Talk:José Celso Barbosa

message: He became known as the "Father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico" movement.
Because of the quote marks, this reads as "[Barbosa] became known as a movement." My edit seeks to remedy this. ForDorothy 10:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father of the Movement 

message: I think these two articles should be merged. The post office article probably won't be expanded anymore than it already is. Also, the reference to the Bill's use of Wikipedia material is more appropriate in the talk page. I know there's a template for that around here somewhere. - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 03:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: It's really unusual to have so much legislative history in the content of a Recognitions Section, which is usually devoted to the result. Recommend putting the following in a Note, if editors want to keep it:- 
<<The Act was introduced by the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives Luis Fortuño on July 26, 2005. It was approved by the House of Representatives on March 28, 2006 and the Senate on July 20, 2006.Passage of the Bill in the Senate, as cited in the Congressional Record.Text of the Bill, via GovTrackPublic Law 109-253 Text of the Act, via the Library of Congress
Also, it does not seem appropriate to use article space for content to show that Wikipedia has influence, as in the following. That's great for the editor, but is not so related to Barbosa himself: <<The "Background" section of the Congressional Record contained a verbatim copy of the biography of Barbosa as hosted and published on Wikipedia. Said version of Barbosa's biography was edited and posted on March 25, 2006.Wikipedia - Jose Celso Barbosa article of March 25, 2006
>> I would recommend that this be deleted or put in a Note.Parkwells (talk) 14:22, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Recommend putting history into Notes

message: What an impressive man! I added more to the Lead to highlight his political positions, which are generally given priority in bio articles of this type. Also showed the influence of his serving in the Cabinet for so long in these early years of the US administration. He had many firsts in his life - an inspiration.Parkwells (talk) 15:19, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Add to Lead

message: The Lead says that he was a sociologist, but I don't see anything in the content/cites of the main article that supports that. Can someone help me with that? Thanks.Parkwells (talk) 00:16, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: All these sources appear to go back to your original article, Tony, which simply states he was a sociologist, without recounting why he was considered so. There still is nothing to support saying he was a sociologist. Did he conduct studies of provision of health care in rural areas, for instance, or of the state of health of sections of the population? The Talk section above for merging the article on the bill designating the post office in his name notes that your article was quoted in teh bill, so quoting the bill (which repeats the article) does not provide another source for asserting that he was a sociologist. Parkwells (talk) 13:35, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Sociologist?