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![]() | On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Museo Miraflores, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the private Miraflores Museum in Guatemala City has three mounds from the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu in its grounds? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 18:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on February 17, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 17, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 ( talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 18:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Maya stelae are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consisted of tall sculpted stone shafts and were often associated with low circular stones referred to as altars, although their actual function is uncertain. Many stelae were sculpted in low relief, although plain monuments are found throughout the Maya region. Stelae became closely associated with the concept of divine kingship and declined at the same time as this institution. The production of stelae by the Maya had its origin around 400 BC and continued through to the end of the Classic Period, around 900 AD, although some monuments were reused in the Postclassic (c. 900–1521 AD). The major city of Calakmul in Mexico raised the greatest number of stelae known from any Maya city, numbering at least 166, although they are very poorly preserved. Stelae were essentially stone banners raised to glorify the king and record his deeds, although the earliest examples depict mythological scenes. Imagery developed throughout the Classic Period, with Early Classic stelae (c. 250–600 AD) displaying non-Maya characteristics from the 4th-century AD onwards, with the introduction of imagery linked to the central Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan. As the Classic Period came to an end, stelae ceased to be erected, with the last known examples being raised in 909–910 AD. ( more...)
Simon, congratulations. It's been a while since I edited here (other than here-and-there edits to fix spelling etc.). But I just had to congratulate you on this Featured Article. Excellent work! Madman ( talk) 05:19, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Question... you almost exclusively use books, so I couldnt find an example to answer... When using the "new" form of citation (please see the expansion I did over at Great Pyramid of Cholula) are all sources listed at the bottom with notations above or just books and stuff with authors? If its all, Im going to have lots of "fun" with the in line citations when I upload the expansion of Xochimilco Im finishing Thelmadatter ( talk) 19:06, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maya city, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the earliest known Maya city in the Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica dates to around 750 BC? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 18:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
I am going to be reviewing this article but wanted to contact you as the major contributor first as a courtesy to a fellow history buff. I see a couple of things that stand out to me that you may not agree with. Please see review.
-- Amadscientist ( talk) 16:55, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I went ahead and placed the article on hold to give you the full 7 days to work on it at your liasure. The image source problem was a matter of actualy having the source indicated and not just linked. Wikimedia is a depository of images not necessarily for use on Wikipedia. In order to be used in a GA article, sometimes manual input is required. The link could have remained as is and simply write in "Flickr" before or after. The source for GA status simply needed to be indicated and not just link...and yes it does sound "picky" but images have been deleted from Wikimedia for simply not having a discription.-- Amadscientist ( talk) 06:26, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
I reviewed your article and I'm putting it on hold until further changes. You can read my review here. Bernstein2291 ( Talk • Contributions • Sign Here) 06:58, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
You might be interested to know that my husband and I uploaded a ton of pictures we took at Palenque and Yaxchilan. Thelmadatter ( talk) 02:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tikal Temple IV, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tikal Temple IV, a Maya pyramid in Guatemala, was one of the tallest structures in the pre-Columbian New World? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 12:03, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tikal Temple III, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple III at the Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala was the last pyramid ever built there? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 16:04, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Plaza of the Seven Temples, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the main temple at the Plaza of the Seven Temples (pictured) in the Maya city of Tikal, in modern Guatemala, was decorated with a skull and crossbones? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 16:02, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to this. But I recently changed ethnicity for San Rafael la Independencia, but you changed it back. I am not sure how to put the sources but here it is http://www.larutamayaonline.com/history/idiomas2.html http://www.ethnologue.com/show_work.asp?id=13444 The language spoken there is Akateko. Older texts list this language as Kanjobal. San Rafael la Independencia used to be part of San Miguel Acatan where Akateko is spoken. http://cpdmunisanmiguel.blogspot.com/ http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/EPS/03/03_0634_v7.pdf I hope you can change it back, and I hope these sources will do. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piccmon ( talk • contribs) 00:52, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Michelle. I am interested in Mesoameric culture and civilations of Mayas and Aztecs. I think that in article about Seibal we don't need that table because another article is created and now we have article about any ruler. You can tell me if you find some other solution. - User:Mychele Trempetich
Can you tell me how some souns are pronounced in Maya language?
