being from Peru doesnt make your contributions to this article automatically POV I think youve been trying to mediate on this issue from a neutral stance and your input is definitely appreciated it  It seems to me though that Arafael is hardening his position and is unwilling to compromise   I should also say that whether Arafel likes it or not  A declaration of war of document is not needed to verify that Bolivia declared war on Chile  It seems to me that Arafael is not well aware of Wikipedias policies Therefore its highly advisable that he familiarizes himself with WPV in order to have a wellrounded discussion here   In any case let me quote just quickly cite the relevant paragraph from WPV   The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability not truththat is whether readers are able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source not whether we think it is true     See If Arafael was familiar with policies WPV and WPOR he would also know that sources such as Britannica Encarta and several other online encyclopedias are in fact authoritative references thus reliable  Lastly I would like to inform anyone interested in this discussion that Im requesing comments from third parties in addition to a mediation request I just filed here  httpenwikipediaorgwikiWikipediaMediationCabalCasesWarofthePacific  And I have posted a message requesting input on the reliability of my sources here  httpenwikipediaorgwikiWikipediaReliablesourcesNoticeboardEncartaCGlobalsecurityorgandOnwarcom  I have also asked whether the line The turning point of the war was the occupation of Lima on January   a humiliation the Peruvians never forgave compromises the neutrality of the source httpenwikipediaorgwikiWikipediaNeutralpointofviewNoticeboardisGlobalsecurityorgaNeutralsourceF  Please notice that other reliable sources such as the New York Times also talk about humiliation in their reports  So that statement can easily be sourced as well even though thats not my intention