User talk:Nsaum75/Archives/2010/July

Oaxaca Geography

You have already helped, although you may not have noticed, fixing citations on Selva Zoque. My question to User:Thelmadatter was whether I was right to merge Sierra Norte de Oaxaca into Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca. I was completely wrong, and have reversed it. As a penance, I may start some articles on Oaxaca regions and districts to establish a geographical framework. I will definitely ask for your help if I run into trouble, and welcome advice. Just from a geographical viewpoint, the state seems extremely complex, right on the boundary where the South American plate is pushing into North America with very diverse climates and terrains. And even from the small amount I have learned so far, the people and history are so interesting - but that is an area I should probably avoid for fear of making major errors. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 01:57, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I will ask for help for sure when I get stuck. But if I don't distracted, I may just do some routine plagiarism from the Spanish wiki for a while (see Papaloapan Region, Oaxaca) and then try to improve links and sources. I probably will get sidetracked though. Short span of attention... Aymatth2 (talk) 03:05, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Za'atar photo

Hi. I wish you hadn't deleted your photo of the Israeli za'atar; the balance it brought to the article was good. — Hex (❝?!❞) 11:49, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Costa, Costa Chica

Here's one: es:Costa Chica (Oaxaca), en:Costa Chica of Oaxaca and es:Región Costa (Oaxaca) en:Costa de Oaxaca (my rough clone). Same or different? Aymatth2 (talk) 17:30, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I was not clear. My question is whether the Costa Region and Costa Chica should have separate articles or not. I suppose one is more a formal administrative area and the other a description of the coastal zone. Not sure... Aymatth2 (talk) 19:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

As for my Spanish, not great. I can get by verbally and read the language with the occasional help of a dictionary, but there is no way I would attempt to write in Spanish. This is inexcusable because I have lived off and on for over two years in Spanish-speaking countries. Anyway, my plan is to make basic en articles for each region and district, relying heavily on the es wiki and not worrying too much about sources (the es wiki is a bit casual on them), to get an overall feel, then go back and dig up more detail with sources. So the articles will probably evolve a bit in the next few weeks, then settle down. If I don't get sidetracked, a big IF. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Muxe is interesting. I think there is something similar in the Plains Indian culture. A much more reasonable attitude than in some other cultures. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

cheese

Im gonna poke around Wikimedia to see what I can find. But add what you have to the cheeses of Mexico article!Thelmadatter (talk) 13:35, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I added what photos I could find but the article could use a really good lead photo. Maybe the next time youre in the Centro de Abastos you can find a cheese stall? Ill try to get over to La Merced in in Da Ciudad ;)Thelmadatter (talk) 13:59, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

• Sigh* makes me proud to be a teacher... NOT Thelmadatter (talk) 14:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Panela with chapulines bwa ha ha ha ha ha! Ill have to remember that next time we head down to OC.... Alex (my husband) would certainly buy some of that! OK. Good luck! I might have a chance to head to the markets here tomorrow.Thelmadatter (talk) 01:53, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

In regards to the Commons:Category:Cheese_from_Mexico page, if you want, why not add Spanish descriptions to any images without them and/or English descriptions to any images without them? WhisperToMe (talk) 02:56, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Messages

Could you please send me those threat messages you received? I would like to analyze them. They might be from wolof359 [1] --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

• In regards to harassment via off-wiki e-mail, I have an idea.
• Why not have two e-mail accounts. With one a "front" account directly linked from the e-mail me here page on your Wikipedia profile. If you approve the e-mail, you can use a second e-mail account and reply to a whitelisted address that way.
• You could also use one e-mail account that uses addresses on a whitelist only (i.e. one has to be approved in order for the address to receive e-mail from that account) - You can instruct users to post their e-mails in talk page messages (in a format "myname (at) somewhere (dot) com" to avoid spam), and you could e-mail them there
• Hopefully these ideas will cut down on avenues for harassment
• WhisperToMe (talk) 22:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Corn vs. Maize

You are one of several editors who have indicated concern with the fact that when a person wants the article on Corn, they will have trouble finding what they want, because they are not sent to the article on the grain that most of the English-speaking world calls "corn". Furthermore, the disambiguation page to which they are sent has not appeared helpful. I recently changed the wording on the dab page in question, and would like your input whether or not the present version reduces the problem to an acceptable level.

Full disclosure: I was one who once fought hard for Maize to be moved to Corn, but I didn't get my way. So now I just want to make it better. HuskyHuskie (talk) 04:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Naming conventions for United States federal buildings

Please have a look at this draft RFC and let me know if you think it fully and fairly covers the issues involved. I intend to launch it within the next day or so. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:22, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Since I have heard no objections from anyone, the RFC is now launched. Please provide your opinion there! bd2412 T 19:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I thought perhaps you might not have commented on this issue because you already expressed your opinion at Talk:U.S. Post Office. I realize this process is a bit repetitive, but doncram asked for an RFC, and I've given him one, and this should be the final word in the process. I'd appreciate if you could restate your thoughts in this discussion as you did in on the talk page. Cheers! bd2412 T 15:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)