Is X like SH in Shampoo; J like H in Hate; Y like Y in Mary or in Youtube; CH like CH in sandwich? Is this page good to learn this sounds? Mayan
Thank you, your Michelle :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.138.27.57 ( talk) 15:26, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for adding references to my articles. Thank you for every help. Can you tell me when you are here, so we could write and edit together? - Michelle
I saw that you are removing "last" from some article. I must ask: why you don't let it, because we sometimes do not know who was the first ruler, but we know who was the last? If there is no more rulers on the list, then we can easily say who was the last.
I saw on some lists term like "mythic rulers". I know that some king list, for example Sumerian, had many fictive rulers (who ruled for 28 000 years!). It is possible that later Maya rulers invented some kings? Michelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.138.249.33 ( talk) 16:14, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 29 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ixtonton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that for most of its history, Ixtonton was the most important Maya city in the upper Mopan Valley of Guatemala? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ixtonton.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Spanish conquest of Guatemala, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Spanish conquest of Guatemala was a prolonged conflict against the Maya that lasted nearly two hundred years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spanish conquest of Guatemala.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 08:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Students of the Club Wikipedia at ITESM CCM and I are working on a project to create and improve articles related to the Festival Internacional Cervantino. We are still organizing although we have made some good contacts with embassy of the special guest-countries and the press people of the Festival. Ive worked on the Festival's page and two participants' pages Angereds Teater and Åke Parmerud as well as the European Festival Association to which the festival belongs. It hasnt been easy so far, even the Festival page is no where near where Id like it to be and a lot of that is finding info. That's where we hope working with the embassies and making other contacts will help. *Fingers crossed* These articles also desperately need images, another focus of the project. Anyway, we could sure use some experienced hands at this, as most Club members are still newbies at editing Wikipedia. We want the Festival's article in as many languages as possible, as as many of the participants' pages in both English and Spanish.
If you'd like to help, we'd love to have you! Thelmadatter ( talk) 17:49, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Simon,
I've got the thesis on Guatemalan archaeology that you requested at the resource exchange. Please see that page for a link. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 17:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hello Simon, I have noticed you made an assessment to "Ethereal being" article at June/11. Since then, this article was remarkably improved in my opinion. Would be possible you check it again and re-assess it? If by chance you think that there is still some point to be worked, please let me know which is (or are). Indeed I can’t promise anything but seems that there are users there that can help. I myself made some modest contributions to that article, but not thanks to me, I am sure, this article seems, right now, very well written, with very good references, plentiful and unbiased. I also noticed that several users with status of reviewers stopped by there, so I wonder we can regard it as a featured article, a good standard to Wikipedia. Best regards, Aztlshamb ( talk) 13:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC).
![]() | On 12 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Spanish colonial capital of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was founded three times in different locations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 12:03, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Devil's Humps, Stoughton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, according to Sussex folklore, the Bronze Age barrows known as the Devil's Humps (pictured) were raised over the bodies of defeated Viking marauders? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Devil's Humps, Stoughton.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 16:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Under the "Use" section, I added a paragraph with some source citations for cradleboard use in Kickapoo communities in Mexico, and by Aztecs and Maya (in Mexico and in Belize). Mesoamerican areas sometimes used them, but other areas didn't, and they disappear in South America...until the southernmost end of Argentina, when cradleboards mysteriously reappear. Funny. Anyway, maybe reconsider adding the article back to the Mesoamerican history project? OttawaAC ( talk) 03:01, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
First, thanks for doing a yeoman's job cleaning up the Chichen Itza Wikipedia page. It's been a long time coming. I assume you are still in the midst of your edits, but a few comments. Of the dozens of corrections and additions you made, a few nitpicks.
