User talk:JorgeAranda

Good work

Hey, thank you for keeping an eye on the Mexico article, usually it's me and a few other guys the ones who take care of it, but the more people that help us the better, adios. Supaman89 (talk) 22:10, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IQ

You say that saying that Mexico's national IQ cannot be 96 and that it is childish to think so. Why? I understand Mexico is not first world, but it is not so much third world either, it is a newly industrialized country. Is it so childish to think Mexico can have a high IQ when developing countries similar to Mexico, like China, have a pretty high IQ. Are you saying that because most Mexicans are not (full) caucasian or East Asian that they can't get a high score? Is this racism? One question: are you even Mexican, I understand you live in Canada, but are you of Mexican origin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Iz Cali (talk • contribs) 00:44, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not saying that Mexico's national IQ cannot be 96. I'm saying it is childish to (a) post that average on Mexico's article (and on the introductory passage!), and (b) claim that such a score is one of the highest of the world.

For the record: I am Mexican, and proud to be so, as anyone who knows me could tell you. My family tree is formed only of Mexicans as far back as I can trace it. I believe Mexicans, for whatever reason, are very ingenious people. I also believe that IQ tests are next to useless, and that they are too often misinterpreted and used to make misguided judgments about the intelligence of people based on their colour or gender. I think IQ test results should be publicized as little as possible so as not to validate them in the eyes of lay people that do not know of the tests' weaknesses. I find it annoying that you immediately suspect that this attempt at objectivity is racism. JorgeAranda (talk) 15:24, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'm sorry!--Chris Iz Cali (talk) 00:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico

Dear Jorge:

I think you didn't see the actual changes I introduced. I just didn't revert. User Richard was complaining about the use of the word "despite" to link two sentences. He clearly stated that he thought both sentences were fine, just not the linking of the concepts. However, he just limited himself to delete the whole sentence, not to correct it. So accordingly with that, I'm adding back the sourced notion that Mexico is considered an emerging world power by the G8 and G5 nations.

Anything that is sourced and verifiable, such as this, does belong to Wikipedia and especially to this article, since it is about Mexico. Alex Covarrubias ^{( Talk? )} 01:10, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good point Alex, sorry about that! JorgeAranda (talk) 22:27, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Official language

Dear Jorge, ever since I was a child I always thought that the official language was Spanish, but here in Wikipedia I was taught that it was not true. For the last 2 years that was a fact for me, until recently when I discovered that reference in the presidency website. So I'm as surprised as you. Thanks! Alex Covarrubias ^{( Talk? )} 04:07, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]