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Savvyjack23 (talk) 07:27, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

E-mail question

Hey Tony, are you in the Phoenix area at the moment, as I wanted to ask you a question via e-mail and didn't want to post anything that might be considered identifying on this page. No rush though on a response, and have a good day! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, Tony. I'm still loving all the hard work you put into Wikipedia. If you ever need anything, let me know. --SouthernNights (talk) 14:10, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

File:Manuel Goded Llopis.jpg listed for discussion

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Deletion discussion in Spanish Wikipedia

Hi. Not sure if you are interested, but there's a discussion regarding the notability of an article I started on Spanish Wikipedia. It's an article on Dominican plastic surgeon Edgar Contreras (Spanish article here) I'm not sure if you contribute there, but feel free to add your 2 cents, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with my opinion to preserve the article. Thanks! Thief12 (talk) 01:29, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Marcelino Serna

Hello, Tony, I was wondering if you had an email where I could contact you directly. I had a question regarding the Marcelino Serna image that you uploaded. I could possibly use your curatorial expertise in other ways. Best, VAPaco — Preceding unsigned comment added by VAPaco (talkcontribs) 15:21, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for whatever inconvenience you suffered from the edit conflict (see [1]). I know it's a horror to have to redo (properly) lost edits. Quis separabit? 02:37, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

  • Not to worry! The BOT has gone wild and is asking for "citations" which is fine in my book, but it is asking for way too many. That is why I required that every addition to the list be sourced or be removed. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:42, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Image request

Hey, do you happen to have an image of the Corona Satellite Calibration Targets in Casa Grande? I figured I'd ask since I just created the article. If not, I can get an image when I head down there in a few weeks, since I am headed back home that way. Let me know if you do, as I would be happy to get a photo if you haven't gotten one already. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 07:23, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Corona Satellite Calibration Targets has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, Marine 69-71. Corona Satellite Calibration Targets, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you knowDYK comment symbol. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 00:14, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

  • Kevin Rutherford, I guess that for some unknown reason you forgot to thank me for the images which I provided for your article, but you are none the less welcome. After all, I would have never known about the Corona Satellite Calibration Targets, had it not been because of your image request. The "DYK" nomination fell through, as I assume you already know. Even though I believe that I have never interacted with you before, the thing that I find strange is that you have been banned from Wikipedia. Good luck in the future. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:20, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Please change the protection on this page. As per the current policy, extended confirmed protection is allowed only as part of arbitration enforcement provisions (noting that there are no currently-authorised community uses). BethNaught (talk) 14:37, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

  • It is done!

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Greetings Tony!!!

Mercy11 (talk) 15:39, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Happy 4th of July!

Hi Tony! Wishing you and your family a blessed day this 4th of July. — ERcheck (talk) 00:18, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Edna Coll minor edit

Information icon Hello Marine 69-71. I appreciate your updating the Edna Coll article and replacing the dead link I had flagged. I think that's not a minor edit though. Thanks again for your contributions. Gab4gab (talk) 14:56, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi Tony.... See you've been working on this article? Can you find an exact date of death? — ERcheck (talk) 19:37, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Sports in Puerto Rico

I see the changes I made were deleted. I shouldn't have mixed aesthetics changes with data updates and additions. Can I redo the data updated and additions? You have two additional Olympians, with their respective notes, and the updates for Anthony and Stephens.--Coquidragon (talk) 21:13, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for following up on my comment.
Your mentioned an error. I don't know which error you are speaking about. For the two Olympians you mentioned, I changed the "Bronce" and "Silver" words for the corresponding medal templates: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) & 2nd place, silver medalist(s), leaving only one medal for each. Olympians with more that one medal had the corresponding number of medals, aligned in the order corresponding to the respective tournament. You can see Julie Chu below, the table not only says that she won 3 silver and a bronze, but each medal is aligned with the corresponding tournament. I've seen this format in other articles and found it more informational.
In total, I made four general changes:
  • The first one was described above.
  • The second is the addition of the two Olympians below.
  • The third was changing the name of the country for the Flagicon template. This was to reduced the size of the table (which right now is quite long and might be difficult to be displayed in a tablet or phone). Changing the words of the medal for the icon also helped with the size.
  • The last one was adding notes to those Olympians that represented USA, but had none, specifically Cheque, Gigi, Moseley, and Coreia (who were born in PR), and Laurie Hernandez, whose heritage come from her grandparents, as her two Puerto Rican parents were also born in US.
Here are the two Olympians. For both, I used the same reference as stated in their respective wiki articles.
# Name Sport Medal/s Year and place Country represented
11 Julie Chu [note 1][2]
Ice Hockey
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2002 Salt Lake City United States
2006 Turin Italy
2010 Vancouver Canada
2014 Sochi Russia
 United States
19 Kyla Ross [note 2][3]
Women's Gymnastics
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012 London United Kingdom  United States
Notes:
  1. ^ Puerto Rican heritage comes from maternal grandparent.
  2. ^ Puerto Rican heritage comes from maternal grandparent.
  3. Thanks in advance and let me know what you think. --Coquidragon (talk) 07:35, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

