Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mexico/Archive 3

Article for Deletion nomination - José Luis Oliva Meza
I have nominated the article about José Luis Oliva Meza for deletion (see discussion linked from the top of the article) as there seems to be no information forthcoming about him in a google search other than copies of the article, and no information about other sources that would likely establish notability. If there is anything that establishes his notability, please go to the article for deletion page to discuss it. Metaphorazine (talk) 07:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I had incorrect links previously. Now corrected. Metaphorazine (talk) 06:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Collaboration with the Wine Project on Mexican wine articles?
Hello! For 2011 the Wine Project is doing a new Wine Improvement Drive where each month we focus on an area of articles that relate to a particular theme. In January, we are are ringing in the New Year with New World wine, with a focus on the wines of the Northern Hemisphere-Canadian wine, American wine and Mexican wine. I am going by related projects to see if there is any interest in collaboration between this project and the wine project on the subject of Mexican wine? Some suggestion on potential article creations include History of Mexican wine, Baja California wine, Valley of Guadalupe wine (or other areas mentioned in Mexican_wine), a bio article on Lorenzo Garcia who founded Mexico's first winery. Another idea would be creating articles on notable wineries such as Casa Madero, Casa de Piedra (currently a redirect to an unrelated article), Monte Xanic, etc.And, of course, of HUGE help would be the upload of free use photos of Mexican wineries, wines and wine regions to Commons that could be used to better illustrate Mexican wine articles. If you're interested in helping, please drop a note at the Wine Project's talk page with the article you're interested in helping with. Thanks and have a great New Year! AgneCheese/Wine 23:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Related AfD
Please see: Articles for deletion/Chicano vendido. Jaque Hammer (talk) 10:11, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Template:Mexico State-Abbreviation Codes
Is the orphaned template Template:Mexico State-Abbreviation Codes still wanted? If not, it can be deleted at TFD. Thanks, — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:13, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Another AfD
Articles for deletion/Greaser (derogatory) Jaque Hammer (talk) 14:07, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Chihuahua
All input welcome. Cheers walk victor falktalk 00:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Chihuahua (state)
Request for move has been relisted after previous one was closed due to its initiator being banned. -- nsaum75 !Dígame¡ &lrm; 18:57, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Direction General of Civil Aeronautics
Where can I find more info about the Direction General of Civil Aeronautics, which has a Spanish article at es:Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (México)?

I know it is a sub-agency of the SCT. But I'm not sure where its current website is... The http://dgac.sct.gob.mx/ redirects somewhere about aviation.

Does the agency still exist? Or has it been merged or reworked into something else? WhisperToMe (talk) 00:20, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil is now a Featured article nominee
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil's FAC nomination os now open. The link is here. Princes Maria Amélia was the fiancée of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. --Lecen (talk) 21:42, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Blog del Narco
Hi! Blog del Narco is a very important subject regarding Mexico, and if anyone would like to help build up the article, please do so! WhisperToMe (talk) 13:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding "Popular pages" to U.S.-related projects
A very interesting tool of the Wikimedia Toolserver is called WikiProject Popular pages lists. These lists are similar to project-related article lists like U. S. article lists used for generating assessment statistics. The Popular pages lists include the rank, total views, average daily views, quality and importance ratings for the listed articles. Here is the full list of projects using popular pages lists. An FAQ also is available at User:Mr.Z-man/Popular pages FAQ.

I recently added links to lists of popular pages as shown below to the U.S. Portal - WikiProjects box and the nominations sections for each of the selected articles boxes.

Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages

Because the Mexico project was not included in the Borders section, I am bringing up the popular pages tool here. This tool makes it very easy to track three of four balancing dimensions when selecting articles for showcasing at a portal - quality, importance and popularity. When tracking the fourth dimension, topic, the related article lists tool (such as for U.S. article lists tool) also might be useful by filtering on categories of interest.

If you do decide to use this tool, feel free to update Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages as well.

Regards, RichardF (talk) 03:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal candidate: United States
Portal:United States is a current featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. -- RichardF (talk) 03:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

City names example
According to the Strategy consensus on the matter of City names for this project:
 * When disambiguation is not required, city articles go at their natural location: e.g, Hermosillo, Coatzacoalcos.

yet the article on Coatzacoalcos was moved to Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz on 23 October 2007 by Supaman89. Was the move in violation of the Strategy consensus on City names for this project? Should the article be moved back and allow the City, State form name be a redirect to the moved article? 69.126.127.193 (talk) 02:35, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I have found that several city articles were moved to City, State style names back in 2007 and 2008 so that they would more closely follow an existing practice for USA city articles used then (that has since been overturned). Since that time many articles were moved to unambiguous City names.  Examples include: Los Angeles, California was moved to Los Angeles; Hermosillo, Sonora was moved to Hermosillo and Cancún, Quintana Roo was moved back to Cancún.  These latter examples are now thought to be in compliance with an en wikipedia wide naming convention guideline, specifically WP:NC:CITY.  Hence, instead of bothering this project's talk page with further discussion I will request a page move for Coatzacoalcos. 69.126.127.193 (talk) 23:54, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Mexican-American War
Mexican-American War and Battles of the Mexican–American War are up for renaming, in opposite directions. See Talk:Mexican-American War and Talk:Battles of the Mexican–American War.

This is a dash-hyphen war, with MOS vs Original-Research arguments being forwarded, along with consistency arguments. 65.93.12.101 (talk) 03:34, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Error in Mexican economy
Under the section titled "Economy", this is stated: "With a stable growth rate of 7.6%.,[14][15] the Mexican economy is expected to nearly triple by 2020." Neither citation [14] nor [15] actually says that. In fact, what they say is that in the second quarter of 2010, the growth rate was 7.6%, and that Mexico's Finance Minister is aiming for a growth rate of 4.1% for the year. Either the citation needs to be changed, or the claim needs to be toned down.

In fact, the claim that the Mexican economy is expected to triple by 2020 is egregious as well, and the article cited (citation 144), doesn't support that in the least, as it is measuring the countries via their PPP. The article indicates that the Mexican economy will be 1.8 times larger in 2020 than it is now. 10:19, 9 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.181.6.4 (talk)

'Bold text'== Enrique Priego Oropeza - can you help? Help= understand the country first- there is different variations of "spanish" all over it

The article on this former Governor of Tabasco appears to have been poorly translated from the equivalent article on es.Wikipedia. It really needs editing by someone with a good knowledge of both Spanish and English. I'm posting here in the hope that someone might like to take it on.--CharlieDelta (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Ouch thats a messy job, I'll give it a look over now Mwheatley1990 (talk) 19:59, 26 April 2011(UTC)

Take a look, check it for readability. I'm thinking of putting a infobox in there but I havent gotten around to it yet Mwheatley1990 (talk) 21:30, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

'Bold text''I am guessing the people speaking of ""poor Translation" and "messy jobs" are Americans most likely white-no offence- I am a white american woman- However, I lived in Mexico- and have a very good number of Mexican born relatives (some half white, some 100% Mexican, Some with obvious spanish decent)-all are called "Mexicans" and therefor speak "spanish" according to everyone in the world. However, if you travel to Mexico, and speak to the people in various States from cities,suburbs, farmland, not all of Mexico Speaks what United States Labels as "spanish" of course Spanish is the language in Mexico, but just like when i speak to some americans from the South, from northeast, and esspecially when I was in Florida- yes-I guess they were speaking "english", they are Americans- but I had little clue as to what in the world they were saying. In Mexico- there are many different Native North American Tribes (Just Like U.S.), and they speak a different language, not spanish- and sometimes the Native language to thier area gets mixed in with spanish, or a place might be called a name from the native language, and people don't understand the meaning of the name. I took spanish classes here in the states- that taught very incorrectly- once i spoke spanish, and understood Mexico more, met people from different areas of the Country. I actually learned Spanish, but still- different areas use the language a little differently, so really- if the information is comming from anywhere in Mexico (the place you are reading about) Americans will say "this is very sloppy" "This is poorly translated"..ETC. I would suggest that you try translating the words you dont understand or what not with a translating webpage (alot of those are terrible however). If someone is intrested enough in reading about a place/person/thing in Mexico- you should first understand that not every Mexican speaks the Spanish you know of, some do not speak spanish well-as it is not that that specific persons ancestry. "One Size Fits All" does not apply.

