User talk:Can-mex

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Redux 23:12, 9 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

About the page moved

Hi. As in my welcome message, welcome to Wikipedia! I see you moved the article on the city of Rio de Janeiro from "Rio de Janeiro", where it was, to "Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro", and "Rio de Janeiro (state)" to Rio de Janeiro. I believe you might have followed such examples as New York, New York and New York, right? But you see, New York is a US city/state, and as such, the articles were named following the standard naming convention for US cities and states (which was settled after a very long discussion...), and in Wikipedia, concerning the titles for articles on cities, we tend to follow the naming convention adopted in the country where the city/state is (see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (city names) — but it's not written in stone or anything, it's just a way to be fair and prevent disputes over articles' titles; the common naming from the original country can be overridden if there's a common name in English for the place, as this is, after all, the English wiki). Since Brazil does not adopt the city, state format, and since "Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro" is in fact not used at all in the country or elsewhere (afaik), and a reference to just "Rio de Janeiro" would bring the city, not the state, to mind, I believe that the previous scheme, with "Rio de Janeiro" for the city, and "Rio de Janeiro (state)" for the state, would be more in keeping with policy. To avoid polemics or reverts on potentially controversial topics, I suggest that you always open a discussion on the concerned article's talk page before proceeding with said controversial edits. There, you can get consensus (meaning, you get a majority of other users to agree with your proposal); or, if your message goes ignored for some time, you can also go ahead with your changes unworried. Trust me, this actually saves you time. At your disposal for any questions (and to further discuss the "Rio de Janeiro" article, if you wish), Redux 23:38, 9 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mexico CoA.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Mexico CoA.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:21, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]