Talk:Maquiladora

message: A brief explanation for my radical trim to this article may be needed, methinks. bearing in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, articles should, ideally, try to restrict themselves to the central issues of 'who', 'what', 'why', 'when' and 'where'. In my opinion, the explanation of what constitutes a maquiladora was straying a long way from those central points. Although the social effects of maquiladoras, their relationship within the context of NAFTA and other issues may be of interest they should form separate articles to keep the main definition clear.
Speaking as a Mexican citizen and resident, I have only good things to say, from a pro-capitalist perspective, about the maquila phenomenon and would politely ask all members of the Liberal Western Intelligentsia, with their concerns of 'social justice' and 'fair trade', to butt out!
Eddie.willers 23:56, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radical Edit 

message: The Bracero Program ended in 1964, and the Maquila Decree was made in 1989, according to the respective articles.  This article mentions lobbying in 1970.  It seems unlikely that the end of one program would really be a big factor in the start of another one 25 years later.  The claims in this article need to be fact-checked and references supplied. -- Beland 21:21, 13 June 2006 
174.135.66.241 (talk) 09:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy question 

message: I believe that the root word for Maquiladora is the Spanish word for machine; "maquina."  Add to that the use of "or" (masculine) "ora" (female) to make a noun/verb into an adjetive.  For example "explorar(v)" (in English explore) to "exploradora(adj)" (in English explorer), as in "Dora la exploradora!"  Then... should the proper spelling be "Maquinadora?"
Rafael N. Jacomino
|Found this on the root of Maquiladora - [American Spanish, place where the miller's fee is paid, maquiladora, from Spanish maquila, portion received by the miller in return for milling one's grain, from Old Spanish, from Arabic makīla, measured, measure of capacity, feminine passive participle of kāla, to measure.]  Gobonobo 00:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Root word for "Maquiladoras." 

message: I removed some content in the opening section which was written in the first person and/or already exists later in the article.  I also removed the banner for factual accuracy, as I feel it pertained to the section which I modified, however, if it was related to some other portion of the article please indicate which one. Gobonobo 00:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening Section Edit & Factual Accuracy 

message: I'm going to start editing this article and try and make it less POV (IMHO).  My bias is definitely towards foreign investment in emerging markets, so I would appreciate having somebody else who doesn't see things exactly the same way work on this with me. I've already started my chopping and editing. Aburda (talk) 05:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy 

message: This is a copy-vio. --Jabbi (talk) 17:31, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History of the Maquiladora Program

message: Could someone familiar with this topic please verify the "physical restructuring" addition to the Growth and Development section by Ambrose1852? Jlhiowa (talk) 07:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physical Restructuring 

message: Is this accurate--any sources? This is because it is against Mexican law to hire a woman that is known to be pregnant as this qualifies her for government medical care. (from the Gender section) --达伟 (talk) 12:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarifcation on Law and Pregnancy 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Sociology of Metoo

message: odd text... "This article is based on extensive research on women in Mexico's and Central America's maquiladoras and emphasizes three interconnected issues"
seems like it was lifted from another location... so... plagiarism? ill-selected wording?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Howard from NYC (talk • contribs) 00:34, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: I noticed a piece of odd text

message: It’s generally important stuff but it is clearly lifted from somewhere cos it keeps referring to “this article” Transient Being (talk) 22:38, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Aye, good catch: that portion was all written by a single student editor, and unfortunately just presents an abstract of an article they read rather than creating a tertiary source. I had to cut most of it out. Remsense诉 23:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most of the “women” section is lifted from somewhere else