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I am on board with this challenge. Just a quick question, how is Latin America defined for this challenged? If you take a look at Latin America#Contemporary definitions, there are different meanings of Latin America. I think this should be cleared on the front page to avoid any confusion. Erick ( talk) 14:13, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
South America, Central America and Caribbean, we'll also include French Guyana and Belize and any islands off coast, just a loose term to cover Mexico down to Chile!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
I have rearranged the list of articles in an alphabetic order. Right now they are a handful, but I think that having some order would be better in the long run, when the list grows. Cambalachero ( talk) 15:28, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Cambalachero: I agree that alpha order looks nicer, I don't object to alpha order itself, but long term it would be difficult due to page size we have to archive after 1000 or 2000. See Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. Plus when the list gets in the thousands it will take quite an effort to scan down the lists to find the alphabetical place. I think we're best with just order of improvement. People will find it easier to just add to the end when it gets big. Unless you're willing to commit to maintaining it all in alpha order yourself of course! I think it's better to just credit the author and not sign after every article too, and page length will be shorter long term that way in kb.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:56, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
OK we'll try alpha order and then create a new list after sets of 500 or something. Keep it to unlinked user name credits though, no signing or dates.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:38, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Dear project team, I'm finding time consuming to add manually the articles I've improved so can be counted for this WP; time that would be better used improving more articles. I'm concerned that this could also discourage some editors to add their achievements to this list. Is it possible to create a tool that automatically creates the entry for an improved article in this list? Maybe a short WP template that the editor adds in the article's talk page (parameters: country, improvememt summary), and a bot that identifies newly tagged article and adds them to the list, in its correct place, with the info that we're adding now taken from the tag. This could potentially save thousands of hours, even more f the "tool" is shared with other similar improvement projects. Regards, DPdH ( talk) 23:05, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
Just to further clarify the project's scope: are any/all type(s) of new or improved pages relevant for inclusion? E.g.: disambiguation, redirect, category. I think they should, as these "minor" pages certainly contribute to improving overall quality of LatAm content in Wikipedia. Thanks, DPdH ( talk) 00:22, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi all, I've just listed my achievements, but it is said that an "alphabetical order" is preferred. To me that doesn't make much sense. The best order I'd say would be per country, as the flags are used to show that and then it is clearly visible which countries of Latin America have a lot and which can be included to have a wider scope. Alternative would be per user or by quality. Alphabetical is the least informative order imho. Cheers, Tisquesusa ( talk) 15:43, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Seeing the challenge and the other challenges (Europe, Africa, etc.) that are far ahead in percentages, I think it's a good idea to invite more people with knowledge/affinity with Latin American articles, by using pinging here. It is less "in your face" to ping the users here than to "spam" all the talk pages (no worries, @ Richard3120:, I liked you did it, but others might not be so enthusiastic about Talk page "spam").
I have added a new section with the main stub categories, and proposed stubs to expand from each one. Those proposals are generated by AnomieBOT from the main stub category or one subsection, and get renewed each four days (much more than that would demand too much from the bot). Cambalachero ( talk) 00:05, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Just a query as to listing templates - I see some have appeared on the list; I have created some navboxes but have not listed them here - my preference would be that they are not listed, since they are not actual improvements to content, rather tools for navigating existing content, and would skew the percentage. Anyone else have any thoughts? Simon Burchell ( talk) 15:26, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Should the articles created during the Women in Red edit-a-thon be added here, as well as in the rest of the 10,000 challenges? -- Jamez42 ( talk) 17:47, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi everyone. I wrote Murder of Joey Fischer in early 2017, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as an article related to Latin America (specifically WikiProject Mexico). The murder happened in Brownsville, Texas, border city with Matamoros, Mexico. However, the assassins were from Mexico and the case reached high-ranking Mexican officials too. I have it within WikiProject Mexico in the article's talkpage, but I rather get a second opinion. Thank you. MX ( ✉ • ✎) 14:16, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
So I have just found this project today, but I've been adding content about Mexican subjects for years, hundreds of Latin America related articles, a bunch after this challenge was started. Can I could articles I created AFTER the challenge started but BEFORE I even knew of it's existence? MPJ-DK ( talk) 20:49, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect
Wiikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 15#Wiikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Seventyfiveyears (
talk)
18:45, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
FYI Pizzaking13, Cobblet, and anyone else wondering about the scope of this project... last month I wrote on the talk page of Dr. Blofeld/Encyclopædius, who set up this challenge, for clarification about what was to be included, as it's clear that the likes of Jamaica do not fall under any accepted definition of "Latin America" – his reply makes it pretty clear that he intended that any country and island from Mexico southwards is to be included, whether it's Latin American or not [1]. Just putting this here for future reference to head off any arguments and edit wars about the map on the main page, or whether certain countries should be included in the list. Richard3120 ( talk) 23:40, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi! Just found out about this project and decided to join. I have a few already-existing articles that would fit here. Just wanted to make sure I was allowed to retroactively add them in. Krisgabwoosh ( talk) 03:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
