited the Club Mahindra Holidays article recently.

Concern has been expressed that the article is too promotional and is about a non-notable subject. I do not necessarily agree with this, however I am concerned that unless these issues are addressed then the article may be deleted. I am therefore asking for your help in improving the article, and wish to make the following suggestions:


 * The article should avoid being a promotional vehicle for Club Mahindra: the article should adhere to Wikipedia's policies of neutral point of view.
 * The article should avoid being an attack on Club Mahindra: while some criticism is to be expected the article should not be an attack page.
 * Positive and negative comments about Club Mahindra should be referenced by reliable sources such as major newspapers and business magazines.
 * Controversial claims - either for or against Club Mahindra - should be discussed on the article's talk page.

Once again, apologies for disturbing you with this matter but I hope I can look forward to working with you on improving this article!

Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 10:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: A nod to forever
Recently in my talk page I have been receiving very kind words which truly humble me. I thank everyone for those words, but I am only a small part of a wonderful group of Boricua Wikipedians who, regardless of their political or personal believes, have selfishly dedicated themselves to writing about the unbiased truth of the history and the amazing people of our wonderful and beautiful island. I thank God everyday that there are people like Joelr31, Caribbean H.Q., Pr4ever, Jmundo, Cerejota, Boricuaeddie, Mtmelendez and Demf just to mention a few, whose contributions are helping to create an awareness that despite the size of our island, we are a people that have a lot to be proud of. I firmly believe "Un pueblo que no conoce la verdadera historia de su pasado, no esta capcitada para elijir su futuro" and you can quote me on that. Gracias y que Dios los bendiga. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:17, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost : 30 March 2009 ==


 * From the editor: Follow the Signpost with RSS and Twitter
 * Special report: Community weighs license update
 * News and notes: End of Encarta, flagged revisions poll, new image donation, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Censorship, social media in schools, and more
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 20:49, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Jmundo. What do you think of...?
List of U.S. communities with Hispanic majority populations? Noticing what seems like a blatantly wrong edit, and that the whole article is unsourced, I had all kinds of ideas: blanking it, redirecting it, or AfDing it on the spot!

I feel that one of two things need to happen: the article should be sourced, or it should be deleted. I'm prepared to source it, but only if it's clear that that class of articles has community-wide support.

I believe you're more familiar with AfD than I am. What do you advice I do? Should I AfD it? Or do you think that would be a waste of time and I should just go ahead and start sourcing it? SamEV (talk) 22:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. In Hispanic and Latino Americans, I'll include a small list of the largest Hispanic majority places, per a Census Bureau source I found yesterday. (I don't blame you for thinking it was there already; we do cover a lot of ground in that article, I guess, and mention Los Angeles, Miami, El Paso, etc.)

And what do you think about the entire class of articles, as seen in Category:Lists of U.S. locations with large ethnic populations? I'm not sure what, if anything, should be done; so I'd like to know your opinion of the concept. Do you think those articles should or shouldn't exist? SamEV (talk) 18:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I added the list and checked it twice. Unlike the one in the list article, this one's sourced. SamEV (talk) 21:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost : 6 April 2009 ==


 * Special report: Interactive OpenStreetMap features in development
 * News and notes: Statistics, Wikipedia research and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Wikia Search abandoned, university plagiarism, and more
 * Dispatches: New FAC and FAR nomination process
 * WikiProject report: WikiProject China
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 19:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost : 13 April 2009 ==


 * License update: Licensing vote begins
 * News and notes: WMF petitions Obama, longer AFDs, UK meeting, and more
 * Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism
 * WikiProject report: WikiProject Color
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 16:26, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

BOP's inmate locator is the source
That's it. Go figure that a former radical being released is not big news. Anyway, it's always nice to talk to a fellow Puerto Rican. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.106.54.189 (talk) 19:16, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Peruvians in the United Kingdom
Hi, I noticed your comments on the talk page for Peruvians in the United Kingdom which I have since attempted to expand. I would appreciate further comments of these changes. Thanks Stevvvv4444 (talk) 11:27, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Kentlake High School
Hi, I was wondering why you decided to remove your keep from the AfD page. If you think I have made a good case for deletion/merging, support would be welcome - I seem to be having difficult convincing people it is not notable enough. Of course, go for keep if you think it should be - I don't want to give the impression that you only have one choice! Thanks, Alan 16  talk  01:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Consensus
Thank you for participating the discussion involving the Flag icon of Puerto Rico. Now, I ask you to please participate in the following consensus. Thank you. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost : 20 April 2009 ==