Under "Name and orthography" you added: "This name, dating to the Late Classic Period, is recorded both in the book of Chilam Balam de Chumayel and in hieroglyphic texts in the ruins, and has been transcribed from these latter as Uuc-yab-nal." I would delete the reference to the name appearing in hieroglyphs. Leon's paper provides no source for this statement, and as this is outside the scope of his article, it is suspect.
You changed the heading "Archaeological investigations" to "Modern history." The former is more precise, as the section does not include ALL the history, namely tourism (which appears in a section below). I suggest changing it back to the original or perhaps a compromise, "archaeological history."
Finally, that map of Chichen at the bottom of the page is from a copyrighted postcard. I kept intending to delete it, but I was afraid of breaking the format.
Again, many thanks for all your hard work. It is appreciated. Saludos! CoyoteMan31 ( talk) 15:55, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
A couple more picayune points and a major one. 1) You translate the Castillo as "castle/palace." I've never seen the word castillo used as palace. Where is that from? 2) You changed the word "built" to "superimposed." The word superimpose is an engineering term in construction that refers to loads, but I've never heard it used to describe one building constructed atop another. Was that word literary license? 3) You quote Mary Ellen Miller (I think) in the opening graphs. First, it's her theory (and hers only, I believe). She is not an archaeologist, and I know at least a few archaeologists that don't ascribe to it. I'm not opposed to including unproven theories in an article, but it is not appropriate in the lead paragraphs. 4) Everything else is fantastic. Thanks again for doing this. CoyoteMan31 ( talk) 04:42, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 7 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eccentric flint (archaeology), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mayan eccentrics (pictured) were often buried under monuments and buildings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eccentric flint (archaeology).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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I'm reviewing your nomination and have made some comments at Talk:Motul de San José/GA1. Perhaps you can explain to me why the article is organized the way it is, and why it is so long. I'm semi-familiar with the topic, but this article seems too inclusive for the topic. Can you help me understand?
Best wishes,
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![]() | On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Museo Miraflores, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the private Miraflores Museum in Guatemala City has three mounds from the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu in its grounds? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 18:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on February 17, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 17, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 ( talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 18:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Maya stelae are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consisted of tall sculpted stone shafts and were often associated with low circular stones referred to as altars, although their actual function is uncertain. Many stelae were sculpted in low relief, although plain monuments are found throughout the Maya region. Stelae became closely associated with the concept of divine kingship and declined at the same time as this institution. The production of stelae by the Maya had its origin around 400 BC and continued through to the end of the Classic Period, around 900 AD, although some monuments were reused in the Postclassic (c. 900–1521 AD). The major city of Calakmul in Mexico raised the greatest number of stelae known from any Maya city, numbering at least 166, although they are very poorly preserved. Stelae were essentially stone banners raised to glorify the king and record his deeds, although the earliest examples depict mythological scenes. Imagery developed throughout the Classic Period, with Early Classic stelae (c. 250–600 AD) displaying non-Maya characteristics from the 4th-century AD onwards, with the introduction of imagery linked to the central Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan. As the Classic Period came to an end, stelae ceased to be erected, with the last known examples being raised in 909–910 AD. ( more...)
Simon, congratulations. It's been a while since I edited here (other than here-and-there edits to fix spelling etc.). But I just had to congratulate you on this Featured Article. Excellent work! Madman ( talk) 05:19, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Question... you almost exclusively use books, so I couldnt find an example to answer... When using the "new" form of citation (please see the expansion I did over at Great Pyramid of Cholula) are all sources listed at the bottom with notations above or just books and stuff with authors? If its all, Im going to have lots of "fun" with the in line citations when I upload the expansion of Xochimilco Im finishing Thelmadatter ( talk) 19:06, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maya city, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the earliest known Maya city in the Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica dates to around 750 BC? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 18:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
I am going to be reviewing this article but wanted to contact you as the major contributor first as a courtesy to a fellow history buff. I see a couple of things that stand out to me that you may not agree with. Please see review.