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I am on board with this challenge. Just a quick question, how is Latin America defined for this challenged? If you take a look at Latin America#Contemporary definitions, there are different meanings of Latin America. I think this should be cleared on the front page to avoid any confusion. Erick ( talk) 14:13, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
South America, Central America and Caribbean, we'll also include French Guyana and Belize and any islands off coast, just a loose term to cover Mexico down to Chile!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
I have rearranged the list of articles in an alphabetic order. Right now they are a handful, but I think that having some order would be better in the long run, when the list grows. Cambalachero ( talk) 15:28, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Cambalachero: I agree that alpha order looks nicer, I don't object to alpha order itself, but long term it would be difficult due to page size we have to archive after 1000 or 2000. See Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. Plus when the list gets in the thousands it will take quite an effort to scan down the lists to find the alphabetical place. I think we're best with just order of improvement. People will find it easier to just add to the end when it gets big. Unless you're willing to commit to maintaining it all in alpha order yourself of course! I think it's better to just credit the author and not sign after every article too, and page length will be shorter long term that way in kb.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:56, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
OK we'll try alpha order and then create a new list after sets of 500 or something. Keep it to unlinked user name credits though, no signing or dates.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:38, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Dear project team, I'm finding time consuming to add manually the articles I've improved so can be counted for this WP; time that would be better used improving more articles. I'm concerned that this could also discourage some editors to add their achievements to this list. Is it possible to create a tool that automatically creates the entry for an improved article in this list? Maybe a short WP template that the editor adds in the article's talk page (parameters: country, improvememt summary), and a bot that identifies newly tagged article and adds them to the list, in its correct place, with the info that we're adding now taken from the tag. This could potentially save thousands of hours, even more f the "tool" is shared with other similar improvement projects. Regards, DPdH ( talk) 23:05, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
Just to further clarify the project's scope: are any/all type(s) of new or improved pages relevant for inclusion? E.g.: disambiguation, redirect, category. I think they should, as these "minor" pages certainly contribute to improving overall quality of LatAm content in Wikipedia. Thanks, DPdH ( talk) 00:22, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi all, I've just listed my achievements, but it is said that an "alphabetical order" is preferred. To me that doesn't make much sense. The best order I'd say would be per country, as the flags are used to show that and then it is clearly visible which countries of Latin America have a lot and which can be included to have a wider scope. Alternative would be per user or by quality. Alphabetical is the least informative order imho. Cheers, Tisquesusa ( talk) 15:43, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Seeing the challenge and the other challenges (Europe, Africa, etc.) that are far ahead in percentages, I think it's a good idea to invite more people with knowledge/affinity with Latin American articles, by using pinging here. It is less "in your face" to ping the users here than to "spam" all the talk pages (no worries, @ Richard3120:, I liked you did it, but others might not be so enthusiastic about Talk page "spam").
I have added a new section with the main stub categories, and proposed stubs to expand from each one. Those proposals are generated by AnomieBOT from the main stub category or one subsection, and get renewed each four days (much more than that would demand too much from the bot). Cambalachero ( talk) 00:05, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Just a query as to listing templates - I see some have appeared on the list; I have created some navboxes but have not listed them here - my preference would be that they are not listed, since they are not actual improvements to content, rather tools for navigating existing content, and would skew the percentage. Anyone else have any thoughts? Simon Burchell ( talk) 15:26, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Should the articles created during the Women in Red edit-a-thon be added here, as well as in the rest of the 10,000 challenges? -- Jamez42 ( talk) 17:47, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi everyone. I wrote Murder of Joey Fischer in early 2017, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as an article related to Latin America (specifically WikiProject Mexico). The murder happened in Brownsville, Texas, border city with Matamoros, Mexico. However, the assassins were from Mexico and the case reached high-ranking Mexican officials too. I have it within WikiProject Mexico in the article's talkpage, but I rather get a second opinion. Thank you. MX ( ✉ • ✎) 14:16, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
So I have just found this project today, but I've been adding content about Mexican subjects for years, hundreds of Latin America related articles, a bunch after this challenge was started. Can I could articles I created AFTER the challenge started but BEFORE I even knew of it's existence? MPJ-DK ( talk) 20:49, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect
Wiikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 15#Wiikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Seventyfiveyears (
talk)
18:45, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
FYI Pizzaking13, Cobblet, and anyone else wondering about the scope of this project... last month I wrote on the talk page of Dr. Blofeld/Encyclopædius, who set up this challenge, for clarification about what was to be included, as it's clear that the likes of Jamaica do not fall under any accepted definition of "Latin America" – his reply makes it pretty clear that he intended that any country and island from Mexico southwards is to be included, whether it's Latin American or not [1]. Just putting this here for future reference to head off any arguments and edit wars about the map on the main page, or whether certain countries should be included in the list. Richard3120 ( talk) 23:40, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi! Just found out about this project and decided to join. I have a few already-existing articles that would fit here. Just wanted to make sure I was allowed to retroactively add them in. Krisgabwoosh ( talk) 03:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)