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Back in the 1800s the first mexican was invented. It came from a bean plant. This was the start of mexicans. beans. |
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{{Outline of knowledge coverage|Mexico}} |
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== Communications == |
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hi im living since always in mexico and yI will tell you that the biggest companies in telecomunications are : |
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1º telmex |
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2º unefon |
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3º Telefonica (movistar) |
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and right now other companies are getting on the business companies that began as cable companies as: |
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1º megacable (is more common than unefon) and is getting to be the first rival for telmex in mexico. |
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2ºtelecable (is being purchased by megacable little by little by sectors) |
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and more |
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well the point of this is to tell you that Axtel and Maxcom aren't players on comunication in mexico |
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Q: What did the Mexican firefighter name his two sons? |
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A: Jose and Hose B. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/75.226.225.68|75.226.225.68]] ([[User talk:75.226.225.68|talk]]) 19:03, 22 September 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Edit request - official name of country == |
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Please add [http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/22/world/americas/mexico-name-change/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 this CNN story], published today, as a citation immediately after the words "United Mexican States" in the opening sentence of the article. To make it easier for you, [http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Talk:Mexico&action=edit§ion=13 here's the completed cite], which you can simply copy/paste from the Edit page of this comment.<ref>{{cite news|last=Romo|first=Rafael|title=After nearly 200 years, Mexico may make the name official|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/22/world/americas/mexico-name-change/index.html?hpt=hp_t3|newspaper=CNN|date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/76.189.101.221|76.189.101.221]] ([[User talk:76.189.101.221|talk]]) 21:28, 23 November 2012 (UTC) |
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:{{done}}.[[User:Moxy|Moxy]] ([[User talk:Moxy|talk]]) 21:57, 23 November 2012 (UTC) |
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:::Thanks so much for the quick edit. :) --[[Special:Contributions/76.189.101.221|76.189.101.221]] ([[User talk:76.189.101.221|talk]]) 22:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC) |
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::::No problem... [[File:Face-smile-big.svg|20px]].[[User:Moxy|Moxy]] ([[User talk:Moxy|talk]]) 22:27, 23 November 2012 (UTC) |
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== Edit request on 15 December 2012 == |
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Economy section: "The Mexican economy is expected to nearly triple by 2020". This is not supported by the reference, which forcasts about 4% growth per year, implying 35-40% growth by 2020. An economy tripling in 8 years is also obviously way too high, implying 15% growth per year. This sentence should just be removed. |
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[[Special:Contributions/69.110.234.242|69.110.234.242]] ([[User talk:69.110.234.242|talk]]) 11:51, 15 December 2012 (UTC) |
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:Done.[[User:Maunus|·ʍaunus]]·[[User talk:Maunus|snunɐw·]] 13:22, 15 December 2012 (UTC) |
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== Dubious citations == |
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There are some dubious statements in the article that cite unlinked sources. There is simply a last name, a year and a number. No publication is listed, no link to the source. This gives the impression that a statement is reliably sourced when in fact there is no way to ascertain the credibility of the source or if it even exists. |
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For example, under the section "demographics", we see: |
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"The word "mestizo" is sometimes used with the meaning of a person with mixed indigenous and European blood. This usage does not conform to the Mexican social reality where a person of pure indigenous genetic heritage would be considered Mestizo either by rejecting his indigenous culture or by not speaking an indigenous language,[188] and a person with a very low percentage of indigenous genetic heritage would be considered fully indigenous either by speaking an indigenous language or by identifying with a particular indigenous cultural heritage.[189]" |
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The references in question simply state: |
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188. ^ Bartolomé (1996:2) |
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189. ^ Knight (1990:73) |
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Who are these people? What is the publication? It seems to me that the claim that whether a person would be considered mestizo or not is based more on language than genetic heritage is rather surprising and one I would like to see a credible reference that supports it, not simply two surnames with a what is presumably the publication date and page number of some unspecified journal. These are but two examples; the article is full of similarly ambiguous, worthless references. What's to stop someone from adding a section called "Monsters of Mexico", and writing: |
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"Mexico is home to several species of monsters. Of these, only Q is indigenous to Mexico[350]. Godzilla and Rodan immigrated from Japan in the 1950s[351], and King Kong arrived some time later from Africa.[352]" |
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350. ^ Johnson (1996:2) |
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351. ^ Davis (1990:73) |
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352. ^ Jones (1996:2) |
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Ambiguous and unverifiable citations should be corrected to adequately indicate what is being cited or else removed, along with the questionable article items they are intended to support. [[User:CannotFindAName|CannotFindAName]] ([[User talk:CannotFindAName|talk]]) 21:04, 27 January 2013 (UTC) |
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::The example you enquired about should be fixed now.[[User:Maunus|·ʍaunus]]·[[User talk:Maunus|snunɐw·]] 22:31, 27 January 2013 (UTC) |
