Talk:Military history of Puerto Rico

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Contents 1 Some definitions 2 Heads up 3 Accents 4 Question/Link

[edit] Some definitions

History my friends, is not a past event as many of you out there think; history is the interpretation of that event. That is, an event happens and nobody knows about it, that then is not history; it becomes history when somebody writes about it or speaks about it. It is a big misunderstanding to think of history as an event in the past. History is an academic discipline that one gets to study with its sets of rules and methods for doing it; methodology is called. Now, there is no previous [military history] before Columbus times by the simple reason that nobody has ever written about it, or has documented it in any other mean whatsoever. Of course there had to be some fighting between clans or tribes; somebody knows about them? The answer is no, there is no history to it; that it was an assumed past event, certainly; but no one has said nothing about it.

The contributor has a Ph.D in history, the discipline, for some years now. Now that is history, I'm telling you about it. Oh, and by the way; it is no interpretation, is a fact. --In terrorem fidei defenso 06:20, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heads up

An article this size needs tons of citations. This article has none. The lead is also too short for FA. There are also several other problems that I will identify at WP:FARC, which is where I'm taking the article.UberCryxic 02:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

• I agree with you. As it is now, this article is far away from FA status. I went through the article and gave it a detailes review in Wikipedia:Featured article review/Military history of Puerto Rico.--Yannismarou 08:22, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accents

I'm confused about accents throughout the Puerto Rican articles: do you all have a custom of *not* using the accents in names, as per Spanish? For example, Hector Andres Negroni (Andrés). Throughout the Venezuelan articles, we've put redirects to the correct names, with accents. Maybe you all have a different custom? Sandy 21:57, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

It depdens, if the article was written by Tony it probably does not have accents and diacritics. I, for one, place accents on Spanish names. The Puerto Rican group is divided in this regard. Joelito (talk) 22:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, if the group is divided, I'll not change whatever is there. I added an accent to a Garcia somewhere: I'll go take it out. Sandy 22:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

You may leave it. It will not be reverted. There is no harm in leaving the accent. Joelito (talk) 22:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Too late :-) Sandy 22:08, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Proper names must be written in their language. And that includes not translating names and including accents. RAMPG 02:03, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question/Link

Mihiel Gilormini was featured as a "Did you know." Is he linked to this page? --57.68.138.132 14:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

• He is now. Tony the Marine 15:20, 30 March 2007 (UTC)