I also saw another comment in this discussion page- a person trying to correct the "census" population number- and probably the more acurate higher #.. (i am not going to bother going to that specific conversation.. Americans mostly do not understand anything about Mexico -our neighbor)that person was requesting that a more reliable source is entered and the 2 different #'s showing census deleted/corrected and a very educated estimate-which is going to be more correct most often than not- people keep applying how this country operates to a totally different country...   IN MEXICO- THERE IS NO ONE SENDING MAIL TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD AND TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO FILL OUT INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYONE IN THEIR HOME AND SENDING A LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE IF YOU DONT-LIKE U.S. DOES- AND THE MOST RELIABLE GUESS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN EACH CITY IS SOMEONE -PROBABLY HAVING TO DO WITH GOVERNMENT- FROM THAT CITY, NOT ALL PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN IN A HOSPITAL LIKE HERE EITHER- SOME GO TO A HOUSE/OTHER DWELLING WHERE THERE IS A WOMEN THAT HAS EXPERIENCE HELPING WOMEN IN LABOR- AND THE CHILD IS BORN THERE..IS IT AS REASURING AS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL IN THIS COUNTRY-WHERE DOCTORS ARE PROVIDED FOR THOSE IN NEED? NO, BUT UNLIKE THE U.S.- THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE- BUT IT ALSO DOES NOT SEND STRANGERS IN YOUR FACE-IN YOUR HOME OR CAR, AND IN YOUR CHILDRENS SCHOOL- TELLING YOU HOW TO RAISE/DEAL WITH YOUR CHILDREN, OR HOW TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE- and for me personally (but i have money to survive and do not need to worry about caring fr an entire family)it is a better "free" life. I Myself-loved Mexico and took the good with the bad-but over all my experience was great there, and i actually thought/felt how they did things there (where i lived) gave the country a actual real feeling of freedom...i never felt more free, and I plan to move back  as soon as i can. Adios

Files for deletion/2011_March_31
Check WP:NFCC. All opinions welcome. Thank you. walk victor falktalk 19:26, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Error with municipalities of Chihuahua
The INEGI Code and map reference for the municipalities of Chihuahua have some mistakes. As an example, Hidalgo del Parral should have code 32 and be located at the southeast end of the map.

Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.67.131.155 (talk) 19:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Mexico and weapons of mass destruction
See talk:Mexico and weapons of mass destruction, where someone has noted that the article is lacking proper sourcing. 65.95.13.213 (talk) 04:16, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs - the final surge
Since early in 2010, many editors have assisted in the referencing or removal of over 90% of the Unreferenced Biographies of Living People, bringing the total down from over 50,000 to the current 4,862 (as of 16:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)). Thank you for all of the work you've done to date, but we are now asking for your help in finishing this task. There are two main projects which are devoted to removing UBLPs from en.Wikipedia:
 * WP:URBLP has set up a large number of topic based lists, which are updated each day by a WP:BOT. Your project's list is located at WikiProject Mexico/Unreferenced BLPs and currently contains 58 articles.
 * WP:URBLPR is focusing on clearing out the backlog based on the month in which each article was tagged as being unreferenced. The current task is Category:Unreferenced BLPs from September 2009, and it is the last month remaining from 2009.
 * You can also reference a or make your own lists using one of the catscan tools, such as this search for |9&doit=1 Mexican actors.

All you have to do is pick your articles and then add suitable references from reliable sources and remove the BLP unsourced template. There is no need to log your changes, register or remove the articles from the list. If you need any help, or have any comments, please ask at WP:URBLPR or WT:URBLP.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide. The-Pope (talk) 16:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon and the evolution of democracy in Mexico
Would like to read contributions from knowledgeable observers of recent Mexican political history regarding Ernesto Zedillo's actions during the campaign for the election of his successor in the following areas: 1. The extent to which he permitted or repressed the use of federal government agencies and resources by PRI partisans to influence the election; 2. Strengthening the integrity of Mexican electoral process by the Federal Elections Commission; 3. Whether his speech acknowledging the victory of the PAN candidate, Vicente Fox, pre-emted any attempt by the PRI to illegally snatch victory from the jaws of defeat; and 4. To what extent does Zedillo deserve credit for bringing about a more genuine democratic political culture in Mexico? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.123.203.204 (talk) 16:39, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Tepatitlan de Morelos
La corte Suprema en el 2009, revoca el decreto de Municipalización de Capilla de Guadalupe, Jal. por no cumplir con los requisitos exigibles por la ley, ahora se enfrenta otra controversia constitucional por parte del Municipio e San Julian contra el decreto de Municipalización, por lo que la población es una Delegación Municipal de Tepatitlan de Morelos, Jal. Mexico — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.138.68.195 (talk) 22:16, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games
Can we get a couple of editors to help with this article? Thanks. Intoronto1125  Talk  Contributions   14:41, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Needed assistance in school article
Hi. I'm Raymie, the user responsible for about 200 Arizona school articles created in the last year. (Examples: Canyon View Preparatory High School, Desert Edge High School, Phoenix Indian School, Santa Cruz Valley Union High School) One of my top goals is that every Arizona Interscholastic Association member school have a Wikipedia article (every school listed in this document). This includes one California school and now one south of the border.

It's a new associate member listed as "Nogales, Sonora Gante" but whose real name is Colegio Fray Pedro de Gante. It appears to be the equivalent of a K-12 institution, but I'm not sure if grade divisions are different at all in México. It also seems to be Roman Catholic. However, I am in need of assistance if practices are different for Mexican school articles. I know Spanish well, but I'm not a native speaker, so I may still have questions.

Their website is escuelagante.com, which I found thanks to the street address. (That's another thing I need help deciphering.) Help would be appreciated. Thank you. Raymie (t • c) 18:42, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

The motto is wrong.. current University Motto is "El Espíritu vivifica" ("The spirit revitalize" or "Spirit gives life to matter") that's the idea. Matter by itself is not bad, therefore there is nothing to redeem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.176.56.34 (talk) 16:03, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Reversion of article name change request
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Adrián González. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:52, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

CLABE
Would it be safe to state that a person sending money from Europe to Mexico should enter the beneficiary's CLABE in the box marked IBAN? I have found it to be common practice and people say it works. European standard wires do not have any place for a CLABE or any mention of it even though the official mexican position is that a wire without a CLABE may not be executed.

It could not cause confusion since Mexican banks do not use IBANs.

86.163.37.130 (talk) 15:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Notability question
There is currently a discussion regarding the notability of Enrique Caballero Peraza on its talk page. Any input from members of this project are appreciated. Thanks. --SMasters (talk) 01:34, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Good faith user who writes only in Spanish
Hello, I was directed to this page from the Help Desk. I came across a user, User:Rodrigozjaaa, who has contributed to a few Mexican football club articles. Unfortunately all his contributions are in Spanish. I don't think the user is trying to be disruptive but his efforts have the same effect. I've welcomed the user with an English-Spanish template but I don't speak Spanish well enough to more than that. Could someone please explain to him what he is doing wrong or otherwise give advice? Thanks. Loves Macs  (talk) 13:29, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Romeo + Juliet
I see that the film Romeo + Juliet was removed from the scope of your project by this edit. I haven't reverted, but it seems to me it's up to you guys to decide whether you consider an article within your remit or not. I won't take any action (or watch this discussion) so do as you like. AndyJones (talk) 19:53, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Templates for Mexico-related topic bars etc.?
I created an article Mexican tea culture, and there is a Tea topic bar template I added to the bottom. Are there any topic bars, sidebars, etc., that have been created for the Mexico project? I was hoping there would be a template for something like Mexican Cuisine, but I can't see any links to Mexico templates on your project page. Thank you!! OttawaAC (talk) 01:20, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Protestantism in Mexico
Hi! If anybody wants to contribute to Religion in Mexico I found: WhisperToMe (talk) 08:18, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The Expansion of Protestantism in Mexico: An Anthropological View
 * James W. Dow Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Autumn, 2005), pp. 827-851
 * http://www.jstor.org/stable/4150963

Education in Tamaulipas
This is the secondary education portal for the State of Tamaulipas WhisperToMe (talk) 00:33, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * http://www.secundariasgenerales.tamaulipas.gob.mx/

Mexico
Dear WP:MEXICO, I am working on improving Mexico. Your input and participation would be appreciated.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 12:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Mexico will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Mexico's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 23:46, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Presumed Guilty (2009 film)
I need help from someone who is interested in cleaning up this article and this topic, as well. Thanks, George Ho (talk) 16:06, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Mexican art
One day, someone should create an article on Mexican art. Kaldari (talk) 06:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC) WhisperToMe (talk) 00:33, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The current content is at Culture_of_Mexico with Pre-Columbian art and Mexican Muralism being the "main" articles
 * Articles in Spanish include: es:Pintura de México, es:Escultura de México, es:Anexo:Arquitectos de México (these ones do NOT have English versions)

