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Happy editing! :Jay8g [V•T•E] 21:22, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! :) Xaymacan (talk) 07:39, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Xaymacan, I'm so happy you're here on Wikipedia :)

I saw you reverted some edits on Rice and peas, including my own. If you will allow me to be frank, you seem quite upset based on your edit summaries. It's okay, I, and many editors have been there. At this time you are edit warring and you need to stop, or you will be blocked. In cases like this, once you've reverted an edit once, if the editor proceeds to undo your revert, just leave it. Open up a conversation on the talk page. Try to be open to compromise. They're probably not going to be as patient as you, that's okay, just do your best. I'll be happy to read up on what you write on the talk page and agree with you if what you're saying is sound, which I am sure it will be. And if we reach some consensus, then we can bring it back to what you wrote, or a compromise around that.

Hope you can take this in the peace that it's intended in. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 05:01, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message :). I really appreciate it, as I was starting to feel a bit discouraged about contributing here. I am actually not upset with your edit. I understood what you meant, but I reverted it and explained what had happened prior to your change. Honestly, it's not my intention to edit war. My only intention is to improve some pages concerning my culture/history, and to share knowledge, as I have a background in Caribbean Studies, History and Food and Nutrition. I have contributed to other pages, but this is my first time experiencing this issue. I know that the info I am providing will be of assistance to a student somewhere, and of course, preservation of history is of importance :). For those reasons, I chose not to simply let that editor remove my contributions, because it took time and effort to write, and to search for personal images. I believe that my edits have been constructive, as I improved the little that was already on the page, and singlehandedly added the history, variations and supporting pics.

The user(s) who has been persistently removing content is affiliated with the rice and beans page and/or gallo pinto page, so I believe that what is happening is deliberate, hence the frustration in the summaries. Some of the same sources that I used were also used on the gallo pinto page, yet the editor chose to omit info which I included for historical context. They also claimed that I used citations that were not credible, which is untrue. I cited various sources, some of which were from books, governmental sites, research/archived data and national libraries. I opened up a talk page to discuss the issue. Also, a senior editor even stepped in and reversed the deletion, but they continued to edit war. I don't mind compromising, as I have taken the time to not only contribute info about my own country's variation, but other variations from elsewhere that I have direct knowledge about, because I believe in inclusivity, clarity and accuracy. The user also claimed that the Central American variations are not variations of rice and peas, when in fact they are, which is why I made sure to include the history, and pictures for clarity. I suspect that they have a problem with the Anglo/Afro-Antillean roots of the variations, as it does not suit their narrative. It is also clear that the user, like many people do not understand that rice and beans dishes differ in that rice is cooked separately from beans/peas—thus, are akin to stew peas and feijoada. The confusion comes from Central American countries like Guatemala and Belize (while under British occupation), adopting the English term "rice and beans", which has been used interchangeably in Spanish and English to refer to dishes that are actually "rice served with beans". The attack on the rice and peas page started when I tried to make that distinction.

Anyway, I have said enough :)— you are more than welcome to review what I have written, and research the impact of the waves of Anglo/Afro-Antillean migration to Panama, Cost Rica, San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Mosquito Coast (Nicaragua & Honduras) and Guatemala. By the way, I would like to add variations of rice and peas from Guatemala and San Andrés but I think that the said user will try to remove my edits. Again, I appreciate what you have said, and I hope that we can reach some sort of consensus. I also welcome your support in combating vandalism and deliberate cultural/historical erasure. Xaymacan (talk) 07:36, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for making this reply. I'll continue this discussion on the talk page so other interested editors can participate. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 08:24, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! No prob. Xaymacan (talk) 08:55, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]