-- Amadscientist ( talk) 16:55, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I went ahead and placed the article on hold to give you the full 7 days to work on it at your liasure. The image source problem was a matter of actualy having the source indicated and not just linked. Wikimedia is a depository of images not necessarily for use on Wikipedia. In order to be used in a GA article, sometimes manual input is required. The link could have remained as is and simply write in "Flickr" before or after. The source for GA status simply needed to be indicated and not just link...and yes it does sound "picky" but images have been deleted from Wikimedia for simply not having a discription.-- Amadscientist ( talk) 06:26, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
I reviewed your article and I'm putting it on hold until further changes. You can read my review here. Bernstein2291 ( Talk • Contributions • Sign Here) 06:58, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
You might be interested to know that my husband and I uploaded a ton of pictures we took at Palenque and Yaxchilan. Thelmadatter ( talk) 02:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tikal Temple IV, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tikal Temple IV, a Maya pyramid in Guatemala, was one of the tallest structures in the pre-Columbian New World? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 12:03, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tikal Temple III, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple III at the Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala was the last pyramid ever built there? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 16:04, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Plaza of the Seven Temples, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the main temple at the Plaza of the Seven Temples (pictured) in the Maya city of Tikal, in modern Guatemala, was decorated with a skull and crossbones? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 16:02, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to this. But I recently changed ethnicity for San Rafael la Independencia, but you changed it back. I am not sure how to put the sources but here it is http://www.larutamayaonline.com/history/idiomas2.html http://www.ethnologue.com/show_work.asp?id=13444 The language spoken there is Akateko. Older texts list this language as Kanjobal. San Rafael la Independencia used to be part of San Miguel Acatan where Akateko is spoken. http://cpdmunisanmiguel.blogspot.com/ http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/EPS/03/03_0634_v7.pdf I hope you can change it back, and I hope these sources will do. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piccmon ( talk • contribs) 00:52, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Michelle. I am interested in Mesoameric culture and civilations of Mayas and Aztecs. I think that in article about Seibal we don't need that table because another article is created and now we have article about any ruler. You can tell me if you find some other solution. - User:Mychele Trempetich
Can you tell me how some souns are pronounced in Maya language?
Is X like SH in Shampoo; J like H in Hate; Y like Y in Mary or in Youtube; CH like CH in sandwich? Is this page good to learn this sounds? Mayan
Thank you, your Michelle :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.138.27.57 ( talk) 15:26, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for adding references to my articles. Thank you for every help. Can you tell me when you are here, so we could write and edit together? - Michelle
I saw that you are removing "last" from some article. I must ask: why you don't let it, because we sometimes do not know who was the first ruler, but we know who was the last? If there is no more rulers on the list, then we can easily say who was the last.
I saw on some lists term like "mythic rulers". I know that some king list, for example Sumerian, had many fictive rulers (who ruled for 28 000 years!). It is possible that later Maya rulers invented some kings? Michelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.138.249.33 ( talk) 16:14, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Ixtonton at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 10:37, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ixtonton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that for most of its history, Ixtonton was the most important Maya city in the upper Mopan Valley of Guatemala? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ixtonton.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Spanish conquest of Guatemala, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Spanish conquest of Guatemala was a prolonged conflict against the Maya that lasted nearly two hundred years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spanish conquest of Guatemala.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 08:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Students of the Club Wikipedia at ITESM CCM and I are working on a project to create and improve articles related to the Festival Internacional Cervantino. We are still organizing although we have made some good contacts with embassy of the special guest-countries and the press people of the Festival. Ive worked on the Festival's page and two participants' pages Angereds Teater and Åke Parmerud as well as the European Festival Association to which the festival belongs. It hasnt been easy so far, even the Festival page is no where near where Id like it to be and a lot of that is finding info. That's where we hope working with the embassies and making other contacts will help. *Fingers crossed* These articles also desperately need images, another focus of the project. Anyway, we could sure use some experienced hands at this, as most Club members are still newbies at editing Wikipedia. We want the Festival's article in as many languages as possible, as as many of the participants' pages in both English and Spanish.