I'll begin translating them over the next few days Mwheatley1990 (talk) 16:08, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Burro
I added the short article on the Burro to this project a few days ago on the basis that there an estimated three million of them in the country, with the intention of expanding the coverage of the Mexican population within the article, and with the hope that someone with a better knowledge than mine of the country, its donkeys and its language might give a hand with that. Another editor has removed the project tag, for reasons that are not entirely clear to me. So I'd like to ask here: whether the article belongs in this project; and whether I should consider moving it to some other name, such as, say, Mexican Creole donkey or Mexican Criollo donkey, which seem to describe it equally well although not the name under which it is reported to the FAO. All comments welcome, many thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:05, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Celaya Ball of Water
I have a question about the Bola de Agua, Celaya, Celaya Guanajuato Mexico, listed in Wikipedia. The description states that there was another just like it in Stuttgart Germany, but disappeared during WW2 .I cannot find any reference to it. Wasserturm Stuttgart-Degerloch, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany was built in 1912 (ref Wikipedia), and was damaged by Germany, to make it less visible to Allied Bomber aircraft during WW2 (ref Wikipedia) This watertower is a Bricked Watertower, and bears no resemblance to the Bola de Agua-Celaya, Celaya Guanajuato Mexico, as stated in the Celaya description (ref Wikipedia). This does not mean that Stuttgart never had a similar tower, but I have been unable to find it. There is a Watertower in Germany which does bear an almost identical construction to the Bola de Agua in Celea Mexico. It is the Essen Bredeney Wasserturm in Bredeney Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany This watertower is a historical "building" and cannot be extensively modified. It has been restored as living quarters. (Ref: Google:inhabitat.com/wasserturm  or   Google:Essen germany, essen-bredeney  Watertower   or  Wikimedia, google: Essen Bredeney Wasserturm )  Thank you,  Wikipedia is my favorite reference, and I appreciate all the effort your people contribute to the betterment of our World. Thanks again. Loren Kleinfeldt. Old66bug@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.72.186.127 (talk) 03:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

It might be a fairly standard design, theres certainly one in berlin like that. I can only find this as a reference http://valuestockphoto.com/stockimages/Travel/Germany/german_watertower1011.jpg.html Mwheatley1990 (talk) 16:12, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Article for Spanish Wikipedia
Hi, folks. A while back I wrote an article on Japanese composer Minako Hamano which was deleted from the English Wikipedia as "unexpandable." Lest the research go to waste, I'd like to add the information to her entry in other language Wikipedias, but my language skills suck. I've made up a Spanish machine translation in my sandbox. Could I get someone who's good in Spanish to look at it and tidy up? Pkeets (talk) 16:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * This has been done by someone
 * Minako Hamano (濱野美奈子, Hamano Minako) es una compositora de música de videojuegos que trabaja para Nintendo.
 * But why would a videogame composer be notable in es.WP when she isn't in en.WP? In ictu oculi (talk) 05:04, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I gather that Minako Hamano's problem is that she does work-for-hire. Her work is considered notable and she has numerous mentions within other Wikipedia articles. The general perception also seems to be that she is notable; the Spanish article appears to be the fourth start. I wanted to add my information to it. Pkeets (talk) 13:10, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Was it deleted under speedy deletion criteria? It could be worth re-making an article in your sandbox that is Start-class quality rather than stub-class quality, and then submitting it. Mwheatley1990 (talk) 18:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Accents in Mexican sports bios
Per it may be worth taking a look at Category:Mexican male tennis players since one of the bios (Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela) was recently moved to the accented spelling and then reverted. Also per Manual_of_Style/Biographies I'm not sure that "Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Spanish: Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela)" makes much sense in regard to a Mexican national. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:19, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

RfC regarding the official language of Mexico
I have started an RfC regarding the question of whether Spanish should be mentioned as an official language in the infobox recognizing its de facto official status in spite of the fact that it is not legally given that status in Mexican law which simply mentions it as a National language along with the indigenous languages, and does not specify an official status. Please give your input. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 12:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Apodaca prison riot
Has anyone written an article in Spanish about the en:Apodaca prison riot? Someone needs to do so WhisperToMe (talk) 09:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Reevaluation of "Female homicides in Ciudad Juarez"
I recently edited the article Female homicides in Ciudad Juarez and would like to request a reevaluation of the article to be a part of WikiProject Mexico. Thank you very much! Cnovoa17 (talk) 21:32, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes has a chance to reach the main page via WP:ITNC, but his article's an unsourced mess at the moment--a shame for a guy so often described as Mexico's premier novelist. Would anyone be willing to help me and others with its expansion? Due to my ignorance of Spanish, the article is currently overly reliant on U.S. newspapers and critics. Khazar2 (talk) 19:17, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * If you find good sources in Spanish, I can take a quick read through.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 19:20, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

YO SOY 132
I'd like to draw your attention to what's perhaps the most important current event in Mexico: Yo So 132. I just started the article as a stub. Thank you.

--20-dude (talk) 03:57, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Bios
FYI that I nominated the following Mexico articles to be moved to Spanish spelling. Because the first name in the list is from Spain it will only show up on WikiProject Tennis and WikiProject Spain alerts page not here. Discussion is at Talk:Andres_Artunedo Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 14:02, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Cesar Ramirez (tennis) → César Ramírez (tennis)
 * Oliver Fernandez → Oliver Fernández
 * Joaquin Loyo-Mayo → Joaquín Loyo Mayo
 * Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela → Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

Work needed in category:Paralympic athletes of Mexico
As Olympic competitors for Mexico these BLPs meet notability but there's a lot of editing needs doing. I have tried to source and correct about 12 of them. Dates and places of birth are still missing from almost all. Gilberto Alavez, Moises Beristain, Perla Bustamante, María de los Ángeles Ortíz, Aaron Gordian, Ariadne Hernandez, Salvador Hernandez, Nicolas Ledezma, Jesus Lucero, Mauro Maximo de Jesus, Saúl Mendoza, Edgar Navarro, Adrián Paz Velázquez, Esther Rivera, Maria Salas, Mario Santillan, Lucia Sosa, Leticia Torres, Jeny Velazco, Felix Zepeda, Luis Zepeda. Thanks In ictu oculi (talk) 16:47, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Olmec colossal heads FA nom
Hi all. I've just posted Olmec colossal heads as a Featured Article Candidate and invite any comments on its review page. Thanks, Simon Burchell (talk) 20:06, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Perth requested-move notification
A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation), which proposes to move:
 * Perth → Perth, Western Australia
 * Perth, Scotland → Perth, Perthshire
 * Perth (disambiguation) → Perth

Background: There was a previous requested-move survey which ran from late May to mid June. There was a great deal of controversy surrounding the closure and subsequent events, which involved a number of reverts and re-reverts which are the subject of an ongoing arbitration case. There was a move review process, which was closed with a finding that the original requested-move closure was endorsed; however, the move review process is relatively new and untried. — P.T. Aufrette (talk) 03:16, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Abel Barrera Hernández
I've started a new article on Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award winner Abel Barrera Hernández, but the article is over-reliant on a very few English language sources. A Google News search suggests there's much more out there beyond the language barrier. Anybody want to take a glance and see if there's anything you want to add to this courageous fellow's article? Khazar2 (talk) 05:39, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Help with an article on Jorge Prieto Laurens at AFC
Hi there!

Someone has submitted on Mexican politician and journalist Jorge Prieto Laurens at Articles for Creation. The subject is clearly notable, but the author of the article has not provided any references. I'd normally try to provide these myself but, as I only have very basic Spanish and it seems that almost all of the sources on Laurens are in Spanish, I can't be much help here! So I was wondering if anyone at this project might have the time/will to help out with referencing this article?

Thanks, and all best,

Loriski (talk) 19:42, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

indian reservation
Are there indian reservation in Mexico? Or something like indian reservation? Indian territory? Where I get information about them?--Kaiyr (talk) 19:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No, there is nothing really equivalent to that in Mexico. Indigenous peoples live in towns, villages and communities that have no special legal status. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 19:50, 1 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanx. What about status of indian languages? Have they any status?--Kaiyr (talk) 11:38, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes they are "National languages" under the 2003 Law of Linguistic Rights. In practice however it is not generally possible to obtain government services in indigenous languages, and the indigenous language education system is very weak.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 11:40, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Spanish MOS Needed?
I noted three months back to a couple of IPA pronunciation expert editors that Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(regional) has: but not:
 * Manual of Style/Canada-related articles Shortcuts: WP:CSG WP:CANSTYLE WP:MOSCAN MOS:CA
 * Manual of Style/China-related articles Shortcuts: MOS:CHINESE WP:MOS-ZH WP:MOSCHINA
 * Manual of Style/France & French-related Shortcuts: WP:MOS-FR WP:FRMOS
 * Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles Shortcut: MOS:HAWAII
 * Manual of Style/India-related articles Shortcut: WP:MOSIN
 * Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles Shortcuts: WP:IMOS WP:MOS-IE
 * Manual of Style/Japan-related articles Shortcuts: WP:MOS-JA WP:MJ MOS:JAPAN
 * Manual of Style/Korea-related articles Shortcuts: MOS:KO WP:MOS-KO WP:MOSKOREA
 * Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles Shortcut: WP:MOSPHIL
 * Manual of Style/Poland-related articles Shortcut: WP:MOSPOL
 * Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles Shortcut: WP:MOSSG
 * Manual of Style/Spain & Spanish-related Shortcuts: WP:MOS-ES
 * Is there really nothing at all that could benefit by giving guidance? For instance:
 * Is there really nothing at all that could benefit by giving guidance? For instance:

