A fact from Itza people appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 August 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the language of the Guatemalanethnic group of Maya called Itza, who once ruled over Chichen Itza, is almost extinct even though there's still an estimated population of 30,000 of them?
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I also added two images that link back to the text. Hope it works for you. Madman 22:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
cool, it's beginning to look better.Maunus 07:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
The image at the beginning doen't fit into the header, don't you think? A building in the introduction of a ethnic..Aran|heru|nar 13:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I don't have any better photos. If you have some or any better ideas, please upload. In the meantime, I don't see what's wrong with showing what is undoubtedly that ethnic group's most recognizable building/achievement. Madman 13:39, 30 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
The number of 30,000 ethnic Itza would need a citation/source and year in my view. This number is unfortunately not supported by data from Ethnologue (1800 ethnic Itza in 2001) and the official population census of 2002 (1983 ethnic Itza in 2002). Arjuno 13:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
