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National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico

Thanks for pointing out my error at National Register of Historic Places listings in southern and western Puerto Rico. I'm not sure how I managed to do that. The Casa Paoli listing was announced by the NPS this past Friday. I've added it to the list again, this time making sure not to mess up the rest of the page. Happy editing! --sanfranman59 (talk) 00:13, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Boricua Barnstar

I hope that you accept this "Boricua Barnstar" which I am presenting you for your exceptional work on Puerto Rico related articles, thereby "Poniendo nuestra isla en alto". Tony the Marine (talk) 20:05, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

New Templates

The following are new templates to be used for Puerto Rican related images:

1. For portraits of Governors, First Ladies, Senate Presidents, House Speakers and Military heroes: {{PD-PRGov-OfficialPortraits}}

2. For images from the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture: {{PD-PRGov-IPC}}

Tony the Marine (talk) 06:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Wall of Honor

Mercy, you have been among the best people that I have ever interacted with. You have never hesitated to come to my defense when needed, therefore it is with great pleasure that I have placed your user name in my Wall of Honor. Tony the Marine (talk) 16:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Re:chat

Hello Mercy, you are more then welcomed to comment in my "chat". I suggest that the "See also" section with the PR Portal and a link to "List of famous Puerto Ricans" be placed on all Puerto Rican biographies. A "See also" section with the "PR-portal" can also be placed in the "barrios" with the intention of catching the readers attention as to the positive contributions made by Puerto Ricans, but that would optional. In the article that I wrote about the "Piragua" I only posted related topics of interest in the "See also" section. That is only my opinion.

• I believe that an article that has only one short sentence or paragraph should be considered a "stub". An article with more then a paragraph, but lacking full information and falling short of being a full article, should be considered as "start".

• Not all public records have DoB or DoD information. To give you an example, when I wrote the story of Capt. Ivan Castro, I could not find anywhere his date of birth, therefore I made an educated guess at the year that he was born. It wasn't until a couple of days ago when we spoke on the phone that he confirmed his real date of birth. I was off by one year. If you know the year that the person or subject in question entered the service, then you can make an educated guess that he/she was born 18 years earlier since the average age in which most people enter the service is 18. If the person entered the service with a BA, then figure that the person was born 22 years before he received his BA. When guessing the year of a person's birth just add a "circa", example: (c. 1962) and that'll do it.

• In regard to Joxel García, I don't know how the PHSCC works as to the release of information to the public. For one thing, he was an Admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) which is the federal uniformed service of the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and not of the military. Even though the PHSCC is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States, it is not related nor part of the five military branches of the United States (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard) and his PHSCC Admiral rank, which is temporary, has no bearing in the Navy or Coast Guard, it is more symbolic then anything else. The only two Hispanic full Admirals (four-star) so far have been David Farragut and Horacio Rivero. Tony the Marine (talk) 06:02, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Money doubles

Money may double in recent years, but not during depressions. Please do research before reverting me. I have been editing Misplaced Pages for five years, I know what I'm doing.

In 1928, it was $50 million. Per this first hit on Google for inflation calculators:

• 1940: $42 million
• 1952: $77.6 million
• 1964: $90 million
• 1976: $166 million
• 1988: $346 million
• 2000: $503 million
• 2009: $620 million

Please do not revert me. --Hurricanehink (talk) 04:02, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Re:Images

• I agree with Pr4ever,

You should upload the images with the following for now:

• Description
• Source

http://bibliotecadigital.uprrp.edu/ Images are PD because of the following statement made by the University of Puerto Rico:

1. "Estos recursos están disponibles libremente para los estudiosos, investigadores, estudiantes y otras personas interesadas en la historia, la política, la economía, los asuntos sociales y culturales de Puerto Rico desde el siglo XIX hasta el presente."
2. These resources are available freely for the scholars, investigators, students and other people interested in the history, the politics, the economy, the cultural and social matters of Puerto Rico since the 19th century to the present.

Images obtained from the defunct newspaper "El Mundo" therefore said license also applies:

• License

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. PD-US Public domain in the United States //en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Mercy11

Tony the Marine (talk) 18:16, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

I will respond on your page Tony. Please follow the thread there in case this develops into a long discussion (or else we could move it to the PR project page?). Thanks. Mercy11 (talk) 01:45, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

I have made a comment there.QuAzGaA 18:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

AWARD

		The Hats Off Barnstar
		I hereby bestow this Hats off Barnstar to User:Mercy11 for his outstanding and extensive contributions to articles related to the Category:Puerto Rican nationalists. Your dedication and fervor in improving these articles greatly contribute to the knowledge and contributions of that these Puerto Ricans made for their cause. My Hats off to you Mercy11. QuAzGaA 17:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Re:Destilería Serrallés, the Category, not the article