 * Book reviews: Reviews of The Wikipedia Revolution
 * Wikipedia by numbers: Wikipedia's coverage and conflicts quantified
 * News and notes: New program officer, survey results, and more
 * Dispatches: Valued pictures
 * WikiProject report: WikiProject Film
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delivered by SoxBot II (talk) at 18:39, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Coamo's Baths
Mi hermano, remember the "Coamo Bath's" (JA!) that we never heard of? Well, I went and it re-wrote it and did my "thing". Check out my "Baños de Coamo" article and tell me what you think. Tony the Marine (talk) 21:47, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your remarks and addition. I placed your addition back to where you had it in the first place because you had the timeline correct the first time. In regard to the Battle of Puerto Rico, I also feel that you right and I renamed it Battle of San Juan {1595}. Let's see what happens. Tony the Marine (talk) 01:24, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion input
Hello You voted to keep St. Elmo's Fire (song) in part because of the rationale given by two other keep votes which were actually about "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)". Can you please explain further at Articles for deletion/St. Elmo's Fire (song)? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:29, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Spanish assistance
Hey Jmundo, I'm wondering if you can speak to a Spanish-speaking editor for me. User talk:Ruuta 25 is uploading copyvio images all over the place and doesn't seem to get the picture; I have a feeling he doesn't understand the deletion warnings. All the messages I have left him have just resulted in personal attacks at my talk page. Personally, I think this user just doesn't belong here, given that he can't communicate with anyone and isn't contributing anything to the project (all he does is write some autobiography in his userspace, and upload mounds of copyrighted images), but I don't want to take community action until a fluent Spanish speaker has gotten in touch with him. <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 01:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah...I was wondering why he was spending so much time editing here when es-wiki would obviously be more appropriate, but now it makes sense. Well, if he keeps up with the bad image uploads I will take him to ANI; I just didn't want to jump into anything like that before anyone had actually communicated with him.  Thanks for your help, <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 03:01, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

(out) Per and, Ruuta 25 is now refusing to even attempt to communicate in English (although I guess it doesn't make much difference, his English even when he tried to use it was pretty incomprehensible). I think I'm going to leave a note at ANI asking what to do about him, since he's not contributing anything of value to the project and he is damaging the project by uploading so many copyvio photos...before I do, though, do you think you'll be able to act as a go-between? I imagine that when I do open the ANI thread and leave him a message he will just ignore it anyway, but just in the off chance that he does show up there and start spouting off, we might need someone who can communicate with him in Spanish (and who can translate for us, in case he raises any compelling arguments about why he shouldn't be banned). <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 20:26, 2 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I started the ANI discussion; it's at WP:ANI. <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 21:06, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun!

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker.

P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 17:02, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Y como sabes que tienen Copyright
Las solicitacones me dicen que no, estamos claro? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruuta 25 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

My new article
I hope that you like my new article: Utuado Uprising. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:11, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost <span style="color:#666; font-variant: small-caps; font-size:80%; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">: 27 April 2009 ==


 * Book reviews: Reviews of Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia
 * News and notes: Usability study, Wiki Loves Art, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia Art dispute, and brief headlines
 * WikiProject report: Interview on WikiProject Final Fantasy
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delivered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:22, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page yesterday---twice! :) --Susan118 (talk) 16:38, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Luis Muñoz Marín
You are a force to be reckoned with! :-) -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Revolt series
I just finished the San Juan Uprising article which should compliment the Jayuya Uprising and Utuado Uprising artilces in my "Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolt of the 1950s" series. Look it over. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:09, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Vidal Santiago
I personally knew Vidal Santiago. In the 1970s he was a member of the church Discipulos de Cristo de Bayamon, which I also belonged to. Vidal was Esmeralda Santiago's uncle. He was a very nice guy. His head was somewhat disfigured (It looked as if it were swollen) because of the head wound. He would never have been LMM's barber, never. You see, he disliked LMM, whom like so many other nationalists considered a traitor to the independence cause and who did so much damage to the nationalist movement. Now, get this and it is a hard pill to swallow, but he embraced the PNP (and he wasn't alone) not so much because he believed in statehood, but because it was his way at getting back at LMM and the PPD. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:49, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Just in case you haven't had had had had had had had had had had had enough...
I'm hoping to keep the conversation about this article active and avoid the usual fleeing from a topic that takes place after an AfD has closed. There was much talk about merging this article but little agreement on where to merge it to. Therefore I am informing everyone who participated in the debate of the ongoing conversation here in order to bring this matter to a close sometime in our lifetimes. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for RVV!
== Wikipedia Signpost <span style="color:#666; font-variant: small-caps; font-size:80%; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">: 18 May 2009 ==


