Wikipedia talk:School and university projects/ITESM Campus Toluca/ZYANYA06

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We're so glad you're here! Rockpocket 17:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  '''Welcome!''' <small>(''We can't say that loudly enough!'')</small> 

message: :¡Tu pagina de Wikipedia es muy fabuloso! ¿Necestan ayuda? Puedes hábleme Gracias, y buena suerte! Arky ¡Hablar! 19:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I just created my userpage

message: That's fine with me! I'd be happy to help you in any way. Just tell me what you need! Neranei (talk) 02:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mentoring 

message: Hey guys! Of course I'm able to help :) If you have any questions, just click [ here] to ask them. Cheers, and happy editing! Arky ¡Hablar! 20:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interested? Of course! 

message: I would be happy to mentor you.  You may contact me on my talk page with any questions, or if you would like me to proofread your work on Wikipedia.  Just let me know what you are working on.  I spend a few hours per day editing Wikipedia.  I usually don't know much about the topics I work on in advance, but I research reliable sources and use the information I learn to write articles.  I also add photographs related to many of the articles when I am able to.--Appraiser 01:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hello

message: I would be very happy to help mentor your group for this project.  If you have any specific questions, please drop another note on my talk page.  Also, if you just want me to read and critique your work I can do that as well.  Please keep me informed of any work you need help with, and I will be glad to help!  Some tips for getting started:
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Good luck, and again, if you have any questions, drop me a note! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 01:52, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most glad to help out! 

message: Please remember to do all communication concerning work related to the course on this discussion page.  It is the only page I can monitor and give students credit for doing their work.  Thank you!!! Thelmadatter 13:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reminder to Mentors and Students

message: The three contributions that students need to do next partial (~October) is to significantly edit an article, create a stub and translate an article from English Wikipedia for Spanish Wikipedia.  Mentors, if you would be so kind as to look over the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mexico, Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mexico and :Category:Mexico_stubs pages to help students discuss and select projects to do in October. For more information, see the Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Syllabus page.  Thank you! Thelmadatter 13:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion for discussion

message: As a starting point, I first looked at the article for Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and noticed that it could use some clean-up and work itself... Some ideas:
*The article is out of compliance with the Manual of Style in many instances:
**It uses external links in incorrect ways.
**It seems to be poorly referenced, and could benefit from correctly formated footnotes and more references in general.  See verification policy, citation guidelines, footnote guidelines, reliable sources guidelines for more information.
*The article could stand to be expanded and then split.  Wikipedia uses what is called the summary style; where a main topic article contains a general overview, and redirects readers to specific sub-articles on each topic.  For some examples of some feature quality articles on similar schools that use this summary style well, see Cornell University, Texas A&M University and Indian Institutes of Technology.  This last one seems the best to use as a model, since it looks like the Indian Institutes of Technology is organized along a similar model to ITESM.
*There's some obvious vandalism in the article.  See if you can spot it and fix it.
Also, as a stub, consider creating an article about your specific campus of the ITESM, again as part of making the main article comply with summary style guidelines.
Just some ideas to get started.  As always, if you need any help with this, ask here or drop a note on my talk page. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 02:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some ideas for articles that might need creating or fixing... 

message: Thank you for the information Jayron32. Also if you find another article or page that need to be fixed or cleaned up, please let us know.
Yacopop 01:52, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, guys. If you're looking for articles to clean up, I'd check out :Category:All pages needing cleanup. There's around 26,000 articles in there; plenty for you to work on  Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 21:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thank you 

message: we were exploring your userpage and we liked your backgruond, would you mind helping us with our page so it can look like yours???Arlettuce 19:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the message, Arlettuce. What colors would you like on your userpage? ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 19:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: hi arky

message: Hello mentors, I would like to know some tips or suggestions of how to create a new article, from little details to bigger ones for our topics. Thank you in advance. Fortitudodei88 19:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out Help:Creating an article and Wikipedia:Manual of style. As for what the page is about, that is completely up to you, although some Wikipedians have requested that certain articles be created. If you make an article, make sure you back it up with reliable sources that are verifiable and that the article's subject is notable enough for Wikipedia. Hasta pronto, amigos! ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 19:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ideas

message: Okay, guys! I've made your userpage! ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 19:19, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page created!! 