Done! Tony the Marine (talk) 23:50, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

• There's a "glitch". Give it some time and I'm sure it will fix itself, its happened before (sometimes the system has prob;ems with the accented letters) . If not, I'll re-do tomorrow. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Ponceweb.org

Hi, I see you added a lot of links to ponceweb.org (see linksearch). This site appears to have been taken over or something, but it is far from useful. I have removed about half the links. Could you have a look at the rest? EdBever (talk) 20:22, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Re:Leoncio Rivera or Pedro Segundo

I am sorry that I didn't answer your message sooner. I do not know anything about Leoncio Rivera or Pedro Segundo. You know, El Antiguo Cuartel Militar Español de Ponce is a goldmine and is worth studying. I will try to investigate both Leoncio Rivera and Pedro Segundo. At times I receive e-mails asking me about this and that. Yesterday, I recieved an e-mail asking me "who was the first Puerto Rican female Sergeant Major?". Caramba, I didn't know and I had no idea how to find out, but it made me curious and I did some research. The result is this article: María V. Martínez. Take care. Tony the Marine (talk) 20:15, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Renominate it and I'll review it for you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Yauco

Hi Mercy, I'll check on LMM's ancestor later today. Now, the Battle of Yauco, occurred in the land that was part of the Mariani coffee plantation in Yauco and not in Guanica. Regardless of the fact that Guanica was part of Yauco then, the Mariani lands now border Guanica, but are in Yauco. The Mariani family still own the land in Yauco and went into the coffee business once again in 2008, except that now they will introduce their coffee as a gourmet product. There business is incribed as "Groupo Mariani, Inc."Tony the Marine (talk) 06:14, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Yauco 2

• I wish that I could someday go to Puerto Rico to carry out a full investigation on the Battle of Yauco. I don't have the answer to some of your questions, but I can tell you this:

• The picture came from a Spanish-American War wbsite written by Mark R. Barnes, Ph.D., Senior Archeologist, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office. The picture states that the battlefield of Yauco occurred north of Guanica. The men who participated in the battle were entrenched in the Hills of Seboruco. Now, get this the Lomas de Seboruco in Carenero are part of the Lajara Hills (Cerro Lajara) in current Guanica. I believe that the hill on the picture is of La Lomas de Seboruco. This is important because even though that land was owned by the Marianis, it was at the time located in Yauco and therefore it was correct for historians at the time to call the battle "The Battle of Yauco". However, after Guanica became a municipality, it cou;d be coorect to say that the battle, occurred by the Lomas de Seboruco in Cerro Lajara, of modern day Guanica. All you have to do is look up the coordinates of the Cerro Lajara to get an idea of the exact location.

Tony the Marine (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

• About "La Lomas de Seboruco" check out this website Spanish-American War. It is hard to get an exact location of the battle because of the lack of information. That is why I wish I could have the oppurtunity to varry out the investigation in the island. By the way, I plan on finishing the year with an article about Law 53, better known as "Ls Lety de la Mordaza". I believe that the world should known about the repression that Puerto Ricans were subject to when their civil rights and the right to Freedom of Speech were violated. The interesting thing is that the law was approved by the Senate presided by LMM and controled by the PPD. It was signed into law by Jesus T. Pinero. Tony the Marine (talk) 01:11, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Re:LMM

In regard to your question about who was the true Great-grandmother of LMM, Rosa or Candida. I sent an e-mail to a friend of mine, Dr. Delma S. Arrigoitia, the first person in the University of Puerto Rico to earn a Masters Degree in the field of history, asking her imput on the subject. Tony the Marine (talk) 23:36, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Guanica

If I go, you'll be the first to know. I have updated my Puerto Rico's Gag Law and did an article on Vidal Santiago Díaz, Albizu Campo's barber whom I had the pleasure of knowing. Tell me what you think of those articles. Tony the Marine (talk) 23:42, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Yauco

I wish I could go, but I can't. Some of the best summers of my life were spent in my uncles farm in the mountains of Yauco. I remember gathering coffee beans with my brother and then my aunt would grind them to make fresh coffe. I also remember climbing on the cink roof of my uncles house for quenepas. He had a "Letrina" outside the house and we had to take cold showers outside in a makeshift shower thing. It was great.

