Portal talk:Cuba

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Contents 1 Misc 2 Celia Sanchez 3 Gore Vidal 4 Banking in Cuba 5 PLEASE HELP 6 Portal:Cuba 7 The technological and scientific contributions

[edit] Misc

The current page is a start. takethemud 01:12, 13 April 2006 (UTC)takethemud

Have added Cuba-United States relations to the list, and Cuba and democracy which was needed to take the heat off the main Cuba page (see international coverage [1]) --Zleitzen 14:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Celia Sanchez

The Norwegian wikipedia had this photo - http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilde:Celia1.jpg - do you think we can use that ? I think it's a much nicer photo than the bizarre big-hair one. It also appears http://www.radiomoron.cu/2006/01/11/celia.asp - without a copyright note (compare the other photo on that page). -- Beardo 03:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree it is more natural depiction of Sanchez than the weird Adams family big-hair pose. Go ahead.--Zleitzen 04:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I just wait for the copyright police to hit that. I think that would look nice on your women in Cuba article, too. -- Beardo 06:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gore Vidal

Is his visit newsworthy ? "HAVANA -- Celebrated American writer Gore Vidal slammed the four-decade-long U.S. trade embargo against Cuba on Sunday, saying during a visit to the island that he hopes recent changes in U.S. politics will help end the sanctions." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121001149.html

And I must say he looked healthier on TV a few minutes ago than in that 2003 file photo. Especially as he's older than Fidel. -- Beardo 06:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banking in Cuba

OK - I've made a start. Feel free to improve. --Beardo 05:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Great work Beardo. --Zleitzen 07:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PLEASE HELP

To anyone who may know Comrade Granado / Cuban Govt.

I am trying to contact the Cuban Government / Comrade Fidel or Comrade Alberto Granado,

I am a 25 year old doctor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India and I consider Communism to be my relegion.

I am searching for this for long, but couldn't get any proper and valid , working email id or anything such.

I shall be thankful if anyone kindly informs me any valid contact information of any of them. Please convey my warmest wishes and regards to Comrade Alberto Granado on his birthday on the day after tomorrow.

Thanks and regards,

Dr. Kushal Banerjee

kushalb@no2ragging.org

Dated - Aug 6th, 2007, Kolkata, India.

   I am also searching for such information.

keith.yunggun@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.25.192.4 (talk) 17:40, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Cuba

Hello everyone. The Cuban Portal has not been edited since early June, and has only received main contributions from one user, User:Zleitzen, who has stated that he/she is inactive for the foreseeable future (last edit on September 29, 2007, after no edits since July 23, 2007). The News section is completely outdated, although articles, pictures, and quotes are in a random quotation, so those aren't affected much. We need a dedicated user(s) who will take a little time of his/her week and update the page, by adding current news every few days and presenting articles, pictures, and quotes when good ones are found.

If the Portal isn't updated regularly, it may be automatically de-featured, since it may fail the FPO criteria #3(4): Featured portals that require maintenance and are not updated for three or more months are summarily demoted.

I'd offer myself for the job, but I'm already maintaining the Portal:Puerto Rico, and I'll be working on featuring other Portals soon. So, any volunteers? - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 23:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

What all is required to keep this portal updated? John Carter 23:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your interest. The news section should be updated with current news, which is right now the most critical part of the portal, and new Cuban articles should be added in the DYK section. I've just added a hidden message at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cuba/New articles so users will post the information when they create new articles. Other than that, include articles and biographies every now and then in the Selected series templates, preferably when articles reach GA or FA which the community likes to present. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 23:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

For the interim, I can try to get it updated at around the same time I update the Saints portal. I do think that we'd be better off with someone else though, if they want to come forward. My memory isn't all it could be. John Carter 00:09, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't maintain it permanently either. I'll contribute a few news stories and update the DYK while we search for a user willing to take the task. But thank you for your time and effort. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 01:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The technological and scientific contributions

There's no article on the technological and scientific contributions Cuba has made! Someone, anyone please wright an article on this subject since I can't due to the fact I can't access the information necessary to writing the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rainboqer (talk • contribs) 23:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)