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"Our Lady of Regla" listed at Redirects for discussion edit
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Our Lady of Regla and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 17#Our Lady of Regla until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 17:07, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
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Founded by Narvaez edit
According to Wright, Irene Aloha (1916). The Early History of Cuba, 1492-1586. pp. 37, 59. who gets cited in some other old papers (p.27), Pánfilo de Narváez founded the settlement that would become Havana. Not sure if this has been litigated in academia in the hundred years since, but the sources in this article don't seem to contradict Wright. SamuelRiv (talk) 05:09, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
Very serious problem edit
I am aware of the notice, but I still want to write that this article is unnecessarily and exaggeratedly long. JackkBrown (talk) 02:29, 9 October 2023 (UTC)