User talk:Mieszkolambert

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 * Thank you so much this will be very helpful!
 * Mieszkolambert (talk) 00:09, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Image sources
Hi, again! I noticed that you added a higher quality image on the article for Hugo Ballivián (good job following Commons copyright etiquette, btw; I believe this one should have no issues staying up). Anyway, I recall having had some serious difficulties in the past finding any actual photographs of Ballivián online, so I was curious as to where you go this one. For that matter, where do you come across the sources you use for articles? Do you live in Bolivia or is there some library you borrow from? Krisgabwoosh (talk) 09:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello nice to hear from you again! I am glad, this time I made sure! This picture of Ballivián I found in a book called "Bodas de oro de la clase militar de 1947," which features biographies of those who were members of the class of '47. This includes Banzer too. I actually bought it at a garage sale from a neighbour close to where I live. My neighbour is the son of a Bolivian military officer from this same class I believe. Although Ballivián is older, he was featured there for his "exceptional contributions" to Bolivia's army.
 * As for other sources, I also bought some from my neigbour. I myself have some Bolivian sources given to me by my Bolivian grandmother, who had a massive collection of books. I did spend time in Bolivia where I also purchased several books and met with some historians there at UMSA. They were of great help in giving me a basis for Bolivian events.
 * Sorry for the lengthy response, but I hope I answered all your questions! If you have any more, please do ask.
 * Mieszkolambert (talk) 18:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That's really cool! I'd speculate that you lived among a relatively large Bolivian American community. D.C. area, maybe? That's just a guess.
 * I ask because, in my experience, finding quality sources on Bolivian topics is quite difficult without actually living in the country and visiting their libraries – it's not like here in the U.S., where every smalltown newspaper from the 1800s seems to be digitized. If you have the time and means, you might consider digitizing some of your collection to the Internet Archive.
 * On another note, you wouldn't happen to have any books on Bolivian legislative history in your collection, by chance? It's my topic of focus here on Wikipedia at the moment. If so, I'd be interested in acquiring them; if you're willing to part with them, that is.
 * In any case, cheers and happy holidays. I'm glad to know it's not just me contributing to WikiProject Bolivia. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 23:12, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Pretty close actually! From Richmond, there's a lot of Bolivians in Virginia too. I no longer live there though. Are you from D.C.?
 * Yes! The sources are scarce in English and in general sadly. I have a particularly large collection of works from and about the 19th century, which is why I chose to focus on this. I have never considered that, but I will give it a try. I do not see why not spread awarenes of Bolivian history.
 * To be fair I only recently acquired the bulk of my collection, recently inheriting them from my grandmother. So I am not quite sure what is in my collection quite yet. I have to take an inventory. Once I complete that, I would be more than willing to give them to you free of charge. Let me ask beforehand though, what time period are you looking at for Bolivian legislative history? I have seen some online from the 19th century so I assume you may want some from the 20th century?
 * At any rate, I am happy that there is someone else as passionate about Bolivian history as me, I felt lonely in this matter for some time! Happy holidays! And thank you for your kind words.
 * Mieszkolambert (talk) 03:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I figured it'd be that general area! The Richmond-to-D.C. area seems to be the main population hotspot; that and Miami, I believe. As for myself, I'm across the way in California, actually – not as many Bolivians around here, ha, ha.
 * Your grandmother seems to have been quite the aficionado to have accrued such a collection; was she a historian or just an avid reader? In any case, I'm glad those books landed in the hands of someone interested in spreading the knowledge – it'd have been a shame if they just collected dust in a box somewhere. If you're interested in preserving them digitally, you might considering inquiring if any local libraries have an actual book scanning machine. It's tedious work – a lot of monotonous flipping pages – but the end result makes future research a lot easier. If not Richmond, I know D.C. also has quite the thriving archival community – it is home to the National Archives after all.
 * In terms of the type of works I'm looking for: I'm a bit of a completionist when it comes to articles, so while my current focus is on 21st-century topics, that's more due to the lack of available sources immediately before hand. Anything from around the 20th century would be most useful, since parliament only began meeting regularly around 1979, during the democratic transition. But I'd honestly appreciate anything you might find on the topic. Works on Bolivian presidents would also be of interest to me. Your offer to send them freely is quite generous, but I'd love to at least cover postage.
 * I do take a trip to Bolivia for the first time in some years sometime in 2024, where I plan to go on a little book hunt of sorts, so if there's anything not in your collection you might be interested in acquiring, I could see about picking up a copy if I can. In any case, you've been very kind in your responses. I'm excited to read any new contributions you make to Wikipedia, and if there's any questions on editing and the like you might have, feel free to ask. Cheers! Krisgabwoosh (talk) 16:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh that's cool! I always wanted to travel to California but never did.
 * My grandmother did not like to read funny enough, she preferred her telenovelas. She only acquired the collection when my grandfather passed many decades ago, so it was collecting dust until very recently. Oh yeah I definitely plan to do so once I have catalogued and organized the mess!
 * Right, so far I have looked at some fifty titles and here are some that you might find interesting: Debt, Crisis and Reform in Bolivia - Biting the Bullet (International Finance and Development) by Luis Carlos Jemio; From Development to Dictatorship: Bolivia and the Alliance for Progress in the Kennedy Era; Bolivia en el siglo XX: la formación de la Bolivia contemporánea; and Gestación y emergencia del nacionalismo 1920-1952. All of these deal with politics, legislation, fiscal policies, historic events, people, and socioeconomics. These are only some that I found so far. I think I found a way to make it inexpensive for both in fact, I can scan these and share it with you digitally. I would hate to think of this as a transaction!
