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Hello this page is dedicated to beautiful Cuba and it's people. Hopefully this is the first of many Latin American country wikiprojectts to come. Antonio El Morro Martin

[edit] Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team cooperation

Hello. I'm a member of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing articles using these criteria, and we are are asking for your help. As you are most aware of the issues surrounding your focus area, we are wondering if you could provide us with a list of the articles that fall within the scope of your WikiProject, and that are either featured, A-class, B-class, or Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Do you have any recommendations? If you do, please post your suggestions at the listing of all active Places WikiProjects, and if you have any questions, ask me in the Work Via WikiProjects talk page or directly in my talk page. Thanks a lot! Titoxd(?!? - help us) 18:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baseball in Cuba

If anyone knows anything about baseball in Cuba, get yourself over to the above page and add a fact or two. Thanks!--Zleitzen 22:32, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI: Tourism apartheid in Cuba

Some people have been working on documenting issues related to South African apartheid. One major theme that developed is tourism apartheid. It has an article section here: Tourism apartheid in Cuba. Thoughts are invited. (Most people working on the apartheid related material are not experts in Cuba-related topics.) --Ben Houston 00:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

This happened in the USSR and happens in China too. It's how Communist governments handle foreign tourism for security/cultural exposure reasons. I think its a bit overboard with loadedness to call it apartheid though it does seem to go against the Cuban Constitution Bwithh 07:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jorge Más Canosa

I was surprised to learn that Wikipedia didn't have an article on Jorge Más Canosa, a man who was arguably one of the most important Cubans in the United States. Right now the article is just a stub, but any contributions would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure somebody must know more about this man than me (I was too young to have met or heard of him). -- Luigi22 17:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 16:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Project banner

I noticed you didn't have a project banner, so I made one. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit, or, if you want to added assessment criteria or anything else to it and don't feel confident in your own ability to do so, let me know and I'll do what I can. Thank you. Badbilltucker 22:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles

I am not sure what that list is supposed to represent - it clearly isn't a complete list. -- Beardo 03:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm in the process of trying to create this Wikipedia:WikiProject Cuba/Cuba site map. Which I hope will contain links to many of the relevant articles. I hope to turn it into template to go on numerous project pages, user pages and maybe even articles.--Zleitzen 03:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
As usual you're ahead of me, Z ! -- Beardo 04:19, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cinema of Cuba

This includes lists of names. Should they be alphabetical by forename or (first) surname ? Currently, directors are the latter, and actors are the former. -- Beardo 03:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how we could improve this page?--Zleitzen 21:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 20:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jimbo to visit Cuba ?

See User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Greetings_from_Cuba.21.21.21 and User_talk:ZorphDark#It_would_please_me_greatly_to_visit_Cuba. -- Beardo 22:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Correct, I'm doing many negotiations in my university CUJAE and Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Universidad de La Habana for future Jimbo visit. He tells me that in few months, perhaps 6, he might visit us through an humanitarian project invitation. Possibly he performs a conference to students and cuban's wikipedians at university. ZorphDark <talk>

[edit] Cuba portal

I'm at present restricting my participation on this site but I've checked and noticed that Portal:Cuba needs a good looking at from other users. It was entered as a featured portal by me, but received a pasting by critics Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Cuba/archive1. Whatsmore a new user and apparently some sort of political activist for Oscar Elías Biscet seems to be changing things to his liking - removing Jose Marti quotes they don't like as "too Marxist" and making a substandard article the selected biography article.--Zleitzen 01:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Havana Club

Please see discussions about the future of the Havana Club page.--Zleitzen 08:56, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External link

Here is an excellant [external link] about the Cuban rafters. Certainly worth a view and should be added to relevant pages.--Zleitzen 18:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Naming convention

Should we have a naming convention for cuban communities? Different countries have different standards throughout wikipedia, with "City, Country" or "Town, Province" being the more common. Many cuban communities have been moved form Community, Cuba to Community about six months back (where editors felt there was no need for disambiguation), but we never had any discussion about this. I would favour Community, Cuba, it has the advantage that articles are easily recognisible when they show up in broader categories. --Qyd 15:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Could you give examples to demonstrate. I'm not following you, Qyd.--Zleitzen 02:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry about the delay. For example, Matanzas, Cuba would be easier to detect (by someone interested in Cuban topics) when browsing Category:Missing Encyclopedic Articles requests for expansion. Matanzas not so much. Other such categories would be those related to WP:GA, WP:FA, or those related to wikiprojects such as Category:WikiProject Lakes and so on. --Qyd 01:34, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting WikiProject Cuba

I had made some changes on format. Shall we contribute to give a best style to this project? Thanks... ZorphDark <talk>

[edit] Casa de las Américas

I have an interest in expanding the Casa de las Américas article. If anyone one could please provide me with sources from which to expand this article (Spanish language sources would be much appreciated as well) I would appreciate it.--Jersey Devil 05:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Will hopefully contribute at some point in the future Jersey.-- Zleitzen(talk) 09:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorting Assessment of articles

I've made some changes to the template to allow for sorting and assessment of articles. You do it by adding |class=A|importance=Top}} to the {{WP Cuba tag on the talk pages, depending of course on whether the article is any good (which it probably isn't) or important (which it probably is). Get judging, scrutinising and assessing guys - further details are on the template.-- Zleitzen(talk) 09:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alejo Carpentier