(talk) 07:42, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Like when to use a Catalan place name, when to use a Spanish one?
 * 2) Like whether to use accents on capitals, like Oscar or Óscar?
 * 3) IPA pronunciation?
 * 4) Spelling between Iberian and American varieties of Spanish?
 * 5) How to treat Quechua (Runa Simi) and other articles?
 * 6) and so on?
 * I strongly agree with you. In my time editing Wikipedia, I have always looked for a MOS for places, names and even things in Spanish. The creation of one will certainly bring up some order in every Spanish-related article. I'd like to add, that this new MOS should not only include Spanish, but also other languages in Spanish-speaking countries; such is the case of Catalan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Galician, etc. steve  MX  23:15, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I know you, In ictu oculi, are not looking for Mexican naming conventions, but I've found some pretty good discussions that can lead in the creation of this MOS. We could apply these rules to all Spanish-speaking nations. Now, the question in whether using a Catalan place name or a spanish one, can be answered in (WP:ENGLISH), where the rule states "The most general rule of the Wikipedia is that editors should use the most common form of the name or expression used in English (WP:ENGLISH)." That's why, when you search for Cataluña in the English Wikipedia, you are redirected to Catalonia, because that is how the English-speaking world refers to that province. Now for a totally different case: when a place is not known enough, like the comarca Barcelonés (which, by the way, is Barcelonès in Catalan), the name of the article will be in its native name, because it is not known enough, or has no English translation.
 * P.S.: Here are the links I was talking about that may be useful:WikiProject Mexico/Strategy, WikiProject Spain, Talk:Political divisions of Mexico, Naming conventions (use English), WikiProject Mexico/Terminology

steve MX  23:11, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

US company or Mexican one?
Please see Talk:Dish México. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:17, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Request
I have recently expanded the Yadira Silva article. A DYK nomination have already been asked as well. Can anybody here help by reviewing the article before nominating for GA. A picture is need so badly and I have not been able to find any free one. Thanks in advance for your kind answers. Osplace 03:22, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems that this wikiproject is not currently alive. Osplace 22:24, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

not at the moment no109.225.102.38 (talk) 08:25, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
Perdóname:

No soy experto (?) en el país de México. Sin embargo, puedo leer mapas, y manejé de la Capital a esas grutas, este Miércoles, pasado. Entóces, tengo que escribir ALGO sobre el artículo con tema de las "Grutas de Cacahuamilpa." En ese artículo (en Inglés), que dice que las grutas quedan al sur-este del la Capital. No es cierto. Las grutas quedan al oeste-sur-oeste de la Capital. Y hay una representación visual en ese articulo (como se vea, en Inglés) que la hace a Taxco aparecer como ella queda proxima a la costa, también, incorrecto. Por lo menos, Taxco no aparece quedar (en la representación visuál) al este de la Capital. Si cualquiera persona no tiene planes de viajar a esa gruta, no importa el error; pero,. ..

Que viva México, y sus gentes!!!!

Bob B. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.180.205 (talk) 21:03, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Órale
Órale is a word that doesn't have a nley meaning, it is used as "all rigt" (afirmative expression) or as "oh" (admirative expresion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.235.17.173 (talk) 04:52, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Removal of burrito content RfC
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Burrito. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:40, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Alerts
Template can be activated WikiProject Mexico/Article alerts. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:42, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

New task force proposal
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject California/Southern California task force. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:45, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Images of Hidden Beach
To Whom It May Concern

I've seen some breath taking views of the hidden sea beach of Marieta Islands. I'm requesting to add some photographs of that to improve the quality of this page. I think people from Mexico may upload images.

Regards

Salahuddin Ahmad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salahuddin.Ahmad (talk • contribs) 13:40, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Colours of weatherboxes for locations in Mexico
Most of the weatherboxes have been reverted back to using standard colours. Before this, the majority of them used pastel temperature colours and used green precipitation colours. There should be a discussion in deciding which colour schemes should be used (even if you have never edited the weatherbox or the climate section before) in order to reach a consensus and thus use the same colour scheme for any location/city/town/municipality located in Mexico. Although a discussion can be found, given that how good the weatherbox looks depends on its climate and amount of data varies across countries. In this way, it avoids/minimizes any controversial edits over this.

This is an example below.

Ssbbplayer (talk) 19:21, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Does this WikiProject have a watchlist?
If so where is it? Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 19:51, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Proposed rename of Moctezuma II to Montezuma II
Please participate in the discussion at the talkpage: Talk:Moctezuma_IIUser:Maunus ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 02:18, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Copal is of Indian origin
If we go to the sight`Ancient India's Contribution to - Production Technology www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/india_contribution/. which is by Grand Duff who has written on the contribution of India,He has written that,"Copal is a resin extracted from a tree which in Latin is named Vateria Indica. This tree is to be found in the Western Ghats (Hills) of India. The word copal is not to be found today in the Oxford Dictionary, but according to the Periplus, " it is derived from the Sanskrit term "Kankamon". .So it should be clear that Copal,which is used or was used by the Greeks was from India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.96.172.149 (talk) 10:25, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

The word Mictecacisuatl is derived from three Sanskrit words and can be analysed as follows- / Mitteca' = 'Muktaka' ' one who is freed ( from  the cycle of life and death) or ' mrutaka' = the dead, 'Cisu' = Sisu'=  baby or child, ' atl'/atli/ = aatra/aatri (Fem.) = protect/ protector- woman. Thus the duty of the Goddess seems to be protection of dead children. 117.195.241.168 (talk) 01:52, 21 July 2013 (UTC) Bksatyanarayana

The word Suixtocisuatra is derived from four Sanskrit words- it can be analysed as follows- /Su/+/ixto/+ / cisu/+ /atl/- which mean- ' su '=good,(well behaved),'ixto/ = Ichchita = wanted/desired/loved/dear/ ' cisu= 'sisu'= baby,' atl'= 'aatra/= protector. Thus the name of the Goddess is 'Protector of our dear/beloved babies, as against the Goddess ' Mictecacisuatl who takes care of the dear dead babies. I do not know why or how she is called the Salt Goddess. 117.195.241.168 (talk) 03:02, 21 July 2013 (UTC)Bksatyanarayana

Maximilian of Mexico's photograph
Hi, does anyone has seen a copy of this photography of Maximilian of Mexico in larger resolution and with better quality? Doesn't matter if you saw in the internet or in books. --Lecen (talk) 20:18, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hernan Hecht
Hello Spanish-speaking editors! The above musician is said to have recorded many CDs in Mexico, and there are a lot of references in Spanish. Can someone look at them and decide if they are reliable? Thanks. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 05:20, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Re-evaluation of XHTVM-TV
It's been a few years since this article was looked at, and I feel it's better than stub class (it doesn't carry a stub template). I've expanded it a couple times, too, and added a bunch more sources from es.wiki and my own research. I feel it might be one of the strongest articles about broadcasting in Mexico; it compares favorably to XHTRES-TV, includes both Mexican and American sources, and covers a lot of ground for such a young station. Raymie (t • c) 22:36, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

FAR notification
I have nominated Sylvanus Morley for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 19:05, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Spanish / Lat Am MOS
Are there any editors interested in getting Manual of Style/Spain & Spanish-related articles improved to the status were it can be RFC-ed for a formal guidelina as WP:FRMOS is? If so please comment on Wikipedia Talk:Manual of Style/Spain & Spanish-related articles. Thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:02, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Law of Mexico, differences with European law, possible DYK submission
I created an article on the law of Mexico. I am having trouble discerning between Mexican law and European law (and what should be included in the article), and, being from the United States and not speaking Spanish, this is quite difficult for me. I have given it an initial assessment of "High", although it may well be "Top" given its relevance to pretty much every problem Mexico has. It has been suggested to me that I submit it for a DYK article, but I'm not sure if I can meet the stringent requirements (as in it must be five times larger than what it was 5 days ago, as I created it a couple weeks ago); if we can't, I'm sure an article on some random flower is more important and interesting to people. I was thinking the hook should be about the five consecutive and uninterrupted decisions (ejecutorias) requirement for case law. If there is anyone out there with a college degree in law from a Latin American country, your input and help would be greatly appreciated. Int21h (talk) 10:16, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barajillas
Hello Mexico experts. Would anyone like to improve this abandoned AfC submission about a town? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 20:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Mayan caves in the Yucatan (seeking additional information for this article)
Hello ! I have a question about Maya archeology. In the mid- 90s. I watched an interesting TV show. In it a group of people studied karst system in the Yucatan. At the deepest and furthest from the surface of the cave they found a small, stuffy stones input ( such as having the right kind of masonry ), allegedly leading to the lower world (or sanctuary) Maya. This entry allegedly walled Mayan priests to keep out strangers in a holy place (like Spanish ) when they invaded their land. Log in to open did not. In this TV show is over. For information about entering I have never found. If you know, please tell me : what was this cave , and where in fact this is the input? Thank you in advance. text in Russian - http://www.mezoamerica.ru/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2131. Vyacheslav84 (talk) 02:48, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

English exonyms for place names
English_exonyms. Can someone check this please. See also article Talk. Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:27, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Day of the Dead
Can anyone answer this question at Day of the Dead? Thanks! Kaldari (talk) 01:14, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Movement Republic of Baja California
I have no idea what to do with this new article. Do you? Bearian (talk) 22:48, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Emiliano Zapata
This article is in a terrible shape and it really should be at least GA level. I am starting a cleanup and expansion and would appreciate any and all collaboration.User:Maunus ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:23, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Platt Amendment
Why is the Platt Amendment part of this project? It's only listed as Start/Low, but still--it has NOTHING to do with Mexico, so far as I'm aware. I suggest removing it from the project. --179.218.140.239 (talk) 00:11, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Hierve del Agua
On the wiki Page for Hierve del Agua i found a small mistake - it states that visitors are charged 50 to 60 pesos to entre the site. When i visited on April 1st 2014  the charges were: 10 pesos per person to enter the area (Village) and 25 pesos per person to enter the site of Hierve del Agua. I hope this helped :) 177.238.98.124 (talk) 03:05, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Request for those in Mexico City in/near El Colegio de Mexico
Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_California/Los_Angeles_task_force

If anybody lives in or near El Colegio de Mexico, are you willing to scan copies of this master's thesis for me:
 * Watanabe, Chizuko. "The Japanese Immigrant Community in Mexico Its History and Present" (Master's thesis, California State University at Los Angeles, 1983.

