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Contents 1 Image dispute 2 Shorten list of people from Mexicali 3 Fact dispute 4 Schools 5 Redlinks 6 The building of an agricultural empire 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Mexicali coat of arms.png

[edit] Image dispute

The picture references a hydroelectric plant. It is not. It is a thermo-electric plant. She is standing on a stack platform, another is immediately behind her. The cooling tower is to her left below. All this equipment is not a hydroelectric but a combined cycle gas and/or liquid fuel power plant using combustion turbines. The orange safety netting is for sight safety during construction. I worked here during construction. The refernce is wrong and should be La Rosita Central Termoelectrica Ciclo Combinado. --66.210.133.12 16:50, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I have researched this myself and have updated the caption correcly. The plant is a natural-gas fired plant. I also put a reference for others to see this. Thanks for pointing out the error. lensovet 18:12, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shorten list of people from Mexicali

Many of those names appear to not be notable (a few are just listed as "businessman", etc). I propose deleting the references to all of them that do not have Wikipedia entries. DarwinPeacock 20:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Looks like there was a lot of "Me Too-ism" in there as well. I've taken the Roto-Rooter to the section. - Aerobird 20:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fact dispute

The article "Chinatowns in Latin America" says that Mexicali was founded in 1903 by Chinese workers fleeing prejudice in California. Here it says something else. Qwerty510 00:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't started by the Chinese, but an American land corporation the Imperial Land Company owned the Imperial Valley, US (the American side) and the Mexicali Valley on the Mexican side, whom hired several hundred Chinese railroad workers unable to become US citizens due to the Chinese Exclusion Act and ironically, over a thousand of Mexican traqueros (railroad workers) on the American side.71.102.53.48 (talk) 09:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Schools

The Schools that are there show mostly universities, and not necesarily the best. There are a few private schools worth mentioning, since they are some of the best schools in the city, if not the state. - signed by an anon IP

Calexico does have a high ratio of foreign-born students than most of the U.S. due to its proximity to Mexico, thus you could disproven popular conceptions of immigrant children exhausted or lowered the quality of public education in California and the US. Unless you're able to provide any source like the Calexico Unified School District or the Cal. Department of Education web sites. 71.102.53.48 (talk) 09:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redlinks

Removed the following:

Other

• Mexicali Musk, men's fragance by Coty, cologne spray and after shave splash, with plastic worm at the bottom of the bottle
• Mexicali Brass, US popular music group, with hits like "Mexicali Jumping Bean", "Calexico Cocktail", " and "Spanish Flea"

Notable residents

• Norma Enriqueta "Queta" Basilio de Sotelo, famous Mexican track and field short-distance runner (100 meter hurdling sprinter). She was the final torch bearer during the Opening Ceremony of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, and became the first woman in history to light the Olympic cauldron.
• Sergio Fong, Businessman
• Juan R. Peña, Businessman
• Milton Castellanos Everardo, governor of Baja California 1971-1977, born in Chiapas
• Gus Vildosola, Professional Baja Racer in Trophy Truck Class, Multiple Score Desert Series Champion
• Irak Nava, Great artist in Graphic Arts.
• Juana Rios Aizú, Poet and writter, very popular in Baja California for its sonnets and tales for children.
• José Alfredo Morón, Famous Road racing star, was a multiple runner of the year for Baja. Top runner in the mid 80's for baja, in distances ranging from 1500 to 10,000 meters and marathon. Has recorded a best 10K time of 28:46 at the prestigious Mt.Sac Relays in 1984. Is still remembered by some of the best road running coaches in Mexicali.
• Arturo Fuentes, Animator

&& bluelinks with no references.

• Celso Aguirre Bernal, historian
• Elizabeth Algrávez, poet
• Salvador Vizcarra Schumm, writer
• Adolfo Wilhelmy, first playwritter in Baja California, writer and cultural promoter

&& Adding

• Ernesto Zedillo, former President of the United Mexican States
• Nikki Clan, pop rock band

/ Six persons looks good; and anymore should and will be from non lapping areas with reputable sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.32.83.120 (talk) 23:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

You did a good job trimming the excesive list of people from Mexicali, but why would you delete "Queta" Basilio?. I think it's at least as worth mentioning her as it was to mention a somewhat-known pop band. Wouldn't you agree that it's an interesting fact that the first woman to light the cauldron was born in Mexicali?.Adrael 14:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. The thing is that it was linked incorrectly and showed up red when it actually had an article. 75.32.83.120 16:44, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The building of an agricultural empire

i want to remove chunks of this section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.32.83.120 (talk) 00:05, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mexicali coat of arms.png

Image:Mexicali coat of arms.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 04:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)