Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Puerto Rico/Archives/2014/September

contradictions in article

Hi, all - I am not knowledgeable enough to correct your article, but you have 2 paragraphs that directly contradict each other in the "Statehood movement in Puerto Rico" article.

At the end of the lead-in: "In 2014, resolutions were introduced in both houses of the United States Congress (H.R. 2000; S. 2020) to hold a yes-or-no referendum among Puerto Rican residents on statehood, with a "yes" majority compelling the President to submit legislation enacting Puerto Rican statehood.[2][3] Both resolutions have been referred to committees.[4]"

Government Funds: "On January 15, 2014, the United States House of Representatives approved $2.5 million in funding to hold a referendum. This referendum can be held at anytime as there is no deadline as to when the funds have to be used by.[10] In the following weeks, the United States Senate passed the bill which was signed into law on January 17, 2014 by Barack Obama.[11]"

Hope this observation helps.

Janet Jaguar (talk) 09:42, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

• How exactly is this a contradiction? They are two different things. HR 2000 and S2020 are two bills which if approved would mandate the federal government of the United States to (1) conduct a referendum on whether or not Puerto Rico wants to become a state of the United States ***AND*** (2) if the answer is 'yes' it mandates the U.S. Congress to begin the process of annexation. The second paragraph was simply an allocation of federal funds through a Congress sanctioned budget to conduct a referendum if the local government of Puerto Rico wishes to do do. See the difference now? —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 14:17, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Puerto Rican status referendum

The article about the Puerto Rican status referendum, 2012 is being biased by pro-statehood supporters and outsiders unfamiliar with the process. There is currently debate on how the results should be portrayed and wether blank ballots should be counted or not. Please provide your input, whatever it may be, at Talk:Puerto Rican status referendum, 2012#Results. —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 15:13, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

After analyzing both sides in depth, I came to the conclusion that both results tables are notable for inclusion in the article. I think this is actually a grand opportunity for expanding the "Criticism" section. Feedback ^☎ 17:58, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi, all - I am not knowledgeable enough to correct your article, but you have 2 paragraphs that directly contradict each other.

At the end of the lead-in: "In 2014, resolutions were introduced in both houses of the United States Congress (H.R. 2000; S. 2020) to hold a yes-or-no referendum among Puerto Rican residents on statehood, with a "yes" majority compelling the President to submit legislation enacting Puerto Rican statehood.[2][3] Both resolutions have been referred to committees.[4]"

Government Funds: "On January 15, 2014, the United States House of Representatives approved $2.5 million in funding to hold a referendum. This referendum can be held at anytime as there is no deadline as to when the funds have to be used by.[10] In the following weeks, the United States Senate passed the bill which was signed into law on January 17, 2014 by Barack Obama.[11]"

Hope this observation helps.

Janet Jaguar (talk) 09:40, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

None of that seems contradictory to me. Feedback 20:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Adrían Gandía

Hi guys, need some help with Adrián Gandía. It looks like a family member is editing the article plus it's up for deletion. I found sources in Spanish for the guy but we need someone to copyedit the article and expand it. —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 23:45, 30 September 2014 (UTC)