It is important because there is an AFD on the Spanish Wikipedia about the es:Liceo Mexicano Japonés (English article) es:Wikipedia:Consultas de borrado/Liceo Mexicano Japonés

Worldcat says there should be a copy of this thesis here: http://www.worldcat.org/title/japanese-immigrant-community-in-mexico-its-history-and-present/oclc/16517074

If the area universities have copies of these, please also find:
 * "Proyecto Arquitectónico del Liceo Mexicano Japones, A.C." Arquitectura y sociedad, Colegio de Arquitectos de México, Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos, número 10, Ciudad de México, 1981 (Año XXV). Pages 19-27.
 * "Liceo Mexicano-japonés." Anuario de arquitectura, Ciudad de México, 1980.

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 05:38, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 22/04
Draft:Tlaxcalteca nation and affiliated tribes. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 03:56, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Erika Winters
Dear Mexico experts: This old AfC submission has references, but they are not in English. Is this a notable person, and are the references to reliable sources? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 03:10, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Please honor the efforts of the Wikipedians who helped rescue an article on ESWiki
Dear English Wikipedia community,

Please honor the efforts today of the men and women who helped this Spanish Wikipedia article survive the a deletion process: es:Liceo Mexicano Japon%C3%A9s (Liceo Mexicano Japon%C3%A9s). This helped preserve not only a Wikipedia article, but it also preserved a record of an internet account of an important institution of an ethnic group in Mexico City, the Japanese Nikkei, and it helped ensure young men and women in Mexico City would learn more about their history and their culture.

Please recognize the efforts of these Spanish-speaking Wikipedians...
 * es:User:AVIADOR
 * es:User:Rosymonterrey
 * es:User:Zerabat
 * es:User:Enrique Cordero (for discovering mistakes in the Spanish and explaining how to fix them)
 * es:User:Shalbat (minor corrections)
 * es:User:AnselmiJuan (adding additional possible sources to the article)
 * es:User:Demonaire Rai (for finding a page about book author Daniel M. Masterson that proved the author's credibility)

...and these Japanese-speaking Wikipedians...
 * en:User:Oda Mari
 * Professor Yamada (ja:User:山田晴通)
 * ja:User:Ichiro Kikuchi
 * ja:User:Ks aka 98
 * ja:User:あるうぃんす

...and these English-speaking Wikipedians...
 * User:Gamaliel (for providing references)
 * User:OhanaUnited (for providing references)

...in helping rescue the article. (If I forgot anyone, I'm sorry!)

In addition, please honor the efforts of those on Reddit. http://reddit.com/u/enomooshiki has provided to me and others in the Wikipedia community a difficult-to-access master's degree thesis by Chizuko Watanabe ("The Japanese Immigrant Community in Mexico: its History and Present", California State University Los Angeles, 1983). In addition to the rescue of the article, more people will learn about Chizuko Watanabe's scholarship and her work will become available and known to many around the world. In addition, http://reddit.com/u/fabianhjr had given me a list to the Google Scholar sources which helped me find a Japanese source.

Thank you, - WhisperToMe WhisperToMe (talk) 00:00, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Photo request for the Liceo Mexicano Japonés
Wikipedians in Mexico City (Federal District),

I have a photo request for the Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Camino a Santa Teresa No. 1500 Jardines del Pedregal 01900, México, D.F.) - Acess map, and also for this article: Japanese community of Mexico City.

Gracias, WhisperToMe (talk) 04:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Mexican cuisine
I was looking for information on "tinga", which seems to be a sauce of tomatoes and chipotles. Is it a recent or Cal Mex dish? I didn't find a reference in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.220.233 (talk) 15:38, 8 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't think it's a new or Cal Mex dish. See Tinga (dish). Esquiva (talk) 21:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Topilejo high school - website?
Is there a website for this school? I want to know more about it, and to see if it is eligible for an article. What is its name? WhisperToMe (talk) 10:55, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Mayorga, Alejandra. "Habitantes de Tlalpan, dispuestos a defender la preparatoria de Topilejo." El Universal. Sunday 23 September 2001.
 * "Inaugura AMLO preparatoria en Topilejo." La Crónica de Hoy. 2 June 2003.
 * Found more info, so I started: Escuela Preparatoria Tlalpan II "Otilio Montaño" WhisperToMe (talk) 12:55, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in the Americas may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:54, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hector Ceballos-Lascurain
Dear Mexico experts: A lot of work has been put into this abandoned AfC submission. Is this a notable person, and should the page be kept and improved instead of being deleted as a stale draft? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 13:27, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Mexico At Wikimania 2014
Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 13:31, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Living people on EN wiki who are dead on other wikis
The following individuals who are in the scope of this project are showing to be alive on the English wiki, but deceased on another language wiki:


 * Antonio Flores (footballer): de:Gestorben 2001
 * Carlos Blanco (footballer): de:Gestorben 2011 / fr:Date de décès inconnue (XXe siècle) / it:Morti nel 2011
 * Narciso López (footballer): de:Gestorben 1988 / fr:Décès en 1988
 * Raúl Arellano: de:Gestorben 1997 / fr:Décès en 1997
 * Ramiro Navarro: de:Gestorben 2008
 * Samuel Cuburu: de:Gestorben im 20. oder 21. Jahrhundert
 * Sergio Bravo: fr:Date de décès inconnue (XXe siècle)

Please help to find reliable sources to confirm if these individuals are alive or dead, or correct any mis-categorization on the relevant foreign-language article(s). Please see WP:LIVINGDEAD for more info and raise any issues on the talkpage. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 08:48, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Rfc at talk:Mexico
Your participation in an RfC os requested.User:Maunus ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:01, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Healthcare article stubs
I just started User:PC-XT/sandbox/Seguro Popular and User:PC-XT/sandbox/National Institute for the Older Adults, but probably won't have time to expand them very much. If anyone wants to move them to draft space, or improve them where they are, please feel free. I am also wondering if the last one should rather be titled "INAPAM" to avoid translation differences. —PC-XT+ 21:47, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Benjamin Moore Norman
Hello. Some of you may be interested in improving, expanding and adding referenced info to Benjamin Moore Norman, bearing in mind that it is a rough translation from the Spanish article. Please read the talkpage first, and reply there if interested. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:01, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Laura Zapata
To those interested, the article Laura Zapata is up for deletion. If you want to join the discussion, do so here: Articles for deletion/Laura Zapata. Antonio Zacatecas Martin dimelo 05:56, February 3, 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mexican Teen Telenovelas
Dear Mexico experts: This old AfC submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft unless someone decides to improve it. There appear to be lots of references available. Is this a notable topic? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 18:25, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses
Pleas add information about this country to this articles--Kaiyr (talk) 13:51, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

w:es:Wikiproyecto:Wikimedia en langues régionales de España
I invite to participate. And create table for wikipedia of Hispanoamérica.--Kaiyr (talk) 12:52, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

List of television stations in Mexico
While I don't think I should 'do it' since I'm not a member of this project, I'd like to nominate user:Raymie for the Mexico 'national merit barnstar', for the immense job of work he has just completed in updating and reformatting not only this list of over 1000 television stations, but also the 32 state lists. I'd also like to request that the national list be assessed by the project for FL status. Revent talk 20:23, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Mexican cinema task force
Hello! Just wanted you to know, that there is now a task force of WikiProject Film for Mexican cinema! Any members of your project that are interested in expanding articles about Mexican films, should add yourself to the list of participants for the Mexican cinema task force. Articles may be added to this task force by adding the parameter yes (or "Mexican=yes") to the WikiProject Film banner. Thanks, and please spread the word! Fortdj33 (talk) 16:19, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

FAR listing
I have nominated Selena for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.  Snuggums ( talk  /  edits ) 04:47, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Texas Revolution to FA push
Per this discussion at the MilHist Wikiproject, we're trying to get interest in bringing Texas Revolution to FA status and main page prominence by May 25, 2015 (Memorial Day). This will coincide with the airing of History Channel documentary on the events of the Texas Revolution after the Battle of the Alamo. Even if we can't get the article to FA status and on the main page, any improvements we can make to it will assist those who come looking for more information on the topic.