 * From the editor: Writers needed
 * Special report: WikiChemists and Chemical Abstracts announce collaboration
 * Special report: Embassies sponsor article-writing contests in three languages
 * News and notes: Wiki Loves Arts winners, Wikimania Conference Japan, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Arbitrator blogs, French government edits, brief headlines
 * WikiProject report: WikiProject Opera
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 13:02, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Battle of Guanica/ Fajardo/Yauco
Thank you for letting me know. I deleted the articles and redirected them to "Puerto Rico Campaign". When someone pastes the work that you went to a lot of work to write and tries to take credit for it, that is own as pure "plagarism". I let User:TJ13090 know what I think in his user talk page and if you agree with me, I would appreciate it if you also wrote your opinion. Gracias, Tony the Marine (talk) 01:29, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost <span style="color:#666; font-variant: small-caps; font-size:80%; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">: 25 May 2009 ==


 * License update: Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed
 * News and notes: New board member, flagged revisions, Eurovision interviews
 * Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia: threat or menace?
 * WikiProject report: WikiProject LGBT studies
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 03:42, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Como estas?
Hey mi hermano, I can never understand when someone who has never contributed to any of the Puerto Rican related stuff comes out of the blue and critize's us. You should take a look at the "Some problems with this lists format" in the "Talk:List of Puerto Ricans".

On another subject, I was thinking about making an addition to the begining of the "Flag of Puerto Rico" article becasue I believe that it is the truth and I want you to look at it and give me your opinion.

"The first flag of Puerto Rico was the "Revolutionary Flag of Lares". The flag, knitted by Mariana Bracetti, was divided in the middle by a white Latin cross, the two lower corners were red and the two upper corners were blue with a yellow star placed in the upper left blue corner. On the September 23, 1868, Puerto Ricans revolted against Spanish, seeking their independence, in what is known as "El Grito de Lares". The "Republic of Puerto Rico" was declared and Francisco Ramírez Medina was sworn in as Puerto Rico's first president. The flag which represented the republic was placed on the High Altar of the Parroquial Church of the town of Lares.

Currently ...."

You see the fact is that the Lares flag could be historically considered the first Puerto Rican flag. The Puerto Rican Committee in New York even used it (Juan de M. Terreforte was a veteran of El Grito de Lares) before the current design was presented and adopted by them. Tony the Marine (talk) 07:43, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Puerto Rico NRHPs
Hey, with some recent help from User:Lvklock, i am happy to have gotten to what I believe is now a complete, well-ordered list of all 289 Puerto Rico NRHP-listed places. What do you think? Been glad to see your continuing contributions, such as the altar pic here. cheers, doncram (talk) 21:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Community High School Gun threat removed?
May i ask why? it is part of the school's history and it changed several of the rules permanently. The Smiling Bandit (talk) 04:35, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I removed the material because it was not sourced and it read like a school memo. I see that you edited and shortened the material, now it only needs a reference. -- J mundo 05:02, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Flag of Puerto Rico, Pt.2
I re-wrote the introduction and would like your opinion. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:02, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

what definition of censorship are you using?
Per your comment here I am wondering what you think censorship has to do with removing an image that is not about the supposed topic of the article? -- The Red Pen of Doom  19:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Signpost <span style="color:#666; font-variant: small-caps; font-size:80%; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">: 1 June 2009 ==


 * From the editor: Browsing the archives
 * Book review: Review of The Future of the Internet
 * Scientology: End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage
 * News and notes: Picture of the Year, Wikipedia's first logo, Board elections, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Tamil Wikipedia, Internet Watch Foundation, and more
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 22:33, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Que pasa, mi hermano?
I haven't heard from you in sometime, just wondering how's everything going for you. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:40, 2 July 2009 (UTC) Mi hermano, thank you for your message. I wondering what happened to you and CaribbeanHQ and I was worried that I was losing my team here. You see, it is very important that we continue to overlook the project in Puerto Rican related issues here, that is the only way that we can make sure that all of our work will remain unbiased and that others will not use it to propagate false propaganda's. We who believe in the truth need you here. By the way, my lastest article is Victor Manuel Blanco. Tony the Marine (talk) 21:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Talking about Muñoz, he was also the President of the Puerto Rican Senate, under the governorship of Jesús T. Piñero, which approved and passed the infamous "Ley de la Mordaza" (Gag Law) or Law 53 that made it illegal to display the Puerto Rican Flag, sing a patriotic song, talk of independence and to fight for the liberation of the island. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