  • Hello, I added more info on the Alejo Carpentier article. More info needs to be added. I also tagged the article as part of the WikiCuba Project. The footnotes in the article need to be fix so they don't appear as repetative, but not removed since I borrowed a lot from a book and the writer needs to be referenced.Charleenmerced Talk 05:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced
Great work, Charleenmerced.-- Zleitzen(talk) 22:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Province infobox

(This was copied from my talk page.)-- Zleitzen(talk) 22:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello my fellow WikiProject Cuba colleague! New infobox for administrative subdivisions is available and I am planning to implement it on Provinces of Cuba. Would you like to help me with adding it ? You can see new infobox in use e.g. in Midtjylland article. P.S. Only negative thing is that a clickable map of Cuban provinces can't be implemented to the infobox. - Darwinek 21:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for comment needed

I've initiated a request for comment here on one of our articles, Elian Gonzalez. Please add your thoughts.-- Zleitzen(talk) 15:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rumba and Rhumba

Whoever has written the article Rumba, an afro Cuban form of music based on drumming and chants, has got it confused with Rhumba a 1950s Cuban American form of jazz that is not the same thing, (Check this to confirm). The article Rumba therefore mixes the two in a way that is too difficult to extract on first glance. It needs to be rectified fast because its a major error on the part of wikipedia. Help would be welcomed.-- Zleitzen(talk) 19:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

Hello. Editors are welcome to peer review an article I have written : Buena Vista Social Club which I hope will shortly be a candidate for Featured article. All comments are helpful.-- Zleitzen(talk) 15:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to see peer review on Che Guevara. The argument has recently been made that because it's a featured article, it is illegitimate to place an NPOV dispute tag on it. Where does it say that FA status renders an article immune to criticism? --Uncle Ed 17:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Articles are not immune to criticism. That is what the talk page is there for. Adding a POV tag to any article without discussion is illegitimate, Ed. You should know that by now.-- Zleitzen(talk) 17:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bilateral relations discussion

I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you. Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:52, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Latin cultures

Hello everyone! You may want to go to Latin cultures an participate in the article and discussion. There are a lot of disputed statements... The Ogre 12:31, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Cuban birds

List of Cuban birds is a candidate for a featured list. Follow the links on the talk page.-- Zleitzen(talk) 04:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Cuba now a featured portal

[edit] Proposed merger

It has been proposed that the article José Martí as a translator be merged into the article José Martí. Any parties interested in participating in the discussion should feel free to do so here. John Carter 19:52, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] José Martí's place of birth

I have just returned Sr. Marti to Havana fro Mexico, where he had been born since 14 May, due to vandalism. That page is semi-protected at present, but I suspect that won't last much longer. (Three anons had pointed this error out on the talk page.) -- Beardo 05:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] El Senador

I think this should be moved to reflect its new name - but I am not sure what name to choose. See Talk:El Senador. -- Beardo 05:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lista de Espera

What do you think - Lista de Espera or The Waiting List ? -- Beardo 03:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Remember your roots, but forget your language? For shame.

OK, folks, I've had it up to here with that. The title of the Marielita page is driving me nuts! Am I the only person, aside from the geezers at Domino Plaza, who remembers the actual term for the Mariel refugees anymore? Let's not humiliate the entire language on Wikipedia just because out parents didn't speak enough Spanish to us at home. Marielita (translation: Marielite) is a genderless noun, dammit! You don't give it a sex-change operation! I bet you all are the same ones who go to "el psiquiatro" when you're feeling blue, and who are just itching for the next election so you can finally get to vote for "la proxima presidenta"... lol *rolls eyes* --Succubus MacAstaroth 16:42, 11 July 2007 (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

Chekushal 15:42, 06 August 2007 (IST)

[edit] Article request

This one is needed-*Germán Pedro Ibáñez, 79, Cuban guitarist and director of the Septeto Habanero. [1] (Spanish) Chris 20:05, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Castro, today's flavor of the day

Just letting you guys know that rumors of his apparent death have resulted in a massive content dispute, so any help with this is appreciated. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:36, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletions (WP:PROD)

[edit] A nitpick for the Assessment page

A small nitpick for the Assessment page: I propose changing the description of "mid" importance to change the word "relatively" to something along the lines of "somewhat". While people often use "relatively" in this manner, the word actually implies that the item has that quality when compared to other typical items in the same category. That is, "relatively important" implies that, when compared to a typical article in this project, the article is important. But seeing as there are about as many Mid articles as there are Low articles, this isn't really the case.Mbarbier 17:19, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Top-High-Mid-Low-NA is the standard/established importance grading for wikiprojects. --Qyd 19:56, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Tourist apartheid into Tourism in Cuba

Opinions are welcome. Thank you. --victor falk 00:36, 31 October 2007 (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) 23:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Afd on an incorrectly titled article?

Please see:

In trying to figure out if this person is notable, it appeared as if we should be searching other names besides "Pilar Pili" but I'm not a Cuba expert nor am I familiar with Spanish-language sources. Please feel free to join the AfD discussion and help us make the correct decision. Thanks, --A. B. (talk) 16:26, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Things that make me sad

While doing recent work on a Cuba related article, I noticed that that there are so many red links in List of colonial heads of Cuba while this exists. It made me really sad. Murderbike (talk) 13:48, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ghe Guevara Feature article review notice

Che Guevara has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.

[edit] Raúl Castro

Raúl Castro has become a popular vandal target. Can you please add this article to your watchlists? Thanks. DoubleBlue (Talk) 17:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1905 Cuba book on the internet

The 1905 book Standard Guide to Cuba: A New and Complete Guide to the Island of Cuba is available in its entirety on the internet and has some great public domain photos and text. Bebestbe (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2008 (UTC)