This is a call for volunteers! Brainstorming has begun at Talk:Texas Revolution. Karanacs (talk) 23:25, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barajillas
Hello, Mexico experts. Here's an old AfC submission that could use some help from someone who can find sources not in English. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 21:34, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

RFC on Mexicans of European origin
There is a content dispute about the inclusion of certain text in the lede section of White Mexicans. A Request for Comments is being used to resolve the issue. Please participate in the RFC. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:32, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Mexicans of European descent
The article on Mexicans of European descent could use some attention from previously uninvolved editors now that the editors who were edit-warring at it have been blocked for two weeks. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:11, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Spanish conquest of the Maya Good Topic nom
Hi all,

I have recently nominated Spanish conquest of the Maya for Good Topic, and would welcome any reviews or comments. Many thanks, Simon Burchell (talk) 11:05, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Editing Party of the Democratic Revolution
Hello, Wikiproject Mexico. I am editing the article on the Party of the Democratic Revolution. I am planning on giving a more complete view to the history of the political party. I would like help on finding policy positions that are applicable to the entire party as opposed to the views of a single state or a single candidate. For more information on my proposed edits and to collaborate please see my contribution on the article's talk page. Nnlpz (talk) 23:20, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Flag of Mexico FAR
I have nominated Flag of Mexico for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 15:34, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

David Goldbaum
Hello. I recently created an article on David Goldbaum, an early prospector of Baja California and Mayor of Ensenada. Is anyone able to find his portrait/picture and willing to expand his page please? Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:43, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Cochineal FAR
I have nominated Cochineal for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 18:30, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Voluntariado Cultural medal
The artiole on Maurice Cotterell claims that he was a recipient of the "Voluntariado Cultural medal", presented by the president of Mexico. I can find nothing about this alleged medal. Any help from specialists in Mexican culture would be appreciated. Paul B (talk) 22:19, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Florencia Sánchez Morales
Please see Articles for deletion/Florencia Sánchez Morales, where this WikiProject may be able to help determine notability of the person in question.-War wizard90 (talk) 03:43, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Translation of Escuandureo from es.wikipedia
The article 2015 Michoacán shootout is being discussed at In the news/Candidates.

Es.wikipedia has this article Ecuandureo (Michoacan), I've added a google translated version of the lead section to Escuandureo, would very much appreciate someone fixing this up and translating.

Thanks. -- Aronzak (talk) 02:00, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
 * 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

Sierra de Guadalupe cave paintings
Hi I am new to the Mexico project. I was going through random articles and came across this stub. It interested me so I researched it, added citations, added text and linked the article to Mulega, Baja California and rock art pages. I would appreciate some feedback if possible. Thanks! Reefswaggie (talk) 10:54, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Revista H and H Para Hombres
what is the difference between Revista H and H Para Hombres? the articles seem to indicate they are the same magazine? Frietjes (talk) 12:37, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Baja California
Hi fellow participants of WikiProjet Mexico!

I received the following threat on my talk page: - You may not be aware of how the process works. You made a controversial edit, it was reverted. You do NOT continue to move the articles name. If you wish to have the article moved, you should use the WP:RM process. I advise you to move the article back immediately, before I file an edit warring report.-- JOJ <sup style="color:#CC9900;">Hutton  18:42, 10 July 2015 (UTC) -


 * 1) I boldly reverted the unilateral moves performed by a now gone users related to Baja California, see : Talk:Municipalities of Baja California, among these reversions was Baja California -> Baja California (state). Reasons for that latter move, have been documented at the talk page.
 * 2) Jojhutton reverted:  16:48, 10 July 2015‎ Jojhutton (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (46,402 bytes) (0)‎ . . (Jojhutton moved page Baja California (state) to Baja California over redirect: Do not agree with previous undiscussed move. There is no evidence of confusion.)
 * 3) I reverted, addressing the misinformed "There is no evidence of confusion". My edit summary "Evidence is at the talk page, please don't disrupt the clean up process"
 * 4) Jojhutton reverted again: Use the RM process. Articles should only be moved without discussion if there is no opposition.
 * 5) I reverted again, addressing the fact, that the only known opposition was misinformed: over redirect: no opposition, beside a misinformed (user received clarification), known

Then the above threat. Now, I think that Jojhutton ignores BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, which states, that one should be explicit about the reasons for a revert. Jojhutton didn't gave a valid reason, there was a misinformed one that was addressed and there was a procedural one that does not apply, since "Articles should only be moved without discussion if there is no opposition." I agree with the latter, but reason-based opposition (When reverting, be specific about your reasons) is not known to me. Eldizzino (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Connecting with INEGI
I did work on connecting articles with INEGI identifiers. That involved creating an article for every municipality, then putting all articles about localities in municipality specific categories. It also involved clearly separating topics, e.g. there is the Yucatán Peninsula and the much smaller state of Yucatán. Similar for Baja California. In both cases, there exist many links from articles to the plain name, even if from context one can see that the state is not the correct entity for the link target.

For the article names I applied standard conventions for performing the work, the municipalities are at "X Municipality" and states are, if ambiguous at "X (state)".

In Wikidata I requested the creation of a property "INEGI locality identifier", it has been created and can be found at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1976

In Wikidata I merged several items bringing Dutch, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, German, Spanish, French Wikipedia articles together in one item. Serbo-Croatian is outstanding, as a bot has created ~100 000 stub articles. I filed a bot request at Bot requests to get labels from Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia. Hopefully the items then can be matched with articles in Spanish and Engish Wikipedia.

Today my work got interrupted, see Talk:Baja_California. I will halt clean up. Sad. Eldizzino (talk) 19:40, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

- we met at Talk:Haciendas of Yucatán. What do you think about that layout: This will help to connect articles with Wikidata and the used centrally stored content, e.g. the INEGI identifier, population data, area etc. Eldizzino (talk) 19:58, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Each of the municipalities of Mexico should have an article at "X Municipality" where "X" is the official name, i.e. no translation, e.g. Playas de Rosarito Municipality and NOT Rosarito Beach Municipality. Also not "Municipality of X" and not "X (municipality)". Article names should be highly predictable per WP:SURPRISE. If more than one municipality exists, in Mexico or in other countries, then the article is at "X Municipality, state name"
 * A category for each municipality article is created, named exactly like the article
 * All articles about localities (localidades) are placed into the corresponding municipality category are a subcategory thereof.
 * to be quite honest, I don't know a lot about the municipalities other than Yucatán and I only started working on them because I want to do the haciendas. It would make my work on the haciendas much easier if the localidades and municipios were done and a bot sounds lovely. I do think we should have all of the locations in Mexico (okay everywhere else too) in Wikipedia. SusunW (talk) 14:51, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Featured Picture nomination for Coat of arms of Mexico
I've nominated the Coat of arms of Mexico for Featured Picture consideration.

The nomination discussion page is at Featured picture candidates/Coat of arms of Mexico.

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:10, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

We need an article Cannabis in Mexico
Hello, I'm working at WP:WikiProject Cannabis, and we're trying to expand our coverage of "Cannabis in (country)" articles, and I saw that we don't have one for Mexico. The subject is a complicated and interesting one there, with Mexico's role in popularizing cannabis in the United States, the way racism towards Hispanics in the US led to cannabis being made illegal, Mexico's role in mass-producing and exporting cannabis as it grew popular in the US in the 1960s, and Mexico's current situation with the Drug War and cartels, and how that's being affected by legalization and competition in the US. Having a strong and well-referenced article would really help to address myths and misunderstandings about the situation, and bring accurate facts to Wikipedia readers.

We have some suggestions at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cannabis for how to help add more countries to our coverage; anyone here want to help out by covering Mexico? You can use some of our recent articles as a template to see what kinds of facts and details would help! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 12:08, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Mexico to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Mexico/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the Tool Labs tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! <font face="Broadway">Mr.Z-man 03:47, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Corruption in Mexico
I think the "Corruption in Mexico" article could benefit from an historical analysis of the PRI and from a contemporary issues section. Efoxman42 (talk) 01:05, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Human Rights in Mexico
I think the "Human Rights in Mexico" article could use more information, specifically: what causes human rights issues in Mexico? It might be useful to analyze human rights issues through the lens of the democratization process. Efoxman42 (talk) 01:05, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Judaism in Mexico
I think the "Judaism in Mexico" article could benefit from revisions to the pre-independence section; this could include more information on the Porfiriato. Additionally, the post-independence section could benefit from the inclusion of more information about the years surrounding WWII. Efoxman42 (talk) 01:05, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Need help identifying whether a "story" is fact or fiction
Requesting feedback from people who are familiar with or interested in Oaxaca local history just prior to the revolution / literature about that time at Talk:San_Juan_Guelavía Thanks!-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  03:05, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Robert Lee Slaughter
Hello. Is anyone able to find more referenced info about Texas rancher Robert Lee Slaughter's ranch in Sonora, Mexico please? There must be some in Mexican newspaper archives--not sure how to find them though. Thank you and happy new year.Zigzig20s (talk) 12:42, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

seeking name of a documentary about a wall between Mexico and Central America
I'm looking for a documentary about Guatemalan immigration in to Mexico, a documentary about a wall between Mexico and Central America.