You are right, Puerto Rico looks like a third world nation, this goes to show you how badly the United States has taken care of it's "territory". You are not alone when you say that many of us Puerto Ricans born in the U.S. or living in the U.S. are living the "American" dream, but refuse to give up our Puerto Rican identity. There is nothing about that to be ashamed about. We may be living the "American" dream, but we Puerto Ricans in the United States known what it is like to be discriminated against only because you are Puerto Rican, Hispanic or Latino. There are many, stateside Puerto Ricans who believe that our culture, traditions, language and our country in general to stop to exist as a nation by becoming a third rated state.

The current situation that Puerto Rico is in comes about from 1898 when Puerto Rico became a US territory and the Americans took control of our economy and businesses and destroyed them. Instead of preparing Puerto Rico for it's independence, they made sure that Puerto Rico would become solely dependent on them. The only reason that Puerto Ricans want to become a state is because they are told that they will lose their welfare checks, cupones, social security checks, pensions. It isn't because they love the U.S., hell they don't even know the words to the national anthem, it is about greed, about the love of the money. Llorens Torres once said: No vendas tu terruño al extraño, el que vende su terruño vende a su madre con ella. Tony the Marine (talk) 20:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Intentona de Yauco
My dear friends, you all have heard of El Grito de Lares, but have you ever heard of the Intentona de Yauco? Enjoy. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:38, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Refreshing
I'm genuinely interested in your opinion regarding the Gates incident, and it would be wonderful if you could add non-US sources for us to consider using in the article. Most American editors are ignorant of their place in the narrow reality tunnel we call "news", and any widening of this cylindrical blinder is most appreciated. Please feel free to contact me with any of your ideas for improving the article. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 04:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Comment
Nice to see you back. Tony the Marine (talk) 23:17, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Reelection
Fortuño has always been a results-oriented person. In the past legislative session, after all the dust settled (and, my, was there a lot of dust!) over 95% of his legislative agenda was accomplished. Most importantly, the new budget disposes of 85% of the $3.2 billion structural deficit.

On the other hand, when he was considering a run for the governorship, people doubted he had the guts to confront Rosselló. He did. When he threw his hat in the ring, it was said he would be creamed. He beat Rosselló against all odds. In the general election campaign it was said that Acevedo Vilá would squeak by because Fortuño would not capture the Rossellista vote. Without Rosselló's endorsement, he won in a quarter-million-vote landslide.

My bet? He'll run, and moderation will once again prevail.

Will he win? He made the difficult decisions early, geared to an economic turnaround by late 2010, and economic growth by 2011---once again, results-oriented. He'll be judged by that in 2012. Pr4ever (talk) 12:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Opinion request
When I first wrote the Flag of Puerto Rico article years ago, it was titled "The flags of Puerto Rico" and was intended to be just that, an article about the flags of Puerto Rico. However, with time someone (who made a mess with the edit history) came along and changed the title to the current one.

I am thinking of two options per consensus.

1. Leaving the current title, "spliting" the article, keeping only the story of the "Flag" and it's evolution and creating separate articles about the "municipal" and "political" flags and have them interwiklinked in the "See also" sections.

or ....

2. Changing the title back to "Flags of Puerto Rico", its original title and keeping the article as it is, which would be less troublesome.

or ....

