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I was greatly surprised by your contributions in the case of the Mexican Spanish page. Keep doing such a good work! --Estaurofila (talk) 17:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! I think your suggestion makes a lot of sense. I've quoted it and included it on the Loanword talk page (as I think that makes more sense for future discussion to take place there). I'm kinda new to this whole "communicating on wikipedia" thing, so I hope I haven't violated any kind of etiquette here, but let me know if I have. Fritzendugan (talk) 07:04, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you're using the Spanish Novelas ejemplares, should't it be Don Quijote instead of Quixote? deisenbe (talk) 01:12, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I actually disagree with your changes to the lead of "Novelas ejemplares", therefore would ask that you start a section on that article's talk page in order to discuss this change per WP:BRD. Thank you. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:21, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's not the case, Deisenbe. We use WP:COMMONNAME for articles WP:TITLEs and content. Please see Google Ngram for the comparison between the usage of the Quijote vs Quixote. For further information as to the use of Novelas ejemplares, please see article's talk page. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:33, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So, the 2in tapes run at 3.7in/s. It has been usual for a long time to use speeds like 7.5, 3.75, and 1.875 in/s. Just to be sure, you don't think it is 3.75in/s? Gah4 (talk) 23:22, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it seems that you made a grammatical change to the page, as the most recent diff. I will have to figure out who to ask. Thanks for the note. Gah4 (talk) 23:36, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kotabatubara - stop removing my entries which have at least 2 reliable sources, more than ample and quite reliable thank you. Portuguese has a very substantial French influence not just on vocabulary but also on syntax, grammar etc. Who are you to decide this is otherwise? I speak all 3 languages fluently enough to know what I am writing here. Spaniards appear to have a terrible complex with their more "mediterranean" culture. If YOU don't like it that is your problem, deal with it. Next time you remove my entry, I will not hesitate referring your conduct to Administrators here. Not acceptable behaviour.

21:46, 14 August 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-472)‎ . . Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish ‎ (→‎Overview: I'm sorry to say, an unsupported assertion of opinion doesn't belong in an encyclopedia article. The claim needs to be supported by evidence.) Who might you be to consider 2 different quoted sources as "unsupported assertion of opinion" I wonder :-) Melroross (talk) 23:41, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! I would like you to help me in the correction of article of Francisco Martínez de Baeza, if it is not much hassle for you. The reference that give you "Error" is fixed. --Isinbill (talk) 02:59, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank for your answer! I answered you in my talk page.--Isinbill (talk) 13:05, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Thank very much for your contributions and improvements in the article. Although I long ago I not publish articles in this Wikipedia, because my English is poorly (as possibly, you realize), I wanted know if the article still has orthographic mistakes or of spelling or if I can remove the tag. Thank you. --Isinbill (talk) 00:15, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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"Numbers above 999 conventionally have commas" ... according to some style books. Others recommend those with more than four numerals. It depends on your style guide. Just FYI, I'm not going to contest it, just wanted to note that. Ogress 16:54, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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