I saw this movie on Netflix maybe five years ago. Now I don't remember the name of the movie, and I can't find it on any search engines.

Do you know the name of the documentary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.26.247.250 (talk) 04:21, 28 February 2016 (UTC) The beast, Which way home... are the ones that come to mind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.203.187.208 (talk) 15:07, 10 March 2016 (UTC)


 * There is a Mexican documentary called "llevate mis amores" directed by Arturo Gonzalez Villasenor is about a group of women in mexico who prepare food for immigrations from central america, better known as "Las patronas" http://ambulante.com.mx/es/mas/documental/llevate-mis-amores --Fujiiy (talk) 04:42, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Please help, WikiProject Mexico!
Why is there no article about Yuya?

Please look at the article List of the most subscribed users on YouTube. Each of these mega-YouTubers rightly has an article about them, but the 17th most popular YouTuber in the world, Mariand Castrejon, beauty expert from Mexico, has none.

Why is this? I don't know, but she's only become hugely famous a little bit recently. Also, she's about the girliest girly-girl I've ever seen, and we Wikipedians aren't a very girly bunch.

Whatever the reason, she's hugely popular and getting more so every day, so let there be an article about Mariand Castrejon.

Here, see this citiation: https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/yuya

¡VIVA MEXICO! Chrisrus (talk) 06:24, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello,I found a nice surce about Yuya, so you can read more about her. http://yuyatutoriales.blogspot.kr/2013/09/mariand-castrejon.html

But, if you can't read spanish, ask for someone to help you, or replay here and I can help you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.104.240.88 (talk) 03:46, 17 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Please go ahead and create it. I will help you if you want or need help.  Chrisrus (talk) 20:01, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

High schools in Mexico City
I'm creating articles on private high schools in Mexico City using these lists of highest performing high schools from Diario Reforma:
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/libre/offlines/pdf/archivos/ref/norte_prepas2016.pdf?Rdm=
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/libre/offlines/pdf/archivos/ref/valle_napoles_prepas2016.pdf?Rdm=
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/libre/offlines/pdf/archivos/ref/sur_prepas2016.pdf?Rdm=
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/libre/offlines/pdf/archivos/ref/detalle_prepas2016.pdf?Rdm=
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/graficohtml5/universitarios/mejoresprepas2013/sur-poniente.html
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/graficohtml5/universitarios/mejoresprepas2013/norte.html
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/graficohtml5/universitarios/mejoresprepas2013/valle.html
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/graficohtml5/universitarios/mejoresprepas2013/sta-fe.html
 * http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/graficohtml5/universitarios/mejoresprepas2013/sur.html

I am creating them on ENwiki rather than ESwiki because on EN notability is generally presumed for high schools, while this is not so for ESwiki (in other words I can create an article about a high school article on ENwiki and generally expect it to survive as long as it can be verified to exist, even if I have not yet found secondary sources about that high school).

The idea is to get new editors for Wikipedia by enticing high schoolers to edit articles about their schools. In this case though they have to do it in English, not Spanish. WhisperToMe (talk) 08:27, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

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Charales (fish)
This was created by an exchange student in my class, and he didn't add interwiki links. Since the class is over and the student is unlikely to respond to my questions, can someone confirm this is the correct name, has no interwiki or merge target here? Thanks, --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:20, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Laguna El Jabalí
Is this salvageable, or is it not-notable and should be deleted? Any second opinions? --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned football club
Hello all! As I was looking through orphaned articles, I stumbled upon Alacranes Rojos. The article claims the team plays in Segunda División de México however they don't seem to be listed at that page or at List of football clubs in Mexico. Can someone who knows a bit more about this (or maybe even who speaks some Spanish?) take a look and confirm that the team really does play in Segunda Division? If so, de-orphaning it will be a breeze for all of us. Thanks a bunch!! Ajpolino (talk) 20:34, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Category:Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Charles (Mexico) has been nominated for discussion
Category:Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Charles (Mexico), which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:16, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Please See - Submissions
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:51, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Request for help - Agua Puerca
Hello all! While going through old orphaned articles, I stumbled upon Agua Puerca, which hasn't seen much editing action since it was created in 2005. Unfortunately, I couldn't find much in the way of English-language sources to add to the article. Any chance someone with more familiarity with the area, or with some proficiency in Spanish might have time to take a look around and see if they could dig up anything to improve the article? Bonus points if you can de-orphan it. Alternatively, if you think the topic doesn't merit its own article, we can nominate it for deletion. Thanks for your help!! Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 21:28, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Announcing WikiConference North America in San Diego, Fri-Mon 7-10 October
I am not a regular participant to this WikiProject, so please excuse my intrusion. Still, I thought this would be of interest. Thanks for introducing this conference in a previous note here.

I am inviting participants in WikiProject United States to WikiConference North America to be held in San Diego Friday to Monday 7-10 October. Here are further details: Discussion about the conference on-wiki could happen at meta:WikiConference North America.
 * We are accepting submissions until 31 August.
 * We are accepting scholarship applications 9 August - 23 August. About 40 scholarships are available only for people in Canada, the US, and Mexico. Last year about 200 people applied for scholarships.
 * More volunteers are needed. In the usual wiki-way, anyone may comment on program submissions. At the conference in person, all staff will be volunteer and all attendees are encouraged check in with conference organizers about volunteering for the task queue even for an hour. Anyone interested may contact to offer volunteer support.
 * Major sponsorship for the conference comes from the San Diego Public Library who are providing the venue and a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation.
 * This is the third year of this conference, with WikiConference USA being in New York in 2014 and in Washington DC in 2015. Check the schedules of those for examples of what kinds of programming will be offered this year.

I am one of the organizers for this event. I thought that I should share this information here, as this conference includes the regional focus of this WikiProject. Thanks.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  18:59, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Women in Food and Drink editathon
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list)

Latin American 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge ‎ has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Argentina etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Latin American content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 350 articles in just six days. If you would like to see this happening for Latin America, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Latin America, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:22, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

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Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

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Proposed deletion of Araceli de León


The article Araceli de León has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Article may not be eligible for Template:Prod blp, but it is not supported by any sources despite being tagged as such since 2009. Article is basically one unsourced sentence followed by a long filmography with no sources provided to show that this individual satisfies WP:BIO let alone WP:NACTOR.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:35, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Category:Order of Saint Charles (Mexico) has been nominated for discussion
Category:Order of Saint Charles (Mexico), which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 04:03, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * This got additional comment and is resolved.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  19:05, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Editing
Hello, I'm writing to let you know that I was wanting to edit and add more information on Madero's plan, Plan of San Luis Potosi. This is a very interesting topic to me and I just wanted to let you know that I was going to edit your works. I actually learned about something new while reading your work. Thanks, korr20 1:05 pm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Korr20 (talk • contribs) 18:06, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

FLC for Latin Grammy Hall of Fame
I nominated the article for Latin Grammy Hall of Fame for FLC. The Latin Grammy Hall of Fame contains many recordings done by Mexican artists inducted into the hall of fame. I'd appreciate thee feedback! Erick (talk) 01:34, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Expanding Cannabis in Mexico?
This article is very short and could use expansion; anyone up to help build it? Cannabis in Mexico. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 20:25, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Emisor Oriente Tunnel
Please visit Talk:Emisor Oriente Tunnel and help figure out the maps! I'd be very grateful for anything you can glean from them. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:54, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

San Francisco Xonacatlán
Hi, can someone check that San Francisco Xonacatlán and Xonacatlán are been different ? Thanks --Framawiki (please notify) (talk) 19:31, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, any idea ? --Framawiki (please notify) (talk) 19:57, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Fluent listener needed
See Talk:Juan Gabriel.

§ Personal life and death of the article begins "Juan Gabriel was never married." I'm nothing like fluent in Spanish, but I can get something out of it. In one of the videos included in reference LatinTimes, one of the two women in the conversation is describing the communications and relations between father and son. At about 2:34 into the clip she says "su hijo legítimo" ("his legitimate son"), stressing the adjective emphatically with her voice and a raised index finger.

Can someone fluent in Spanish please check that video? It may lead somewhere we can follow. Please me to discuss.

Thnidu (talk) 04:56, 6 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I saw the video...They indicate that it is a legitimate son and "recognized biologically". As to what that means...?
 * _Hugo cantu (talk) 20:02, 15 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Is this issue resolved? Can you restate the request to clarify if it needs to be repeated?  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  19:04, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * No,, it hasn't progressed any further. At this point, my best guess (and a pretty weak one at that) is that the woman who claimed he was "su hijo legítimo" was either wrong, or misinformed, or using the word in a different way than the legal usage of "legitimate" in English-- and, I presume but am not sure, "legítimo" in Spanish; perhaps that Juan Gabriel accepted and acknowledged the man as his son. --Thnidu (talk) 21:14, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Altamirano, Guanajuato
Hey all! Is Altamirano, Guanajuato a place? I can't find mention of it anywhere else. The listed reference on the page is dead and isn't archived. The listed coordinates seem to point to Ciudad Manuel Doblado. If someone could find a ref verifying the place exists, that would be much appreciated. Thanks! Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 04:58, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Hey there, . I just googled Altamirano, Guanajuato and got a whole bunch of non-wiki hits. Here's one of them: Altamirano, Guanajuato 14 Day Weather Forecast, Mexico. --Thnidu (talk) 21:41, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Notice to participants at this page about adminship
Many participants here create a lot of content, may have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Requests for adminship.