message: City Features on the Toluca page
Temple Of La Merced
The Temple of La Merced is one of the most ancient convents still preserved and one of the most important founded by Spaniards. It is a beautiful building of the religious order called mercenaries, and it shows architecture styles from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Its principal front has 3 buildings and was constructed ithe 18th century on the remains of the old temple of San Francisco. The interior of the temple exhibits a neoclassical style with golden decoration. It features big oil paintings from the aforementioned times, like the “Birth of San Pedro Nolasco”, founder of the mercenary order. The temple became a hospice for orphans and beggars. The baroque construction style can be seen in the “pilastras”, “nichos” and the “escudo de la orden”. Inside you can see paintings of Felipe Gutierrez, a Mexican painter who graduated from the San Carlos Academy.  It is located in Toluca´s downtown on Jose Ma. Morelos street. 
Los Portales
The Los Portales represent the social and commercial life of the city. They are formed by 3 large corridors full of arquits; two sections were built by Jose Maria Gonzalez Arratia, partially finished on February 6th 1832, and completely finished in 1917 by C. Eduardo Gonzales y Pichardo and Gnral Agustin Millan.
The last time the city was redesigned, more arches were built on the posterior side of the plaza. Here the harmony between the modern architectural style of the new portals and the old baroque style of the cathedral and the Santa Veracruz temple is highly visible.
The Cathedral
A recently constructed building, the Cathedral's construction was begun March 12, 1867 in what in ancient times was a Franciscan convent of the 16th Century. The initial project was headed by architect Ramon Rodriguez Arangoity, but due to a series of setbacks and modifications, the construction was abandoned. Years later, the work was restarted by architect Vicente Mendiola, who finished construction in 1978.
The temple has no style homogeneity, as all its elements are different. The facade presents neoclassical elements with a baroque disposition; its first body has a series of double columns with sculptures, and its second a central figure of Jesus Christ's ascent to Heaven. It also has double columns; it ends in a triangular front and a balustrade much like the city of Mexico Cathedral.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fortitudodei88 (talk • contribs) 18:04, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have made some basic copyedits and corrections; you need to add the references in using the template , wikilink important people and things, and translate all Spanish terms. Hope this helps! Love, Neranei (talk) 18:53, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Great job, guys! I've edited the article so that it's grammar is a bit better (you can see my changes here). Also, you should translate some of the Spanish terms used in the article, like pilastras, nichos, and escudo de la orden because most readers will proobably not understand them. Again, great work, and happy editing, ( arky ) 00:32, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Work we are doing on the Toluca project

message: On Wikipedia, there are a couple rules you must follow in order to add pictures to a page, and rules about what you put on the image's page. These instructions below are for pictures that you have taken yourself.
#Go to Wikipedia:Upload
#Click the link on the page that says "It is entirely my own work".
#Scroll down on the page that the link takes you to. In the box that says "Source filename", type the place on your computer the image is at (for example, C://Documents and settings/My documents/My pictures/name of picture). You can click the "browse" button to do this automagically :)
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:I think this answers your question, but if you are uploading an image that you didn't create yourself, just tell me, as the process is completely different for this. Anyway, happy editing, ( arky ) 22:22, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:C|Rules about pictures]] 

message: Please remember that you sign your posts on talk pages, but never in articles. Thank you and happy editing! --Geniac 16:19, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signing 

message: Hi guys, here are some pages about uploading pictures: WP:IMAGE, Help:Images and uploaded files, and Wikipedia:Uploading images . Hope this helps! Love, Neranei (talk) 14:36, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uploading 

message: Well, for it to be a good subject, it needs to be notable. Make sure that you can reference the article with good sources. Hope this helps! Love, Neranei (talk) 22:07, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article