User talk:Pr4ever/Archives/2007/June

Amigo
I wrote to Senator McClintock to ask him for a copy of the speech, plus I told him about what I did in Georgia. He wrote back and said the following:

"Dear Tony:

That's a great article on an extraordinary deed. I'll make sure El Nuevo Día or Primera Hora get this. Primera Hora has an occasional ongoing series called "Puertorriquennos en la Luna" about prominent Puerto Ricans around the world.

I'm travelling today and don't actually have direct access to my speech in which, indeed, I compared you to Puerto Rico's Official Historian, Dr. Luis González Vale, who is a retired General and one of our best-known historian, specializing in military history. I will get you a copy.

While Wikipedia got a bum rap with the John Seigenthaler incident, it is filling a knowledge void that in my times The World Book Encyclopedia never filled and I hear that you continuously look out to provide the best information possible on all things Puerto Rican.

After the Memorial Day ceremony, for the first time we had a concert-picnic on the lawn with the huge Mita Congregation Band, featuring pop PR and US music with some emphasis on Rafael Hernández' music (the historic 1965 Banco Popular TV special dedicated to him weeks before his death is now out on CD, courtesy of BPPR; you can get it at my sister's e-business, musicaboricua.com!). We're planning to do it again next year and I hope you can then make it so we can honor you properly and that, hopefully, there are fewer names to unveil then."

Kenneth D. McClintock

Mira mandame tu e-mail. Tony the Marine 03:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * write your e-mail in my talk page. Tony the Marine 21:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Pregunta?
You said: "Sonia Alvarez, which you correctly removed, should be replaced on the List of Puerto Ricans by Vannesa Garcia, currently the top rated swimmer, male or female, in Puerto Rico, and who will probably do very well at the upcoming PanAm Games in Rio de Janeiro"

Who should be placed on the list, Sonia or Vannesa? Since I removed the name, be my guest and add the name that should be on the list. Let me know who it is, so that I will not remove her. Tony the Marine 01:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Kimberly Casiano article
Thanks for adding to the article on Kimberly Casiano. Would you please provide citations for the information you added? Thanks. 11:09, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * On the José M. Berrocal Scholarship for Environmental Studies: The Ford Motor Company press only mentions Bill Ford. No mention of Ms. Casiano.  If you can source this, then I think it belongs in the article, with the focus that you descrbed on my talk page &mdash; specifically, that it is the largest source of scholarships for Puerto Ricans seeking graduate studies. Otherwise, I think that an article on José M. Berrocal, with mention of the establishment of the scholarship in his memory, is a good next step.  &mdash; User: (talk) 12:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking for references for the article. She is woman deserving of respect. Her efforts to honor her friend are touching.  Her commitment to education and helping others is admirable. &mdash; User: (talk) 02:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

José Berrocal
Quick work! I see that it is a work in progress and you are working on citations. I've provided some. Looks like it is time for an article on the GDB. &mdash; User: (talk) 13:52, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

List of Puerto Ricans
Hi. Following some disagreements at Talk:List of Puerto Ricans and discussion at my talk page, we're suggesting trying to work out some consensus about recent additions to List of Puerto Ricans, particularly those made by User:Entre-Nos. We'd value your input. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 05:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Chat
Hey how's my friend doing? Thanks for letting me know about what happened to K. McClintock and his daughter, I was unaware of it until you posted the situation. I e-mailed him giving him my moral support. It is always a pleasure to see your work around here. Take care. Tony the Marine 06:40, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Proposed guideline at Overlistification
Overlistification is a proposed guideline that intersects with my proposed guideline at Proposed guideline for lists of people by ethnicity, religion, and other cultural categorizations. There are some good things in Overlistification and some things that would need to be changed. In particular, the section "Irrelevant Intersections by Race, Gender, Beliefs, Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Religion Lists" appears similar to what I've proposed. Some tweaking of language would be needed, but the similarities are there.

Unfortunately, there is an appearance that Overlistification is being created to bolster one side of the debate around the deletion of certain types of lists. I'm sure the same could be said for my proposed guideline. As people may know, the guidelines and policies which succeed at Wikipedia tend to be the ones which reach consensus from people on both sides of a debate. Perhaps we should merge info from Proposed guideline for lists of people by ethnicity, religion, and other cultural categorizations with Overlistification, bring in info from the current list guidelines, and see if we all can't reach a general consensus on this issue. Any thoughts on this? Is so, join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Overlistification. Best,--Alabamaboy 18:15, 25 June 2007 (UTC)