Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Puerto Rico/Archives/2019/August

"Puerto Rican" or "American" in the intro?


This article previously stated that he is a Puerto Rican actor, but has changed it to state he is an American actor.

What are the project guidelines on identification in this regard? The article seems sufficiently robust that del Toro is Puerto Rican. Is there some subtlety I'm missing? Or could somebody from the project chime in on how to handle this case? —C.Fred (talk) 20:24, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Application Form for Certificate of Puerto Rican Citizenship.jpg
 * I would like to express my humble opinion on the issue. I believe that the correct term that should be used to describe the nationality of a person born in Puerto Rico even under the American flag should be "Puerto Rican". This is taking into consideration that there is a "Puerto Rican citizenship". According to the article which is well referenced "Puerto Rican citizenship was first legislated by the United States Congress in Article 7 of the Foraker Act of 1900 and later recognized in the Constitution of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican citizenship existed before the U.S. takeover of the islands of Puerto Rico and continued afterwards. Its affirmative standing was also recognized before and after the creation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952. Puerto Rican citizenship was recognized by the United States Congress in the early twentieth century and continues unchanged after the creation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Another thing that must be taken into consideration is that the "American Citizenship" which was "granted" to the native Puerto Ricans is a limited citizenship which can be revoked at anytime. This is due to the fact that in order for that "citizenship" to be permanent an amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to be made. That means that every native born Puerto Rican does not have a true and complete American citizenship, but does have a Puerto Rican Citizenship, therefore the answer to the question in regard to the nationality of a person born in Puerto Rico, if he or she is an American or a Puerto Rican, should be in my opinion "Puerto Rican". Tony the Marine (talk) 00:35, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

OSM spelling of San Juan is wrong bug report created
This issue affects a lot of articles. On articles about places in San Juan, the infobox is being populated by maps, which I'm all for but the spelling of San Juan is incorrect. I created a bug report for the wrong spelling of San Juan, showing in infoboxes. I think they are Dynamically Generated maps from Open Street Map. Bug report is here, FYI. --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 23:32, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
 * FYI; the problem with incorrect spelling of San Juan on OpenStreetMaps that show on Wikiarticles of places such as La Fortaleza has been fixed.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 03:07, 28 August 2019 (UTC)