3. Just leave it as it is.

Your thoughts will be highly appreciated. Tony the Marine (talk) 01:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Sighs
(1) subarticle's description could be renamed on the template, without deleting the series box. (2) viewership stats show that subarticles are rarely accessed. why not assist readers to find it? ↜Just  M &thinsp;E here&#8202;,&#8202;now  18:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC) (3) Where the template was situated on the page is otherwise white space. ↜Just  M &thinsp;E  here&#8202;,&#8202;now  19:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your kind words! ↜Just  M &thinsp;E here&#8202;,&#8202;now  18:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Latin metal
Thanks for your work on that article and your comments on the AfD. I don't necessarily like chopping the genre of metal into metallic atoms, but that's the way WP goes, and I think we should do right by the genre. I've added the subject to the Heavy Metal template, so we better make it work! Thanks again, Drmies (talk) 15:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you make of this? I don't know the band and can't find an article. Drmies (talk) 15:20, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Fantastic pictures
You have got to check out the fantastic pictures of old-Puerto Rico here:. The good thing is that the majority of them are pre-1923, when there were no copyright laws and can be used by anyone in our project. Tony the Marine (talk) 20:08, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh by the way, if you ever feel sick make sure that your doctor is not like Dr. Rhoads, (smile). Tony the Marine (talk) 21:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

H&L Ams images
Hey, Jmundo!

Please take a look at the recent changes we made to the infobox at Hispanic and Latino Americans and opine. Thanks. SamEV (talk) 22:33, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Dalia Hernández
Hey Jmundo, I recently left a PROD on the article about the actress Dalia Hernández, because she doesn't seem to meet the notability guidelines. Most of the external links are in Spanish, so if you have time you might be able to elaborate more on her notability. Thanks, <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 19:32, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Re:que pantalones
When the United States invaded Puerto Rico, there were Puerto Ricans who welcomed the invaders as there new "Amos" and there were Puerto Ricans who really wanted their freedom. The complaints by those people who are making a profit out of the sacrifices of our soldiers are out of place and I'll let time take it's course. Thank you por siempre estar on the side righteousness. 20:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I want to share with you the following, one time those same people complained that the Article which I wrote here about the 65th was copied from their documentary. I told them "What the hell are you talking about? I wrote my article about two years before you people even dreamed of making a documentary! So, who copied from who?" I didn't hear from them again until now. Just to show the hypocrisy of some people: Did you know that when our men of the 65th returned to Puerto Rico in disgrace because many were unjustly accused in the largest mass court-martial of the Korean War, our own government, the Popular government of LMM knew about, but refused to do anything to help our own men because they were afraid that it would politically jeopardize the ELA status that they were seeking? That they didn't move a finger until the incidents were made known by a local newspaper alerted by several letters written by the imprisoned soldiers to their families? I tell you, there are so many people that call themselves "Boricuas" but, de "Boriuca" no tienen nada! I, myself am not a politician, I love my people unconditionally and that is why I write things the way that they are and not like what some other people would them to be. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:41, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Pablo Nureda
I am not a politician but, I think that Muñoz Marín was a very complex individual to understand, he was against statehood and at the same time became the greatest enemy of the independence movement. I believe that he wanted to lead Puerto Rico "poco a poco" to a type of autonomy similar to that which the island had and in which his father Muñoz Rivera had played an influential role shortly before the American invassion. I think that he did not want to offend the United States, whom he knew were the ones who held complete jurisdiction over the island, in order to accomplish his objectives. I believe that Muñoz Marín became a traitor to the independence movement and did everything in his power to crush the movement because he feared that it would be a set back to his plans. Yet, he failed to accomplish his dreams because Puerto Rico did not and does not have the same autonomy with the same liberties and powers that Spain had granted the island in 1898. As a matter of fact, the United States was under pressure from the United Nations at the time (1950s) to liberate it's colony and it was very convenient to have a Puerto Rican governor elected by the people and a political party to come up with the new "Estado Libre Associado" which is nothing more then a change of name for what still remains a territory (colony). Nothing changed in regard to the status. Now in all fairness, we cannot deny that Muñoz Marín had a tough job and that the programs which he proposed helped our economy. He was a puppet "lambe ojo", of the United States and the greatest enemy that the independence movement ever had. Before we judge the man  we must weigh in one scale his positive contributions to the island and it's economy and in the other scale his dark side, the relentless crushing of the patriotic independence movement. Hero to some, villian to others. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:13, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

My revision to Bernard of Niemodlin --not nonconstructive, definitely not vandalism
You seem to want to revert the edit I made to the page on Bernard of Niemodlin. Your revert sent me a message that it appeared to be "nonconstructive." Later, I got a message suggesting that it was vandalism. I only made a change in order to change the sort order in some categories. I've been doing a lot of it in order to establish consistency. Specifically, the category is House of Piast. Among the entries there that have the form "(given name) of (place name)," some are alphabetized under the place name, as if they were the same as family names. But the majority of them are alphabetized under the given name. So I've been going through putting them all the same way. I explained it on the discussion page for the category. This is the only one I've had a problem with. I've been putting an explanation of my edit, as Wikipedia advises. And I've been signing it. With my real name. 140.147.236.194 (talk) 21:28, 15 October 2009 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza
 * Hi disregard previous messages and sorry for the confusion. In the future, you don't'need to sign the edit summary with your name, you only sing with the four ~ when posting in a talk page. --Jmundo (talk) 01:34, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

