El Cubano

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You can find me at my user page or talk page for any questions. Happy editing, and we'll see ya 'round.

Joe I 02:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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POV tags

Generally they are only used after one has tried and failed to resolve the problem. They should never be the starting point for discussions. Thanks. Guettarda 15:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I see. Personally, I do not consider myself qualified to balance the article. I made my request several days ago suggesting that would tag the article POV and there was not one single response. El Cubano 15:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

You need to propose specific changes if you think that an article violates NPOV. Saying that the criticism section is long isn't really valid - do you have any reason to believe that it is too long (ie, that it gives the impression that they are more controvertial than they are, or that it is just piling on?) I don't see that. Guettarda 16:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

OK. I will take a more in depth look at the article tomorrow and get back to you on the DI Talk page. El Cubano 16:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Kushite appears in the Bible - I'm reverting the Black (people) article

El Cubano - I have no idea why you would remove a reference that is clearly found in the Bible. Do you wish to get a Hebrew Bible from the dead sea scrolls or a Septuagint from the 11th century. (Jeremiah 13, 23:"Can the Kushite change his skin, or the leopard his spots?"). In addition "Kush" is recognized as a child of Ham (along with Caanan, Lud, and Mitzraim, all areas in proximity of Egypt). I cannot imagine why you are even saying it's not there. Do we need to find a dusty 2000 or 3000 year old bible to resolve this or what? Mariam complained about Moses having a "Kushite" wife. --Zaphnathpaaneah 04:45, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. Every single Bible I own, including the horribly corrupt New Living Translation, uses the word Ethopian where you claim Cushite appears. I know that Cush was one of the sons of Ham. Perhaps you should reference which translation includes it so that further confusion is avoided. El Cubano 12:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

AD and dating conventions

If you read the Anno Domini article, you will find this: In Commonwealth English, usage copies Latin by placing the abbreviation before the year number for AD, but after the year number for BC; for example: 64 BC, but AD 2006. In North American English variant, AD and BC more commonly both come after a date. Also, if you read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Eras, you will find this: Both the BCE/CE era names and the BC/AD era names are acceptable, but be consistent within an article. Normally you should use plain numbers for years in the Anno Domini/Common Era, but when events span the start of the Anno Domini/Common Era, use AD or CE for the date at the end of the range (note that AD precedes the date and CE follows it). For example, 1 BC–AD 1 or 1 BCE–1 CE. and When either of two styles are acceptable it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another unless there is some substantial reason for the change. For example, with respect to English spelling as opposed to American spelling it would be acceptable to change from American spelling to English spelling if the article concerned an English subject. Revert warring over optional styles is unacceptable.

Therefore, a number of your edits dealing with BCE/CE BC/AD have been unnecessary. Changing 600 AD to AD 600 is not appropriate unless the rest of the article is using Commonwealth English. If the article is using NA English, then it needs to use the 600 AD format. Furthermore, making an article so it uses either CE or AD is acceptible, but outright changing an article that already uses BCE/CE exclusively is seen as POV pushing. Finally, AD and CE are normally not necessary (unless used in a range of dates that begin BCE/BC) because any positive number links to the correct year page already (eg. 1250 and 1981). So keep these things in mind next time you decide to change a dating convension. A good rule of thumb would be to probably not change what an article already has.--Andrew c 21:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Andrew, I was not aware of the difference in AD placement for Commonwealth and NA English. I have always been taught the AD precedes the date. Thanks for the clarification. As far as changing an entire article from BCE/CE to BC/AD, I don't recall having done that, with the possible exception of articles that treat subjects relating to Christianity, where such dates are more appropriate. If you could provide an example of an article that I changed erroneously, I would appreciate it. El Cubano 22:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

A number of your edits in regards to dating have been helpful by making the system used throughout the article consistent. However, it appears that your edits to Golden Fleece and Horse changed the system used (BCE->BC) which editors, other than myself, reverted. I'm not trying to scold you or anything, so forgive me if I come off sounding a certain way. Just trying to fill you in on some policy points that you may or may not have been aware of. Thanks for your time and consideration.--Andrew c 02:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I see. I am not sure where along the way the horse article was reverted, since I don't watch it. However, I specifically recalled seeing an incostencym which is why I cahnged it. The Golden Fleece article as well, since all the wikilinks were of the style 8th century BCE. I can't figure out why people are so afraid or whatever to use BC/AD notation. But then call me old-fashioned, because I also detest the efforts of modernists to make everything in the world gender neutral. That's one of the things I like about Spanish: no gender neutrality. El Cubano 02:57, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

FairTax

We could use you over at the FairTax talk page for input on the book cover. Thanks Morphh 00:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Added my thoughts. El Cubano 04:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

May need your help reverting Tabacco. I've reached my 3RR. He received 8h for the last time and I'll report him again if he reverts. I can't revert him back though if he does. I've posted to his talk page, to the article talk, created the poll but he just seems to ignore them. We may need to pull in a third party if it does not stop. Morphh 20:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

He reverted it and I have submitted him for 3RR violation. He is using anon IP 68.195.155.141. Morphh 20:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

FYI - The IP has been blocked for 1 week and the page was reverted by the Admin. Morphh 22:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Need your help again FCYTravis is going nuts and removed the GA for a simple dispute. Morphh 21:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

FYI - FairTax is up for FAC. If you feel the article meets the criteria, please give it your support. Thanks, Morphh 14:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Lazarus and Dives RFC

An RFC has been filed to determine whether or not the position of the Jesus Seminar should be included in Lazarus and Dives. Your comments would be most welcome. --Joopercoopers 22:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Headed there now. El Cubano 19:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Rico Aponte

Gracias mi hermano, I'm glad that you liked the article. Nosotros los Cubanos y Boricua somos hermanos. My sister and brother are half-Cuban. If I can ever be of any help here, do not hesitate to let me know. Tony the Marine 04:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Warning

You appear to be engaged in an edit war on Sternberg peer review controversy. Please discuss controversial edits or seek dispute resolution instead. Further edit-warring may lead to a block from editing. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 05:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't really know enough about the issue to comment intelligently. If you still disagree after having discussed the matter, you could certainly file a request for comment on the article, a lot of people look at those and it helps to draw in some more opinions to help resolve the situation, and likely will bring in those who are more familiar with it. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 05:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Proposed move: Sternberg/Smithsonian Affair

I see you were a recent contributor to the Sternberg peer review controversy article. I have added a section to the talk page proposing that the article be moved to and renamed "Sternberg-Smithsonian Affair". If you would like to see the rationale, please visit Talk:Sternberg_peer_review_controversy#Proposed_move:__Sternberg.2FSmithsonian_Affair, and leave your thoughts there. Thanks. ImprobabilityDrive 08:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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Please score my English

Greetings dear El Cubano. I read your user page and I liked your work. I would like to ask you if it is possible for you to do a general evaluation of my translation works and give me a score from 10 to 100 (10/100, 50/100, 100/100). After such evaluation, you can place it in my user page, something like “El Cubano checked the English of El Cubano and considered his score 60/100. Last updated 06/20/2008”. I also placed the template “Professional translator”, a term that is actually so big. After you give me a score, you could consider if I am worthy to be in the club or not yet. Thank you for your help if you can do this and see you. --Albeiror24-Neopanida (talk) 06:26, 22 June 2008 (UTC)