    Extended confirmed protection

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    Precious anniversary

    Two years ago ...
    Puerto Rico shared knowledge
    ... you were recipient
    no. 983 of Precious,
    a prize of QAI!

    --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

    Hi, Tony - Thank you for your thanks on my changes to this article. I've followed your excellent work for years, and your approval means a lot to me. Best wishes for continued good history writing!Parkwells (talk) 13:53, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

    Wall of Honor

    Hi Tony - I was so touched today to get your message and learn of this honor by you! Thank you - I believe our contributions on Wikipedia are so important to building knowledge; thank you for your recognition. (On a personal note, I've been recovering from pneumonia, and this award helped bolster my energy.) Parkwells (talk) 14:58, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

    File:Virgilio N. Cordero.JPG listed for discussion

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    Please also see Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 November 2#File:Antonia Pantoja (1996).jpg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:37, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

    Greetings

    I haven't been editing much due in part to greater real life responsibilities. But always remember the hard work you put into Wikipedia and great articles you wrote or enhanced. Thanks for being a great example to other contributors and to all "panas" as well. Happy Veterans' Day! Mercy11 (talk) 14:06, 11 November 2016 (UTC) Mercy11 (talk) 14:07, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

    Hey, just wanted to clarify something. I do appreciate your great WP contributions, but I am not sure how you might have gotten the idea that my contributions had anything to do with helping "the English speaking public understand that we Puerto Ricans are not all criminals who live off welfare." In fact, I even found that comment somewhat funny!! ;-)) Perhaps other contributors you have met here were motivated by that, but not me. In fact if you look at my articles they are mostly about places, not so much about people. If I wrote about people it was because they just happened to be related to those places I was writing about. Just wanted you to know I appreciate your writing, but also point out I didn't have a bias towards bios, that the nationality of anyone of my bioses was purely consequential (not coincidental, but consequential). Of course, that doesn't mean I am not proud of my heritage, but that's the case of just about every one else here, no matter where they are from. Now, if people chose to have the wrong idea about a certain nationality, that's their loss -- for failing to educate themselves by doing their own travel, learning and research. I don't consider it my job to help those poor unlearned souls out of their ignorance... As to the first part (the quote above), I hope it was only a misunderstanding perhaps. take care and...may the Force be with you! Mercy11 (talk) 01:43, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

    • Point well taken and understood. While it is true that I dedicated myself to writing about what I believe are certain truths which have often been ignored in the books of history about Puerto Rico and it's people, I too have not been biased. I have written about the good, the bad and the ugly with the intention that those who speculate and judge us will learn about us before doing so. Anyway, I have also written about the historical places which I have visited and documented in the states. Many of my photos have been published in the local paper. The important thing is that I enjoy sharing what ever little knowledge that I have with the world. That I believe is what Wikipedia is all about. Hasta la proxima mi hermano. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:10, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

    Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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    A new user right for New Page Patrollers

    Hi Marine 69-71.

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    A barnstar for you!

    The Barnstar of Diligence
    Wishing you a joyous holiday season and a prosperous 2017. Quis separabit? 05:34, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

    Feliz Navidad!

    Merry Christmas, Tony! Hope this message finds you and yours in good spirits. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:04, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

    Orphaned non-free image File:2ACrossof Merit.jpg

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