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WikiProject Mexico: Community Noticeboard

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Welcome!

If you're reading this, then I haven't been entirely unsuccessful. If you think it's a good idea and worth the effort, please spread the word among anyone else who fits the profile and whom I might have omitted from my invitations list. –Hajor 20:24, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Accented capitals in article names?

There's currently a requested-move debate going on about whether the article on a certain little town in southern Spain should be at "Ubeda" (most googlehits) or "Úbeda" (its actual name). Whatever decision is reached could very well set a precedent that would affect Úrsulo Galván, Álvaro Obregón, and any number of other articles about things that start with accented capital letters. If you have a moment and the inclination, take a look at the discussion on Talk:Ubeda and, maybe, express an opinion. –Hajor 23:00, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I think articles should be named using the correct spelling, even if the spelling has less google hits. Then the accent-less spelling can be redirected to the correct name. We would definite affect the number of google hits since there at least three websites that mirror our articles. --Vizcarra 19:16, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I tend to vote for the original spelling (in people/places). The problem is (as far as I remember) that categories can't be redir'd properly with the current version of MediaWiki, and cities/provinces tend to become cats once they get enough articles (i.e. someone can type "Nuevo Leon" and end up in "Nuevo León" almost instantly, but if he types "Category:Nuevo Leon" he won't be able to see the contents of "Category:Nuevo León". See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Language_policy#Language_for_categories . Anyways, I think this is going to be fixed sooner or later, so 1 x original spelling. Ruiz 02:40, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

COTW

French intervention in Mexico is still the current collaboration of the week, in case anyone hadn't noticed. –Hajor 15:04, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Talk-page template

We could use something like this on the talk pages of our main articles:

File:Educacion azteca.jpg This article comes under the purview of WikiProject Mexico A WikiProject to improve coverage of Mexico-related topics

Suggestions for improvement? –Hajor 13:28, 20 October 2005 (UTC)