Talk:Latin American School of Medicine (Cuba)

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Contents 1 I'm looking for reliable references... 2 Recent Revert 2.1 Further notes on Recent Revert 3 Fair use rationale for Image:ELAMVlogo.png 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Elamlogo.gif

[edit] I'm looking for reliable references...

(Spanish or other non-English language is fine)

• To confirm that the Caribbean School of Medical Sciences was for Francophone Caribbean (esp. Haitian) and African students only as asserted by this unreliable source:[1]. Or alternatively, persuade me why this amateurish website which has an anonymous postal box contact address and no named staff and anonymous web host registration is a reliable resource.[2]

Also now that this School is part of ELAM, is it still Francophone and still intended only for Haitians/Africans etc? Are there English language medical schools or other schools that have been incorporated into ELAM?

• To indicate whether the Venezuelan ELAM has actually opened or if not, what's happening. Someone with far better Spanish than me take a look at their official website - as far as I can tell, its still seems to be in "this stuff is being constructed" stage. And I can't find news sources (admittedly I was focussed on the Cuba original school anyway) indicating this school has actually opened
• Reliable source for VIP attendees (heads of state or government chief executives or other representatives) of the inauguration ceremony

Bwithh 18:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Also - GFDL compatible pics would be great.... Bwithh ^{Join Up! See the World!} 07:53, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Revert

I just reverted a large amount of content and changes made by a Single Purpose Account. While the SPA edit was well-intentioned, all the content added was completely unreferenced & unverified and some of it had POV tones (the new content was in the style of a college brochure (e.g. an unreferenced semester-by-semester course listing), not an encyclopedia). In addition, the SPA editor removed other content which disrupted the articles' footnotes, leaving several established references blanked. If the SPA editor can come up with relevant material which is solidly referenced, NPOV and written in an encyclopedic style, please add this while avoiding disrupting existing material without good reason. While this is how all editors should act, SPAs with an interest in one specific topic or article should take special care to try to edit in this manner, given potential conflict of interest concerns. thanks 128.125.52.116 00:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Further notes on Recent Revert

I just noticed that among the well-referenced material removed by the SPA editor (and then reverted by me) was the entire subsection about cooperation with Venezuela over the creation of a sister school in that country as well as a referenced and I believe NPOV part that mentioned that the politics of Cuba is taught as the part of the curriculum though Cuban officials deny there is any politicization intent. No reason was given for these removals. If the SPA editor has a good argument for removing these parts, they should submit it for discussion here first. 128.125.52.116 00:40, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

The removal of the Venezuela section also resulted in the deletion of the Venezuean ELAM logo by a bot. Great! Now I have to go and find it again, relog in, and upload it. 128.125.52.116 00:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Grrrr.... not exactly auspicious circumstances in which to log back into wikipedia Bwithh ^{Join Up! See the World!} 00:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah, good for answers.com, they've saved the logo picture. Bwithh ^{Join Up! See the World!} 00:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ELAMVlogo.png

Image:ELAMVlogo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 07:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Elamlogo.gif

Image:Elamlogo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 21:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)