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There have been several modifications concerning the percentage of foreign nationals in San Miguel, for some it is 50%, for others it is 5%, and after one correction that sets the data near the 50% comes another correction that sets its near 5%. Since this has been a matter of dispute, and no consensus has been reached, I propose that the last person who changed it, and future changes be accompanied by a link to a reliable reference (could be INEGI, if they have that information, or the city's official web page). If no data can be found, then it would be safer not to write any percentages, and just say "a considerable percentage of the population is foreign, mainly from the United States". --J.Alonso 14:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

There have been several recent modifications to the history of san miguel which seem to promote a particular political/social agenda which is not neutral and certainly is not in keeping with encyclopedic content. Furthermore these changes are quite dramatic and really have nothing to do with the history of the town, which is the title of the section in which they are published. Someone needs to do a major clean-up of the article, because, franky, it is pretty much unreadable at this point, due to the addition of a large quantity of self-promotional trivia.--Tomasdiazh 15:51, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The website Falling In Love with San Miguel -- a free web blog, forum and hints for those interested in living or living in San Miguel, has been removed several times. The site is free and forums are extensive--wmhwilson

(Remember to sign posts to talk pages with ~~~~.) That particular link has been inserted several times by someone closely related to it, a conflict of interest that is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. Aside from that it has several problems: its aimed is to promote a book, blogs fail the WP:EL guideline, as do forums, and Wikipedia is not a travel guide nor does it give advice (WP:NOT#TRAVEL). I removed the link. ✤ JonHarder ^talk 23:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Altitude wrong

2,000 meters is 6,561.6978 feet 2133.6 meters is 7,000 feet 6,200 feet 1889.76 meters

The altitude of San Miguel de Allende is not 7,000 feet by a long shot. I am part of a hot air balloon crew (the balloon has an altitmeter) and I have a few GPS as well as radio-direction finding equipment that fixes altitude. A good portion of the town is on the side of a mountain, hence lower than the actual mountain. I have been trying to discuss this with a friend who is a professor here in San Miguel and will post it later.

My readings generally are 6,200 feet. Bill WIlson (talk) 00:56, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]