La ola del "cambio"
Hey, tanto tiempo, te me adelantaste en lo de la tasa de desempleo, estaba apunto de actualizarlo cuando noté que tu ya lo habías hecho. Me parece intrigante como mientras existen tantos usuarios anexionistas creando un "issue" por el artículo, ninguno se atrevió a decir nada de la ola de desempleo que esta creado su movimiento, tremendo doble estándar el que tenemos aquí. ¿Que crees? -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  01:44, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Ahí, tremendo trabajo de relaciones públicas. A eso mismo me refiero, esta gente esta mas concentrada en darse promoción que mas nada. Lamentablemente lo noté con mas intensidad cuando volví despues de unos cuantos meses de ausencia, el artículo de Puerto Rico daba pena. En cuanto a la crisis, hace un tiempo le dije a Tony que la única forma que tenemos de resolver esto es crendo una mega-alianza con el fin de acabar con el asistencialismo, la vagancia y el mantengo, si aquí todos los grupos patrióticos, desde nacionalistas hasta populares "soberanistas", pelearán por el punto medio, que probablemente sea una una libre asociación legitima avalada por la ONU, Puerto Rico puede ser autosuficiente. Países mucho mas pequeños como Singapur lo han hecho con mucho menos recursos que nosotros. Todos estos años de colonialismo han destruido el orgullo del puertorriqueño pobre en general, causando que muchos se recuesten de los demás en vez de trabajar. Cuando la clase media esta cargando el país por sí sola y el gobierno se encarga de promover el mantengo con miras de convencer al pobre que "no somos nada sin el Americano", es solo natural que la economía se caiga. Es una pena que tal alianza se vea tan lejos mientras la politiquería tradicional nos acerca mas a la perdida de los único que nos queda, nuestra identidad. -   Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  02:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yo digo, "Amen" estoy de acuerdo. Como estas patriota?. Tony the Marine (talk) 18:47, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Comentario
A friend of mine told me to look at this: this.

Entonces le dije: My friend Bob, I read the article, as a matter of fact someone else had sent me the same one. I for one believe what is being said. Anyone who has read the story of that island will read a story of horror and abuse by the United States on that poor island and it's people. People in the U.S. tend to look and criticize the abuses and violations of human rights of other countries, but when it comes to looking at their own back yard they tend to look the other way because they are the "almighty" ones who could do no wrong. They have to clean their own house before they can tell others to clean theirs.

1. Puerto Ricans have been the subject of human experimentation's for sometime now. In the late 1930s, Dr. Cornelius Rhodes injected Puerto Rican patients with cancer cells, Rhodes wrote:

"'the Porto Ricans (sic) are beyond doubt the dirtiest, laziest, most degenerate and thievish race of men ever inhabiting this sphere. It makes you sick to inhabit the same island with them..What the island needs is not public health work, but a tidal wave or something to totally exterminate the population..I have done my best to further the process of extermination by killing off eight and transplanting cancer into several more..The matter of consideration for the patients' welfare plays no role here - in fact, all physicians take delight in the abuse and torture..'"

2. Beginning in the years following WW I, a program was initiated by the United States government, the medical community and the local government of Puerto Rico, to name a few, which resulted in the unprecedented sterilization of 1/3 of the female population by 1965, and the continued use of sterilization on a broad scale by Puerto Rican women as a form of birth control. The real reasons behind the sterilization campaigns were not justified at all. One of the reasons was that Puerto Rico was a U.S. colony, so there was still the idea of Manifest Destiny. The United States felt that they could do whatever they wanted to the Puerto Ricans because they were inferior.

3. What about Agent Orange? First introduced in 1946 in the agricultural farms of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Agent Orange tested by the US military in El Yunque National Rain Forrest and Vieques before being used in Vietnam. The list goes on and on. Tony the Marine (talk) 21:29, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * El americano comun no puede entender que en esta democracia de 50 estados haya una colonia con ciudadadanos de segunda clase y que algunos de ellos han derramado su sangre por el sueño americano creyendose la promesa del Tio Sam que todos eramos iguales. Dejame añadir una mas a tu lista, los 700 asesinatos que van del año en la isla, gracias a la economia hueca de la isla donde una de las pocas formas de hacer dinero es traficar con drogas--drogas que terminan en los estados.


