User talk:Mgdelarosa

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Re: Duque

You've only given me one reliable source of information about this guy, which does not give enough information to establish his notability. Unless you can find more reliable sources, there is no way the article satisfies Wikipedia's notability rules. Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 20:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the reliable source was the BBC article. If you read WP:RS, it will help you discern what reliable sources are. Also, the text of the article is available here. Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 21:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. Here is the correct link. (I forgot to click on the permalink before; oops) Sorry about that. Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 18:00, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of Puerto Ricans

Hello Mgdelarosa, how are you,

I noticed that added the names of Lourdes Pérez, Sylvia Rivera, Anthony Romero and Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes to the "List of Puerto Ricans". Good, however managing a list as this one is not an easy job. That is why we have rules which are to be followed. The rules are posted in a very clearly and simple way so that any one can understand. In case taht you did not notice them, here they are:

"Additions to the list must be listed in alphabetical order by first name, where applicable and must provide a "reliable verifiable source" which cites the person's notability, otherwise it will be removed."

I have removed the names, but feel free to add them once again once you have provided and cited a reliable verifiable source. Thank you, Tony the Marine (talk) 17:17, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Mgdelarosa, add the reliable sources after the listings. If you ever need me for anything, please do not hesitate to go to my talk page. Take care Tony the Marine (talk) 19:33, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category name

Hi, Mgdelarosa! I notice that recently you've been adding Category:LGBT Puerto Ricans to many articles and wanted to stop by for some suggestions / changes. First, before adding an LGBT people cat, be sure that the article actually says that the person is LGBT? And that there is a reliable reference / source in the article to back it up. In many cases, we have to be careful about WP:BLP. Second, I think we want to move all the entries you've made from Category:LGBT Puerto Ricans to Category:LGBT people from Puerto Rico, to keep the standard naming convention we've got going at Category:LGBT people by nationality. If it's okay with you, I'd like to put the cat up for renaming at WP:CFR.

If I've misunderstood what you're doing, or haven't explained myself well, please let me know. You can respond here - I've got you watchlisted :) Thanks!! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 16:08, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, SatyrTN. Thank you for the recommendations. I will go ahead and start to post reliable references for the people that I am including in the LGBT cat. As to the second issue, I created the Category:LGBT Puerto Ricans as a way to include LGBT people from Puerto Rico (born there, who live there) and LGBT people of Puerto Rican descent who live in the U.S. (many of them born in the U.S.). The standard naming conventions in Wikipedia are not very helpful in this respect. As a point of comparison, I've been looking at Category:LGBT people from Cuba. That category is almost exclusively made up of LGBT Cubans born in Cuba who currently live or lived in the U.S. If you think it's better to follow that model, then I'd say yes, let's move the LGBT Puerto Ricans to LGBT people from Puerto Rico. Thanks!--Mgdelarosa (talk) 03:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The naming conventions aren't all that helpful :)

The Cuban category is probably made up of people who live or lived in the US because the US is where they became notable? I'm not sure we (Wikipedia) have access to many Cuban sources of information that would state that someone was gay, so any such sources would be from the US, and would almost certainly be about Cubans who moved to (or were born in) the US.

I guess, though, the real crux of the matter is why you would want two separate cats. The "LGBT people from..." categories are pretty much there to show that "we are everywhere"... And to help people surfing by country of origin. So, under that schema, people born in PR (no matter where they are living) would then be in the "LGBT people from PR." What you're describing, though, is analogous to Category:LGBT African Americans, a category cross of sexuality and race.

I think the litmus test here is whether or not that's considered "encyclopedic". Can an article be written on LGBT Puerto Ricans? Are there reliable sources and notable works about the subject? I don't know the answer to those questions. My gut feeling is that it's not a category I would want - but that's just me. What do you think? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 07:21, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Puerto Rican literature

Thank you for your improvements, I am impressed. Tony the Marine (talk) 01:50, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Duque

It looks like the sourcing is adequate to me although I'm not as active as I once was here so someone else may say otherwise. If it was just my call though, I'd say the article is fine. Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 05:42, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Charlie Vázquez

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No demonstration of GNG; all sources unreliable/self-published.

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