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We haven't used that section title in many years. Is the Paquime article copied from Wikitravel? If not, please look at Wikivoyage:Park article template and copy all missing code and section titles. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:17, 30 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Yes, it was copied. I noticed the Paquime link was empty here, and I'd authored the original content on wikitravel, so figured that I'd move it here and make updates here instead of on wikitravel. I'll check out the article template and adjust things appropriately. Regards,

M Mrkstvns (talk) 22:08, 30 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

It's greatly discouraged to copy things verbatim from Wikitravel, even though you wrote the article there; background at Wikivoyage and Wikitravel. However, if you substantially rephrase things and note on the article's talk page that you authored the analogous page on Wikitravel and started this page with the same content, you would at least satisfy the requirements of Creative Commons. Other users may have other things to say - we normally delete articles copied from Wikitravel on sight.

Best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

I had to revert this edit. Please read Wikivoyage:Don't tout and edit accordingly. Thanks a lot. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:09, 21 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

I've cut back on the descriptive text. Mrkstvns (talk) 19:38, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for Mexico City with children. It looks good! –LPfi (talk) 12:57, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Happy holidays, Mrkstvns! Hello Mrkstvns, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It has been a pleasure to have you as a fellow Wikivoyager this year. Wherever you are, enjoy the festive season and stay warm (if you're north of the Tropic of Cancer)! Your help in maintaining, improving and expanding Wikivoyage will always be appreciated. Greetings from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. --SHB2000 on 12:46, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello, Mrkstvns. Thank you for participating in Wikivoyage's 10-year-anniversary edit-a-thon! You have come second place. Thank you for your contributions to Wikivoyage during this time; please keep up the great work. Sincerely, on behalf of the juries and organisers, --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:42, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi.

I noticed that you added Baja Ferries Pichilingue to La Paz.

Great, however, gps that you set points to US not La Paz, which makes the map with the pins zoom out to include your pin.

Could you fix the gps of for this topic. Or remove it if the gps is outside La Paz. A-bentofreire (talk) 12:25, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hello. I took a look at the La Paz topic and the map looks okay. It shows Pichilingue just north of La Paz, which is right. I tried removing the marker, but the map still scales the same. Not sure what you're seeing on your end, but the map looks okay to me. Feel free to play with it though if you can improve it. Mrkstvns (talk) 17:18, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

If the map shows the wrong area for whatever reason, adding coordinates (e.g. directly from the {{geo}}, i.e. without "lat=" and "long=") and zoom ("zoom=10" or the like) gets it to show what you want, regardless of where the markers are. Zoom out to see markers with (wrong) coordinates pointing to elsewhere in the world. –LPfi (talk) 09:03, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Maybe I just don't understand maps well enough, but I'm not understanding what y'all are telling me. Is there something wrong with any of the GPS points that I've used? I still don't see how the maps are displaying wrong for anyone. I tried zooming out, as LPfi suggests, and it still looks to me like everything is clustered close to La Paz with nothing appearing in the US. Mrkstvns (talk) 13:57, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

It seems you added a listing of La Paz (Mexico) to La Paz, Bolivia. –LPfi (talk) 14:41, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I suppose everything looks right because you now look at the former (I did not check anything before writing my first comment, assuming you just left out a minus from the latitude). –LPfi (talk) 14:44, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Ahhh! That helps immensely! I've removed the listing from the La Paz Bolivia topic. Thanks for catching that! Mrkstvns (talk) 14:48, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

It was easy when I zoomed in on the outlying marker (for the La Paz I know), seeing there was a La Paz also there :-) –LPfi (talk) 17:45, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

	The Wikivoyage Barncompass
	For your tireless improvements to Mexican articles! ¡Muchas gracias! Ypsilon (talk) 16:39, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Ypsilon. I appreciate the acknowledgment. Kippis! Mrkstvns (talk) 19:26, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

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	This Barncompass is to show appreciation for your really great work on Wikivoyage! --Ground Zero (talk) 09:06, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much! I thoroughly enjoy working with all my fellow WV editors here. Mrkstvns (talk) 19:00, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hey I kind of hijacked your very valid proposal on Template talk:Warningbox with added drama, which probably scared everyone away, and I do feel bad about that. Legitimately sorry. Sometimes I just get triggered and see red, which is also the colour of these godforsaken warning boxes, ironically. Brycehughes (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hello! Sorry it took so long for me to respond, I've been out of town for the holidays and totally disconnected from any electronics. No worries about the warning box discussions. I really appreciate your perspectives on the issue and was happy to see you making more forceful arguments against excessive warnings. I wish you the very best in the new year! Mrkstvns (talk) 17:43, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

I am a bit confused about Señor Air. Isn't adding it to Mexico a bit of overkill, or does it fly routes relevant other than for Baja California Sur (perhaps Get in + Get around)? Also, Cabo San Lucas tells about SJD ^IATA, while SJC redirects to San Jose (California). –LPfi (talk) 21:12, 23 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

The section where I added Señor Air describes regional airlines in Mexico. They do fly outside Baja and might also be mentioned in the Get in sections of each of their destinations (only a handful of them). Thanks for pointing out the wrong airport code. Cheers! Mrkstvns (talk) 11:42, 24 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, thanks for putting some pictures into San Andrés (Gautemala) - unfortunately they are of the wrong San Andrés. The article is about San Andrés on the northern shore of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of Guatemala, while the photos are of San Andrés Xecul, a village in Totonicapán department of western Guatemala, near the city of Quetzaltenango. For this reason I removed them - there are also various other places called San Andrés in Guatemala, so it is easy to get mixed up. Al the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 09:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for letting me know. I'll have to try to figure out a way to better identify which photos of San Andres go to which town. I thought I was okay by including "Guatemala" in my search criteria, but that's not going to be good enough if there's more than one San Andres in Guatemala. Regards, Mrkstvns (talk) 14:04, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, I've noticed that in the Spanish-speaking world (including the Philippines which was a Spanish colony for centuries) you can find a city, town or village with the exact same name in almost each country, in some cases even several in the same country. To add to the confusion there is often a region and the largest city of said region sharing that same name... --Ypsilon (talk) 20:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply