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[[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 02:09, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Agustín Eyzaguirre Arechavala
Hi. You said
- The "y" is used in this name in all the history books that include his full name, if not, he is only identified by his paternal last name
I don't know about history books, but the Spanish Wikipedia uses es:Agustín Manuel de Eyzaguirre Arechavala. Diccionario Enciclopédico Santillana uses Eyzaguirre Arechavala, Agustín.
See also Revista Icarito.
- In this case, I recommend you to consult some more authoritative history books than a simple school compilation by a popular newspaper. The "y" particle appears mentioned in among other books the "Historia de Chile" by Francisco Antonio Encina, the "Historia de Chile" by Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna, the "Colección de Documentos para la Historia de Chile" by José Toribio Medina, the "Resumen de la Historia de Chile" by Leopoldo Castedo, and others. The particle "de" is another issue. Most last names related to a "Mayorazgo" indicated so by using the particle "de", in order to point out the family or economic relation. The "y" was used in similar way. I reviewed the use of the "de Eysaguirre" (the use of the "z" was not consistent through the citations) and it seems that the person in question didn't use it, but the issue is still not settled yet. If you have different information I would be very glad to hear it. Mel Romero 20:41, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pinochet
Melromero thanks for your work cleaning up the Pinochet article. It is much tighter now. You have done a very good job.
[edit] Lady Antonia Fraser
Regarding the article on Antonia Fraser, of which you were the first and principal poster: Would you happen to know what she received her degree at Lady Margaret in? Was it history (which might seem obvious) or something else? Thanks! --Michael K. Smith 18:40, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Request for edit summary
Thanks, I will, though what I have been doing so far is just re categorizing the information about Chilean people, without making any substantive changes to the content.Mel Romero 08:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] War of the Pacific
Hello there! I was just reviewing several articles that are related to this topic, and it would be great if we can share a couple of words and exchange some information before dedicating ourselves to edit in this articles. In this way, by coordinating our efforts, we can improve the quality of the articles and make them free of any POV; that is, that the articles can be read properly and that they are clearly balanced, presenting the common ideas or history that Peruvians, Bolivians and Chileans can have about this war. Cheers! And leave a comment in my talk page any time. Messhermit 12:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- You can get in touch with me in any way that you want. Messhermit 03:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- It would be better if we talk a little bit before creating the articles. That is, sometimes in history, both sides can have a different approach to a single event. Cheers!. Messhermit 12:29, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category sorting
Hi there. Why have you changed the category sorting pipes on various articles? For example, you changed [[Category:1868 births|Alessandri, Arturo]] to [[Category:1868 births|A]]. The full name is needed in order for the entries to be sorted properly on the category page. Unless there's a reason for these changes, they should be reverted. —Whouk (talk) 11:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- I've now corrected these article. The relevant help page is Help:Category#Order of the lists; setting sort keys. Thanks. —Whouk (talk) 13:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I'll take your reply point by point as I didn't follow it all...
- a) If you use the full name of the person, specially when, like in the case of Chilean names, there's a composite last name (meaning, using father and mother's last names, in that order), the lists won't be in alphabetical order. I have tried it several ways, and just putting the first initial of the last name you want the person listed under seems to solve the problem
- Could you give me an example of what you mean? For someone like Alberto Blest Gana, the only different between sorting on "Blest Gana" rather than "B" is that instead of appearing at the top of the "B" category he appears between, say, someone called Black and someone called Boone - which is where he should appear.
- b) when you reversed the changes made, you eliminated many people from the lists (they were new categories) which will need quite a lot of work to put back together, and also, you disarranged quite a few names from their correct position
- I removed some from the category Category:Chilean people, but that was because it was a duplication. If someone is in Category:Chilean generals, they don't need to be in the "people" category too as the generals category is a sub-category of Category:Chilean people by occupation. What do you mean by "disarranged quite a few names from their correct position"? Can you give me an example? —Whouk (talk) 07:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
- Well, look for example at the two Errazuriz presidents (father and son) - Errazuriz Echaurren should be BEFORE Errazuriz Zañartu since both have the same first name, but using the system that you advocate happens exactly the oppossite. Then check all the other Errazuriz in that list, and you will see what I mean.
- I see what you mean. The error here, however, is that one of them has Errazuriz with an accent and the other doesn't. I have added the accent and now they sort correctly. (Incidentally, please wikilink to the articles you're writing about.)
- Ok, just a couple of examples for your sake - 1) Francisco de la Lastra should be listed under "L" not under "D", according to common usage for names employing the "de" or "del" or "de la" particle.