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 * Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll

You could be very helpful in evaluating potential candidates, and even finding out if you would be a suitable RfA candidate.

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Sofia Niño de Rivera
I've just created this article and would love if someone could add any info to it! (I don't speak Spanish, which makes it a little bit harder to write about her) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:08, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Upcoming "420 collaboration"

 * We could particularly use help with the following tasks
 * Improve Cannabis in Mexico with current news, Spanish-language sources, etc
 * Improve es:Usuario:Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney/Cannabis en México so the draft can be re-published
 * Thanks! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 04:40, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Bahia de Tembo

 * Is the place notable?
 * Sources, please.
 * The page is an orphan. Please link it.Xx236 (talk) 12:14, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
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Articles for deletion/List of regions of Mexico
We could use some input as to whether the regions given actually exist as such. Mangoe (talk) 15:42, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Edit requests for Vianovo article
Greetings! On behalf of Vianovo, a company with offices in Mexico, I'm reaching out to see if any editors are willing to help me update the company's Wikipedia article. There are 2 edit requests posted here. I won't edit the article directly because of my conflict of interest, and I'm happy to respond to any questions or concerns on the article's talk page, or on my user talk page. Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 18:15, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The edit requests have been answered, so I am marking this section as resolved. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:19, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Help with deleting references to the made up Mexican regions
The regions of Mexico that were used on a large set of articles, have now been found to be completely made up.AfD 1, 2 Given that those regions are fake, their mentions need to be deleted in other articles on the wiki. This is quite the task, so I'm hoping some of you guys could help with this task. You can find the articles with links to one of the regions on one of the following pages:

This still leaves unlinked references, but this is a good start. A bot can create a full list of articles that feature one of the regions at a later date. - Kippenvlees1 (talk) 17:52, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

New Article Proposal Under WikiProject Mexico
I am a student planning on creating an article on food security in Mexico. Would anyone have any recommendations for how I should go about doing so? If it would help, on my user page sandbox, I have a detailed preliminary plan listed on how I plan to structure the article and what I plan to include. Thank you! Jk956 (talk) 23:20, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * That's a very difficult topic – thank you for deciding to take it! For starters, I would look at other "Food security in ____" articles and create an outline of what the Mexico article should look like. At least know what sections exist/are appropriate and then go from there. Before you start writing, I would add bullet points to each section with what you want to cover, and the sources you will use for each section (sometimes those overlap). When I'm writing big articles, I like to add the sources first in the draft. That takes me about 1–2 weeks. I then read them all (you'll probably have to check out books at a library or use Google Books, so your timeline might be different. Citing book sources is a different monster, especially if you're doing multiple pages in different parts of the same book. I can help you with this). Then I create an outline, and then I start writing. You can do it in many different ways, but I feel like this approach helps me organize my writing. IF you read Spanish and have access to such books, this can really enhance the quality of the article. Feel free to ping me back here and/or in your sandbox page. MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 19:06, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest
Hi. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on Mexican women during this month please sign up in the participants section. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Help would also be appreciated in drawing up the lists of missing articles. If you think of any missing articles for your project please add them to the appropriate sub list Missing articles. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:07, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Mexico

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 17:06, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

List of fatal cougar attacks in North America
A discussion has been started regarding the factual accuracy of some of the information in this article. Your input is requested here. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 16:08, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to edit
Hi, I invite you to edit and expand this article United States involvement in regime change in Latin America that would certainly benefit from more editors. Greetings. --Dereck Camacho (talk) 05:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Article: Greek Mexicans
The title of this article might seriously be reconsidered to establish just what is the intent of the article since ethnicity and nationality are not synonymous and the statistics concern a variety of facts that are not necessarily consistently supporting. You can have people of Greek and Mexican ethnicity living outside Mexico yet they are Greek Mexicans.

This reminds me of a personal experience where I had a neighbor born in Vietnam to parents that were ethnically Chinese. So here we have a former Vietnamese citizen whose ethnicity was Chinese living in the US. She is of Vietnamese nationality but certainly not of Vietnamese ethnicity. Also take as an example people of the US. We are all fundamentally from some other place that usually defines our ethnicity. I cannot tell you how many people I have run across from thre Mediterranean area that migrated from one country although they were a refugee from another where they were born yet ethnically their parents came from yet another country because of some other diaspora.2605:E000:9143:7000:C801:CBEF:3187:27AA (talk) 14:23, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Eyes on Teotlalpan
It would be good with more eyes and attention on Teotlalpan it is created by who has been blocked at different times at different wikiprojects because they insist on creating low quality articles about the area where they live, with OR, poor sourcing and atrocious grammar. He has been told by many editors in many wikiprojects that there are problems with his articles, but nonetheless he persists. "Teotlalpan" is the informal name of a not clearly defined region covering parts of Hidalgo and Mexico State, but it was never an major administrative region and there are no sources specifically about the region. I have proposed merging the article to Mezquital, since several articles mention that Teotlalpan was simply the prehispanic name for Mezquital and that it was superseded by the name "Mezquital" in the late 18th century. The little informaiton we have about the prehispanic region can be easily covered in the history section of the article on Mezquital Valley. Please participate in the merge discussion. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 10:04, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

ATTN. Editors/Administrators - Re:Draft:Nestor Mesta Chayres - noted Mexican Tenor
ATTN. Editors/Administrators - Re:Draft:Nestor Mesta Chayres - noted Mexican Tenor

Hola Fellow Wikipedians - If an Editor or Administrator is free, the draft Draft:Nestor Mesta Chayres appears to be ready for a move from draftspace to mainpage space. Perhaps an Editor or Administrator is available to assist in the move. Many thanks once again for your kind and thoughtful assistance and best wishes for your continued success in the future. With best regards. PS

PS - When the move to mainpaige space is executed the article should probably be linked on Wikidata to es:Nestor Mesta Chayres on the Spanish Wikipedia (Q50293161) and it:Néstor Mesta Chaires ((Q20006068) on the Italian Wikipedia. Thanks once again for your kind consideration and best wishes for the success of WikiProject Mexico! 104.207.219.150 (talk) 21:20, 2 March 2018 (UTC)PS

ATTN. Editors/Administratos RE: Draft:Juan Arvizu - noted Mexican Tenor and recording artist of the early 20th century.
ATTN: EDITORS?ADMINISTRATORS RE: Draft:Juan Arvizu - Draft article on the noted Mexican Tenor

Hola Fellow Wikipedians - If an Editor or Administrator is free, the draft Draft:Juan Arvizu appears to be ready for a move from draftspace to mainpage space. Perhaps an Editor or Administrator is available to assist in the move in the days ahead. The article should probably be linked to the article it:Juan Arvizu on the Italian Wikipedia (Wikidata # Q5947576). Many thanks once again for your kind and thoughtful assistance and best wishes for your continued success in the future. With best regards 104.207.219.150 (talk) 16:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)PS

César Duarte Jáquez
Hello. While reading the FT, I came across this politician's name. Could someone here please expand the article? The Spanish article is much longer and well-sourced. Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 09:33, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

ATTN: EDITORS - RE: Nestor Mesta Chayres and Juan Arvizu - Request for Assessment/quality rating for these noted Mexican Lyric Tenors
ATTN: EDITORS - RE: Nestor Mesta Chayres and Juan Arvizu

Hello fellow Wikipedian Editors: In the event that you have some free time kindly examine the new biographical articles Nestor Mesta Chayres and Juan Arvizu for a quality/importance assessment for the Wikiproject Mexico. Each of these lyric tenors from Mexico achieved international acclaim interpreting the boleros of Agustín Lara and María Grever as well as the standard operatic repertoire and were held in high esteem both in North and South America as well as in Europe and new York during the 1930s and the 1940s. They also recorded extensively for RCA, RCA Victor, and Columbia Records in both North and South America with leading concert orchestras and radio orchestras including CBS. Juan Arvizu is credited with "discovering" the Mexican composer Agustín Lara in a café in Mexico and employing him as an accompanist on the piano. He is also recognized as one of the most successful recording artists on the RCA label of his time (credited with performing nearly 2,000 songs). The musical legacy of these two classically trained tenors has been archived for posterity on Archive.org as documented in the external links section (See: and

Enjoy and kindly accept my sincerest thanks in advance for your kind and thoughtful consideration. With best regards for the future success of Wikiproject Mexico20:45, 7 April 2018 (UTC)72.69.152.90 (talk)JJ

Invitation to San Diego 2018 Bonfire for those in Baja California
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/April 2018. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:52, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Ending the system of portals
Hello, there's a proposal to delete all Wikipedia portals. Please see the discussion here. --NaBUru38 (talk) 14:08, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:46, 27 April 2018 (UTC)