Right now. I am waiting to hear from the "White House". Yesterday, I received a phone call from the White House asking for ny correct address. I know that it has to do with a request that I made to Pres. Obama in regard to PFC Guy Gabaldon, one of five Hispanics who deserve the Medal of Honor. So, let's see what happens. When you go to Yauco, take a lot of pictures. It would be great if you could find out where the old train station was. Tony the Marine (talk) 15:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• It would be great to pin-point the exact location of the battle. By the way, in regard to my message above, Obama forwarded my letter and request to the Navy Department. They got in touch with me with the usual bureaucratic red-tape bull---t. Tony the Marine (talk) 15:48, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ciudad Deportiva Millito Navarro

On 2 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ciudad Deportiva Millito Navarro, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ciudad Deportiva Millito Navarro, a multi-sport complex currently being built in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is named after Emilio Navarro, the first Puerto Rican to play in Negro league baseball? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ciudad Deportiva Millito Navarro.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

One reference for repeated citations

Hello Mercy11. I have 2 friendly suggestions that I feel you will find very useful:

1) You may like to try this very practical "reference generator". I use it EVERY TIME time I need to quote a source: http://toolserver.org/~magnus/makeref.php It generates the reference with the correct full format.

2) Note that when quoting the same source more than once, you do not need to enter the whole reference again and again. Just insert any brief "Reference ID" and use it to for repeated citations. It is very simple. Here is what I mean: Take a look at the References section in the Juan Pablo Ledezma article, which you just entered. The first 3 references listed are all identical, (the same with refs 6 though 11) that means you are using "repeated citations" of the same reference. The reference's format currently looks like this:

<ref> Programa de Recompensas de la Procraduria General de la Republica (English: Rewards Program Mexico's Attorney General Office) Procraduria General de la Republica. Retrieved 9 March 2012.</ref>

Simply insert any brief "Reference ID" name (say, name=Rewards) in order to use it for multiple or repeated citations within the same article. Example: <ref name=Rewards> so the entire entry will look like this:

<ref name=Rewards> Programa de Recompensas de la Procraduria General de la Republica (English: Rewards Program Mexico's Attorney General Office) Procraduria General de la Republica. Retrieved 9 March 2012.</ref>

Now, when you need to quote the same reference later in the same article, you only need to enter its Reference ID like this:

<ref name=Rewards/>
(DO NOT FORGET TO ENTER THE BACK-SLASH AS INDICATED.)

This is also explained much more briefly at Repeated citations

I hope this helps you enjoy your editing even more. Please feel free to dedelete this message once you are done. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

A well-deserved award

	The Defender Barnstar
	Thank you for sourcing and defending the Jorge Otero Barreto article, and for your efforts to improve the encyclopedia for the public! Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:33, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

AWARD

		The Hats Off Barnstar
		I hereby bestow this Hats off Barnstar to User:Mercy11 for his outstanding and extensive participation in the Jorge Otero Barreto discussion. Your dedication and fervor in improving this article is greatly appreciated. You are a true patriot, therefore my hats off to you Mercy. Tony the Marine (talk) 18:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Hello. I never gave thanks for your contributions in the Mexican Drug War articles like I did with BatteryIncluded. Anyways, thanks for your kind approach and contributions. It's good seeing you around. ComputerJA (talk) 21:31, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Adding inline citations

Hey, I just noticed that when you add citations you tend to add the citation parameters in the body source. That's OK but it's better to add them in the References section, add a name tag to it, and use that tag to reference to it in the body source.

For example, you can add the following in the References section:

<ref name="this_is_the_name_tag">{{citation|}}</ref>

and then reference to it in the upper body like this:

<ref name="this_is_the_name_tag" />

This makes the body source easier to read and moves all the reference information to the References section. See Help:Footnotes.

Hope this helps.

—Ahnoneemoos (talk) 18:35, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Edits to Hector Camacho's lede

Hi! I've started a discussion on the recent edits to Camacho's lede. Hope you can share your opinions. Thief12 (talk) 23:51, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Como estuvo el pobre Pavo?

Mercy, deseo que hayas pasado un buen Dia de Gracias. It is really sad what happened to Camacho. I met him and Wilfredo Gomez when his son (Camacho Jr.) was training for a fight. My family and I went to be with Gomez at a hotel and there he was (Macho). I know that he made mistakes in life, but I am not one to judge him. He was a great guy with my family and we had a good time. We all (including the promoters) sang folkloric songs of Puerto Rico including "En mi Viejo San Juan" in the lobby. He was funng as hell and we spent a couple of great days with him. That is how he will be remembered by my family and yours truly. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Mayors of Puerto Rico

Stop reverting my edits. They are beneficial to the article and keep its integrity. —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 04:12, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

I have removed the sentences regarding the Federation and Association which is what I believe you considered as an experiment. I forgot to remove those since my edit was quite big and took me a while to complete. The article doesn't have any issues now. —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 04:21, 29 November 2012 (UTC)