- That's fine. But the way to fix that is to change the sort from "|de la Lastra, Francisco" to "|Lastra, Francisco de la" (as I have now done), not to reduce it to an L on its own.
- 3) sub-categories should be just that, special caracteristics, but the possessors should also be listed under "Chilean people" in general, because if not it would be very difficult for people who know are looking for someone but don't their profession to find them, the categorizing should make it easier, not more complex. At least everyone in that list has been arranged that way, if we were to follow the other suggestion, then the list of Chilean people would be empty save for the sub-categories.
- And that would be fine, IMHO. See Wikipedia:Categorization#Some general guidelines. Tom Cruise, for example, appears in Category:American film actors, and therefore doesn't appear in Category:American actors or Category:American people. —Whouk (talk) 08:14, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your edit to Disaster of Tucapel
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[edit] Jorge Peña Hen
Hi. I see that you've added him to a category (no problem there!), BUT you've changed the "n" to "ñ" in the first part of his surname in all the categories. If you look at the history you'll see that I originally had the ñ in the cats. Another user changed it to n and explained why - it messes up the indexing. I've changed one of the cats (Opera composers) back and if you look there you'll see that a) he files correctly between Pashkevitz and Pergolesi and b) the ñ is present (as if by magic - apparently it comes from the article title). Your alteration made him file after Petrella. If you look at the cats that I've not altered back you'll see that he is misfiled. Example: Chilean people, where he should appear after Pavlovic and not at the end of the Pe's after Pezoa Veliz.
I hope this makes sense.--GuillaumeTell 17:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] North and South Peru
Very nice job with the articles on the Nor- and Sud-Peruvian Republics. However, I took the liberty of renaming the articles using the noun form instead of using adjectives. In that process I also rephrased the introduction to each article to avoid repetition, but if you feel that additional forms of the name should be mentioned, do indeed re-add them. Cheers! -- Domino theory 20:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A short Esperanzial update
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.
As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.
Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Colaboration
Hello, Melromero! Love your page! I'm going to be working on expanding the stubs for Chilean & Argentine biographies as well as translating articles into English. I'm a very new wikipedian. Since you seem to be the reigning authority for our mutual interests, I was wondering if you have any advice pertaining to the espanol wikipedia & doing translations. I look forward to working with you. Please feel free to respond on my Talk Page. Thanks, Phos 18:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
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- The image uploaded was NOT unsourced. It was taken by one of the sons of the person portrayed (as tradition will have it), handed down within its family, and submitted by the actual owner of the image, who happens to be the grandson, and who has released the rights. What other information is there? Mel Romero 11:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chile under Pinochet
Your recent work at Chile under Pinochet looks good, but it's a little hard to tell what you changed, because you both moved things around and made other edits, and gave no edit summaries. Could you possibly drop by the talk page of that article and either summarize any substantive changes you made or indicate that there were no substantive changes? Thanks in advance. - Jmabel | Talk 18:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- I have answered as requested in the talk page of Chile under Pinochet. I hope that clears up the doubts. If there are more, please feel free to ask. Mel Romero 03:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Quintana
Hola Mel. Me parece sumamente interesante que hables de que yo agrego cosas al artículo que no están basadas en hechos. Quiero recordarte que fui yo quien creó el artículo, y fui yo el que agregó las referencias que aparecen al final del artículo. Tú, sin embargo, has agregado información sin incluir ninguna referencia. Además te quejas de que borro lo que agregas, cuando simplemente trato de arreglar tu pobre inglés y de dejar el artículo en un estado más leible y enciclopédico. ☆ CieloEstrellado 04:49, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] WikiProject Former Countries
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[edit] Chilean people
Hello there! I am trying to categoize the Chilean people category and I came across the fact that you added category:Chilean people to many, many articles. There is no need to do this if the article is already in a higher category, like Chilean generals. Adding the base category, like Chilean people, hurts the Chilean categorize and make editing Chile-related articles more difficult. Thanks--Thomas.macmillan 03:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Chilean edits
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[edit] Arturo Frei
Hey. I just happened upon the Arturo Frei article, and it looks like the Spanish text in the article is taken from here. My guess is you were putting it into your own words while translating it, but got stopped in the middle of doing so. I could remove the text I think is copyvio, but I wanted to ask you first—maybe you just forgot about the article. Thanks. :) --Galaxiaad 05:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies
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[edit] E. C. R. Lorac
I see you started this article. It is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Articles since it has no edits for nearly 2 years. Do you have any ideas about improving it? Some biographical details and a photograph would be good. --Bduke 07:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)