Talk:Location of Mexico

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The result of the nomination was redirect to Geography of Mexico. Mailer Diablo 04:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Location of Mexico

The subject is non-notable, and can comfortably be addressed in other articles. --Yath 17:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep: Merge with Mexico, Central America, or Americas (terminology). Subject is very important to Spanish-speakers in the Americas. --Wing Nut 18:04, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
  • "Keep" and "merge" are mutually exclusive options. Do you want this to remain a separate article, or have its content merged into the other articles? --Yath 18:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Either way is fine, as long as the content is not simply deleted. --Wing Nut 18:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge as above. The title's not very searchable and a little confusing. I was concerned Mexico had been lost. --IslaySolomon 18:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and completely re-write because it's very unclear. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 18:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Geography of Mexico. My brief scans of both articles suggest that all info here is redundant to what's there. I checked, and some things do in fact link here; did not check to see if they had been added just recently. If Mexico gets lost again, use a divining rod to find it. Smerdis of Tlön 18:37, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per above. Sandy 19:48, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per Smerdis of Tlön. Barno 20:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per above. BryanG^(talk) 05:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect/merge per above. —Nightstallion (?) 11:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

I need help with this. The Spanish version of Encarta says:

Norteamérica o América del Norte, subcontinente que abarca Canadá, los Estados Unidos de América y parte del territorio de México. [1]

Does this mean that North America contains part of the territory of Mexico? --Wing Nut 09:08, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but...

a Mexican would answer "No" to the question, ¿Es usted norteamericano?

Careful with that. "Norteamericano" works differently when applied to people and countries. Ask the same Mexican ¿Pierre Trudeau era norteamericano? and you'll get no, era canadiense -- or, if you're really lucky, an invitation to explain whether you were talking about the country or the continent. Then ask him about the nations of Mexico and Canada: ¿son países norteamericanos? You'll get affirmatives. The demonym norteamericano -- which is used to resolve the American / americano problem when talking about people from the USA (and, as such, is a lot less frequent in Mexico and in Central America than in other Spanish-speaking countries) -- doesn't map exactly onto the geographical adjective. Bolivian Unicyclist 14:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Extreme exaggeration

I've just replaced "...nearly all English speakers..." with "...some English speakers...". For a start, the point being made is unverified (and I think it's unverifiable.) But also, as a UK-based speaker of British English, I wouldn't dream of saying there was no such thing as central America. I think the original author may have been trying to make a point about the continents (of which there are only north and south) but that's not what they actually wrote. Perhaps somebody would like to add something about the definitions of continents, as distinct from United Nations distinctions, which are given. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 18:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC)