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-Mariano 09:44, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

SENSE

...In the past few decades, the mestizo population has increased due mostly to internal migrations from the Argentine interior to Buenos Aires and other large urban districts.

That doesn't make any sense If We're talking about an internal migration then the population would remain intact.

Demographics info is very far from scientific rigurosity (Your sources are newspapers for god sake!!) Only offical studies should be included in an encyclopedia otherwise the article is not neutral. Chelardo 08:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The paragraph you quoted above refers to mestizo population in the larger urban centers. It should be corrected, but it's not difficult to see what's wrong and it's rather rude to call it nonsense. As for the sources, they're perfectly good studies that were cited in newspaper articles. —Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 14:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry ,I didn't mean to be rude but I still think is far from scientific rigurosity, we're talking about more than 20 million people, and that my friend is a whole bunch of people.You should specify in the same paragraph the amount of individuals that were studied. In the USA no one would ever make that kind of statement because DNA studies are unethical and related to hate groups.

By the way, I think the paragraph meant to say the following:

"In the past few decades, the mestizo population has increased due mostly to inmigration from other countries."

What do u think? Chelardo 06:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the para means that the visible mestizo population has increased due to internal migration from small rural communities to urban areas, so that official censuses and popular perception have seen an increase.

DNA studies are of course accepted, in the US and elsewhere - it's the National Geographic that is funding and disseminating much of this research. Like all scientific and statistical data it can be misused, but here results are simply being reported, not commented upon. Mtiedemann 07:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

Only 3 out of 12 pictures currently being shown on this page are from outside Buenos Aires. Of course, for Porteños the rest of the country doesn't exist.

Marcelo

Salta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.252.168.7 (talk)

For porteños is hard to get pictures of other places, but if you are so concerned, you can upload images yourself by creating an account. (And if for porteños the rest of the country didn't existe there would be no pictures from outside Buenos Aires at all) —Argentino (talk/cont.) 16:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Buenos Aires is the capital and its metropolitan area is home to one-third of all Argentinians; a (disproportionately) large part of everything Argentine (except the natural landscapes) is located there, or nearby. That's objectively true, so it's not surprising that we have more pictures from there. However, it's also true that the article should show more diversity. Like Argentino said, it would be nice if you took pictures of your place (or got someone else to take pictures) and uploaded them (try the Commons, see e. g. this). I've been doing this with Rosario and places I've been to, such as Córdoba (regretfully I've never been to Salta, though I eventually will). This is a collaborative encyclopedia, which is wonderful because instead of asking others to do something, you can go on and do it yourself. —Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 17:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

True, poteños make up one third of Argentina's population (12 million people or so). Then, how come they don't even remotely think of the two thirds who don't live there? (roughly speaking, some 24 million people). Taking into account the proportion of people living in BA and comparing it to that of the rest of the country, any porteño contributor to this page would immediately have to realize that the article should show some balance, with no need to be reminded by that from a provinciano at all. But, of course, since the hinterland always comes last in your priorities, we have to sort of shout so as to make ourselves be heard.

Marcelo

Salta