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== Edit request on 15 March 2013 == |
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SORRY, I COULDN´T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT THERE IS A PART WHERE IT SAYS THAT MEXICO IS THE SECOND MOST UNEQUAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT TRUE, MEXICO IS THE SECOND MOST UNEQUAL COUNTRY FROM THE 34 MEMBERS IN THE OECD. |
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[[Special:Contributions/148.228.120.73|148.228.120.73]] ([[User talk:148.228.120.73|talk]]) 19:15, 15 March 2013 (UTC) |
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{{Done}} I changed to it to indicate that it is the second most unequal country among the OECD countries.[[User:Ssbbplayer|Ssbbplayer]] ([[User talk:Ssbbplayer|talk]]) 19:14, 16 March 2013 (UTC) |
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== Edit request on 2 August 2013 == |
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[[Special:Contributions/187.233.237.30|187.233.237.30]] ([[User talk:187.233.237.30|talk]]) 05:31, 2 August 2013 (UTC) |
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Please change Capital |
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and largest city Mexico City |
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19°03′N 99°22′W |
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to |
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19°28´N 99°08´W |
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because the first coordinates are wrong and nearest to the city of Cuernavaca. |
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:{{done}} [[User:Tbhotch|<font color="#4B0082">Tb</font><font color="#6082B6">hotch</font>]].<sup>[[User talk:Tbhotch|<font color="#6B8E23"><big>™</big></font>]]</sup> Grammatically incorrect? '''Correct it!''' [[User:Tbhotch/EN|<u>See terms and conditions.</u>]] 05:37, 2 August 2013 (UTC) |
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== Meaning of Mexico == |
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The article says the meaning is unknown, which is not true. It means "moon's belly button/el ombligo de la luna" and it comes from Nahuatl. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/176.240.214.101|176.240.214.101]] ([[User talk:176.240.214.101|talk]]) 12:56, 7 August 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Edit Request - Introduction == |
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The last paragraph of the first section, the introductory one, is in my opinion not necessary at all. |
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This paragraph should be either removed or added in a subsection, for example Mexican Economy. |
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This is the paragraph: "According to Goldman Sachs, by 2050 Mexico is expected to become the world's fifth largest economy.[34] PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) estimated in January 2013 that by 2050 Mexico could be the world's seventh largest economy.[35]" |
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The main editors of Wikipedia (if any) should realize that multinational corporations, including and particularly banks and management consulting firms, but also lawyers and increasingly NGOs with great focus on lobbying and the so called advocacy organizations(chiefly political and economic influence), are interested in promoting their services and serve their interests, and one just has to read and see the "Economy" section of many countries in Wikipedia to realize how they have been changed over the last years clearly by interested parties. I believe there should be an awareness of this because it would be clearly in detriment of Wikipedia's mission. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/90.244.4.134|90.244.4.134]] ([[User talk:90.244.4.134|talk]]) 09:50, 18 September 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Official Name of Mexico == |
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This article used to correctly state in the intro that the official name of Mexico is ''Estados Unidos Mexicanos'', in English ''United Mexican States''. Now however it seems to suggest there are both two Spanish and also two English official names, the other name being in Spanish: ''Estados Unidos de México'' or in English ''United States of Mexico''. Just to point out that no reliable citation supports the name ''Estados Unidos de México'' as a second official name, a single citation (the New York Times article) suggests "United States of Mexico" might be an alternate translation of of ''Estados Unidos Mexicanos'' (alongside the more usual "United Mexican States"). The one citation that does use the term ''Estados Unidos de México'' is an infographic, not a reliable source. And as shown in the other citations in the intro, both the Presidency of Mexico website and the CIA World Factbook describe the countries official name only as ''Estados Unidos Mexicanos'', or ''United Mexican States'' in English. |
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Not sure why this alternate official name was added to the intro, especially the Spanish ''Estados Unidos de México'', the intro should be reverted to how it was. Yes, the former President of Mexico did state he wanted to change the name because it was ''similar'' in style to the United States of America, not because it was identical in style.--[[Special:Contributions/90.199.141.189|90.199.141.189]] ([[User talk:90.199.141.189|talk]]) 23:15, 19 September 2013 (UTC) |
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Just to add the change to the intro was made on 5 September this year by [[User:AbelM7|AbelM7]].--[[Special:Contributions/90.199.141.189|90.199.141.189]] ([[User talk:90.199.141.189|talk]]) 23:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC) |
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:I reworded it as "and also referred to as the...", because "Estados Unidos de México" ("United States of Mexico") is not official as the sentence used to say ("officially the United Mexican States [...], and also the United States of Mexico"). [[User:Tbhotch|<font color="#4B0082">Tb</font><font color="#6082B6">hotch</font>]].<sup>[[User talk:Tbhotch|<font color="#6B8E23"><big>™</big></font>]]</sup> Grammatically incorrect? '''Correct it!''' [[User:Tbhotch/EN|<u>See terms and conditions.</u>]] 03:07, 20 September 2013 (UTC) |
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== Mexicans drive on the right? == |
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I live in Mexico and I'm pretty sure we drive on the left.[[User:Watersoul99|Watersoul99]] ([[User talk:Watersoul99|talk]]) 22:07, 10 November 2013 (UTC)Watersoul99 |
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: Well, my experience is that in Mexico city, people drive all over the road. But the roads are marked for people to drive on the right hand side. [[User:Tarlneustaedter|Tarl.Neustaedter]] ([[User talk:Tarlneustaedter|talk]]) 22:55, 10 November 2013 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 17:54, 2 December 2013
Back in the 1800s the first mexican was invented. It came from a bean plant. This was the start of mexicans. beans.