 * ¿Cuando el puertorriqueño comun enfrentara la historia? Hablaremos de ella y llegamos a una conciliación como hizieron los alemanes con su pasado Nazi, o simplemente seguimos obviando y tachando eventos historicos como el agente Orange y la sterilizacion masiva de mujeres boricuas, la represion del movimiento indepedendista, la tortura de Albizu... Los puertoriqueños no necesitamos que  nos invite a celebrar el mes de la hispanidad. En vez de invitar a J.Lopez a bailar con el Presidente en Casa Blanca, necesitamos que se nos diga toda la verdad, que todos los documentos del gobierno federal sobre Puerto Rico esten disponible para la investigacion, que se investigue las acciones del  imperio y de todos sus complices locales. Quizas entonces podre celebrar las libertades y los derechos de la constitucion americana sin un sabor sarcástico . Mientras tanto conocer y difundir nuestra vedadera historia como pueblo es nuestra unica forma de mantener nuestra moral en alto. --Jmundo (talk) 22:50, 19 October 2009 (UTC)


 * My Spanish is a bit rusty, but I get the sense that you're not happy I showed Tony that link? I'd like to think that's not the case, and I'll admit that it has been many years since I had to use my language skills. But you're right, the average American is ignorant of the shameful way that Puerto Ricans have been treated. I sure as hell learned nothing about it in school, despite the fact that Amsterdam has a large Puerto Rican population.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 16:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, actually I learned about the current situation of Vieques thanks to your link and I got carried away with the subject.--Jmundo (talk) 23:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I can understand that, there is a lot to get carried away about.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 05:01, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Custom500
Its my user page, ill edit it as I choose regardless of what you consider "constructive" Custom500 (talk) 22:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Calm down, I reverted an edit by an IP that blanked your page, just common vandalism. Next time, log on. --Jmundo (talk) 22:47, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Whoops
I see i didnt log on. Thanks for your help anyway, I have been vandalized before. Custom500 (talk) 23:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Reliable Sourcing Comment
Hi Jmundo,

Some quick comments regarding your edit on the Apelbaum article with respect to the guideline “web forums are not wp:reliable,” I agree in general, but in this case, I think we have an exception. My reasoning:

--JAF 18:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 1. The information posted on the forum is detailed technical data and not biographical or personal in nature. No opinion is expressed. What the posting states is that the vulnerability (with its details) has been discovered by Apelbaum.
 * 2. The postings were done on a public Microsoft forum for the purpose of reporting the discovered vulnerabilities to MS so they can take a corrective action.
 * 3. In the case of the reported SQL Server Blowfish encryption vulnerability, a fix was later issued as a result of the posting.
 * 4. Microsoft has acknowledged the vulnerability in the MDE through MSDN stating: “Caution…you can't give a malicious person the rights to modify data without them also having the ability to easily break through security and modify the design. To provide this functionality, you should use a server-based database product such as Microsoft SQL Server.”
 * Thanks for the explanation, you  should make your case in the article talk page, I believe that a reliable source should be available for that type of claim. Good luck with your article. --Jmundo (talk) 19:03, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Your Post On My Talk Page
In regards to your post about the Luis Fortundo page. He commented on (insulted) me first, and I did likewise. I realize that not everyone is equal on this site, but vandalizing people's articles, then blaming a "lack of consensus" because he is so narrow minded that he thinks any thing he disagrees with will never had a consensus and thus must be removed, is also completely unacceptable. Or is simply imposing one's opinion acceptable so long as he phrases his reasons correctly? The information he posted was factually inaccurate, he started by attacking me and then changing it afterward, and he vandalized my contributions with no discussion or consensus from anyone what so ever. Is there one standard for everyone, or is there a double standard for those who are perceived to be "wiki cool" and another for the rest of us? Please enlighten me. Themoodyblue (talk) 14:58, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

I would still like a response on this. Thanks. Themoodyblue (talk) 21:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

I have re-read my posts in the Fortuño talk page. Although I don't think anything I wrote can be construed as an attack on a fellow contributor, if that is what he interpreted, my apologies. Pr4ever (talk) 00:46, 1 November 2009 (UTC)