User talk:Francisco Valverde

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[edit] Hello

Bhadani has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

--Bhadani 14:34, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] COTW Project

You voted for Lee Smith (baseball), this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Cel es tianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

[edit] WP:MED

Hi,

the main page of WikiProject Medicine has just been redesigned, comments are welcome! Please consider listing yourself as a participant.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:48, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Foto de Cúcuta

Le escribo para contarle que ya coloqué una foto mejor para Cúcuta, y es su ubicación en el departamento de Norte de Santander.

Suerte...

Ricardoramirezj 03:21, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review of bacteria

Hi there. I'd value your input on this article. Thank you. TimVickers 05:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

This article is now a Featured Article candidate, the nomination page is (here). Thank you. TimVickers 04:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Malik Scott

Why is there a problem? He beat Michael Bennett (boxer) and Jason Estrada who both bombed out in the pros too (scott has yet to lose). He beat Sultan Ibragimov who is fighting for the WBO title soon and IBF challenger DaVarryl Williamson. He was an amateur star, won among others the junior world championships.German.Knowitall 18:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plesiorycteropus

You said that there should be a picture of the Plesiorycteropus on its talk page. I can help you there by making one, but I need to know, can you either A: show me the image on a website or B: describe it to me in words? If either of these, I can whip up an image! --KnowledgeLord 07:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In response

Thanks a ton for your help, but I'll see what I can do. --KnowledgeLord 09:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Corsica Cola

Regarding the Corsica Cola article; I have simply performed a direct translation of the French article to English.

Whilst I agree that the article reads like an advertisement and that a photo would be great, I only partake in translations of articles on wikipedia as this is where my strengths lie. I would prefer to leave it to other wikipedians to arrange and fill in extra information, I have no expertise at all on corsican cola - it was just an easy translation project I took up. Thanks for tidying up the template anyhow. Jono 16:24, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi again Francisco. I have now translated the French article on the Pietra brewrery, its here: Pietra. I am also intending to translate articles about the other beers produced by Pietra. Please have a look and make any changes you think necessary, thanks! Jono 14:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes again. The French articles are of pretty poor quality like you said and do seem to advertise rather than take a neutral approach. However, by translating them, I have hopefully given somebody something useful to work with and improve on. Before you know it the French will be translating from the English articles into French! Jono 22:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee wishes you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your special day.

I know that it's an hour early (UTC), but it's your birthday where I live, so I'll give it to you now. Enjoy your birthday! Regards, •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 22:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy B-day!!!

Here's to you on your birthday, Francisco Valverde! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

I wish you a happy birthday!!! --Gravity^Talk 13:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hola...

Le escribo para pedirle ayuda para mejorar la grámatica del artículo de Cúcuta.

Muchas gracias,

--Ricardocolombia 18:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Austro-Neapolitan War

Hi there Francisco! I have looked at the articles and contributed to the discussion. I will try to find some more background on the issue - as I said in the discussion, my books have let me down on this one! Chrisfow 11:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Definition of Europe

How does the political definition of Europe differ from the geographical? The boundary was always the Urals Mts. from the north along the east side, and the waterways Black Sea, Aegean, Med, and Atlantic to the southeast, south and southwest. --Bejnar 15:13, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Non-free use disputed for Image:04caudillo.jpg

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[edit] Zeitgeist

I see that you have started Zeitgeist (2006 film), various other incarnations of that article have been deleted at least 3 times today alone in various incarnations Zeitgeist, The Movie and Zeitgeist the movie. Is there any claim to notability for this film? The imdb entry was written by the film maker, there is no assertion that the film was ever distributed or any WP:RSes that the film is notable. Can you provide any? In the interim I am tagging for speedy deletion. Carlossuarez46 05:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Minorcan Giant Lagomorph

I'm happy to give you what little information I have. Its going to be named Nuralagus rex. If you google Nuralagus, you'll get two or three pages, one of which seems to have some useful information and another has the title of the dissertation. I found the reference in the following paper:

Quintana, J. and J. Agusti. 2007. Los mamíferos insulares del Mioceno medio y superior de Menorca (islas Baleares, Mediterráneo occidental). Geobios, 40(5): 677-687

I would ask that the genus and species names not be used on the page until the animal has been formally named in a published paper. --Helioseus 15:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Happy Birthday

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Francisco Valverde, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

FROM YOUR FRIEND:

-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 00:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Francisco Valverde a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

--Nadir D Steinmetz 14:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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