If you'd like to help, we'd love to have you! Thelmadatter ( talk) 17:49, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Simon,
I've got the thesis on Guatemalan archaeology that you requested at the resource exchange. Please see that page for a link. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 17:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hello Simon, I have noticed you made an assessment to "Ethereal being" article at June/11. Since then, this article was remarkably improved in my opinion. Would be possible you check it again and re-assess it? If by chance you think that there is still some point to be worked, please let me know which is (or are). Indeed I can’t promise anything but seems that there are users there that can help. I myself made some modest contributions to that article, but not thanks to me, I am sure, this article seems, right now, very well written, with very good references, plentiful and unbiased. I also noticed that several users with status of reviewers stopped by there, so I wonder we can regard it as a featured article, a good standard to Wikipedia. Best regards, Aztlshamb ( talk) 13:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC).
![]() | On 12 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Spanish colonial capital of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was founded three times in different locations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 17 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Devil's Humps, Stoughton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, according to Sussex folklore, the Bronze Age barrows known as the Devil's Humps (pictured) were raised over the bodies of defeated Viking marauders? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Devil's Humps, Stoughton.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 16:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Under the "Use" section, I added a paragraph with some source citations for cradleboard use in Kickapoo communities in Mexico, and by Aztecs and Maya (in Mexico and in Belize). Mesoamerican areas sometimes used them, but other areas didn't, and they disappear in South America...until the southernmost end of Argentina, when cradleboards mysteriously reappear. Funny. Anyway, maybe reconsider adding the article back to the Mesoamerican history project? OttawaAC ( talk) 03:01, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
First, thanks for doing a yeoman's job cleaning up the Chichen Itza Wikipedia page. It's been a long time coming. I assume you are still in the midst of your edits, but a few comments. Of the dozens of corrections and additions you made, a few nitpicks.
Under "Name and orthography" you added: "This name, dating to the Late Classic Period, is recorded both in the book of Chilam Balam de Chumayel and in hieroglyphic texts in the ruins, and has been transcribed from these latter as Uuc-yab-nal." I would delete the reference to the name appearing in hieroglyphs. Leon's paper provides no source for this statement, and as this is outside the scope of his article, it is suspect.
You changed the heading "Archaeological investigations" to "Modern history." The former is more precise, as the section does not include ALL the history, namely tourism (which appears in a section below). I suggest changing it back to the original or perhaps a compromise, "archaeological history."
Finally, that map of Chichen at the bottom of the page is from a copyrighted postcard. I kept intending to delete it, but I was afraid of breaking the format.
Again, many thanks for all your hard work. It is appreciated. Saludos! CoyoteMan31 ( talk) 15:55, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
A couple more picayune points and a major one. 1) You translate the Castillo as "castle/palace." I've never seen the word castillo used as palace. Where is that from? 2) You changed the word "built" to "superimposed." The word superimpose is an engineering term in construction that refers to loads, but I've never heard it used to describe one building constructed atop another. Was that word literary license? 3) You quote Mary Ellen Miller (I think) in the opening graphs. First, it's her theory (and hers only, I believe). She is not an archaeologist, and I know at least a few archaeologists that don't ascribe to it. I'm not opposed to including unproven theories in an article, but it is not appropriate in the lead paragraphs. 4) Everything else is fantastic. Thanks again for doing this. CoyoteMan31 ( talk) 04:42, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for your work copyediting this article. Sincerely, Akjar13 ( He's Gone Mental) 08:45, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm reviewing your nomination and have made some comments at Talk:Motul de San José/GA1. Perhaps you can explain to me why the article is organized the way it is, and why it is so long. I'm semi-familiar with the topic, but this article seems too inclusive for the topic. Can you help me understand?
Best wishes,
MathewTownsend ( talk) 01:34, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
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