 * Thank you for your tremendously generous offer! I will think of it but to be terribly honest, I might not have space! My room is already filled with books! You too have been extremely welcoming and I appreciate this enormously.
 * I do actually have a question, and its about good articles and the "importance" of a page. For instance, the best article of a Bolivian president is that of German Busch. It is a good article, but ranked with mid-importance. Then there is Tomas Frias, which is not a good article and yet it is ranked with high-importance. I would also think the article on Jose Miguel de Velasco to be a good article and highly important, since not so many other Bolivian articles have as much depth. Could you explain how this works and what is your opinion on these three articles?
 * Best,
 * Mieszkolambert (talk) 01:04, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, the grandfather, that makes sense I suppose. Your offer to simply scan the books is an interesting solution; if you've the means and time, perhaps I might take you up on it. For the time being, I'm interested to see what you dig up while organizing your collection – definitely keep me posted!
 * On your question regarding Good Article sand page "importance", these two cover similar topics but are generally unrelated in most instances.
 * A Good Article (GA) is an article that has been nominated and reviewed by another editor to ensure that it complies with certain standards. Usually that means that every claim is verifiable through a citation, the article is well-written, etc. (See the full set of GA criteria here) So, for example, the article on Germán Busch was nominated by me (my first-ever nom actually!) and reviewed by User:Tayi Arajakate, who deemed it met GA criteria. At least, at the time; an article marked as GA may no longer meet that criteria as future editors at to it, but will still remain marked as a GA until someone manually requests that it be delisted.
 * An article's importance denotes how important that article is to each respective WikiProject it belongs to. So the article on Elizabeth II is going to be marked as "Top-importance" WikiProject British Royalty but is only of "Mid-importance" on WikiProject Australia, for example. Article importance is more subjective than GAs: for articles primarily written by just one editor, the importance is generally set by them when they create it but there's no – to my knowledge – set of standards deeming what counts as "top" vs "high" vs "mid" importance, etc. I should also add than an article's importance does not reflect its quality. Theoretically, the Stub article on Hugo Ballivián should be just as important as the GA on Simón Bolívar within WikiProject Bolivia.
 * Hope that covers your questions! As I said, do keep me updated on what types of works you come across; perhaps consider cataloguing them on, like, a Google Doc or something, so that it's easier for you to search and share. In the meantime, I hope to hear a lot from you in the New Year. Happy New Year! Krisgabwoosh (talk) 05:17, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright, I will keep you posted, and do let me know if you are interested in the works I meantioned earlier.
 * How fascinating! I checked and see you did a lot of work on German Busch's article. Amazing work! Thank you for the explanation, that makes so much sense. I think of contributing to the articles of Tomas Frias and Jose miguel de Velasco, I found some good sources for them in my collection just a few nights ago.I was thinking of a google doc, hopefully I can get it ready sooner rather than later!
 * Yep, I plan to contribute as much as I can, and its great to have you here, you have been a massive help! Talk to you soon and Happy New Year!
 * Mieszkolambert (talk) 19:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Ambrosio Peñailillo
Hi thanks for creating this article. When we translate or borrow from other language wikis it’s a requirement to acknowledge the source. The best way to do this is to include it in your edit summary (e.g. “translated from nl.wiki”) and there’s also a translation template you can add to the talk page. I’ve added it for you. Happy editing and please leave a message on my talk page if you need any help Mccapra (talk) 06:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi! This page I created in English and then translated to Spanish using the translate tool in Wikipedia. I didn’t know this was a requirement. I now understand and thank you for your advice. Have a good one!
 * Mieszkolambert (talk) 06:17, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * If the English article is the original and the Spanish one is the translation, then the translation tag should be on the Spanish article. Correct me if I'm wrong. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 09:33, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes that’s correct. Mccapra (talk) 09:34, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of José María Linares
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Your GA nomination of José María Linares
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Your GA nom
Hi! I was sad to see that your GA nomination for José María Linares did not pass. Don't let this dissuade you! Many first-time noms do not pass. Take this as an opportunity to either look back at the article and see how it can be improved based on the reviewer's suggestions or try your luck on a smaller article that's less broad in scope.

For the Linares article, the main issue the reviewer took was the age and veracity of the source. Admittedly, 1877 was a pretty long time ago, so the book may no longer reflect current historiography. The author's biases should also be taken into account, especially if the person they're writing about lived within their lifetime.

At the same time, Bolivian historiography isn't super extensive (it's not like the U.S., where you can pick up a billion books about Washington, ha, ha) so there aren't many works to choose from. If you can get your hand on it, perhaps Manuel Frontaura's El dictador Linares would work as a source. It's still pretty old, but was the most recent work I could find from a quick search. Here are some libraries that hold the book; see if one is in your area.

Biographies aren't the only place you can find sources. General history books may also have useful information. Try Carlos Mesa's Presidentes the Bolivia: Entre urnas y fusiles.

Cheers! Krisgabwoosh (talk) 08:31, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tomás Frías
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