Talk:Recife

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Hi, I think there're to much neighborhoods in the Main Neighborhoods section, may be would be a good thing to check it out if all neighborhoods are important, by fact, I think each one have an importance, but I believe that one may have more importance than others... ah, other thing, what about put the images in the Wikicommons and link it here? It would be greater, and we could indeed put stuff like videos, music and others... and be careful about the licensing, of course. --Henriquevicente 21:06, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)Henriquevicente

Picture of Fireworks in Saint John's Festival
The picture captioned "Fireworks in Saint John's Festival" is wrong and is that of the Indian festival Diwali/Deepavali... I saw it in the article about Diwali/Deepavali... You can just rename it "Deepavali Celebrations in Brazil"... Are there Indians (the ones from India) in Brazil by the way? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.14.57.235 (talk) 14:19, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Crime Statistics
The crime statistics added to this page make substantial claims concerning the level of violence in Recife. This claim must be supported by a citation to a reputable source. It would greatly add to the value of the article if such a citation is added. Bpiereck 00:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

While Recife is a violent city, it is not "known nation-wide for being the most dangerous major city in the country". While it does have very high rates for certain crimes, it does not enjoy the title of crime capital of Brazil as it is currently claimed. Mario brazil 10:36, 12 April 2007 (EST)
 * It is known nationwide as the second most violent capital. Vitória is the first. Frontier towns in Mato Grosso, Pará and Acre are top of the list for all cities. Macgreco 15:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Folha de São Paulo. Macgreco 15:12, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I like excellent people, like handsome Clovis. Kisses to your Brazilian Military from the Madonna of the Lady of the Americas. Lily Susan of the United States of America.

The crime statistics section is poorly written and has severe grammatical errors. "Racism is an unbailable crime" is a phrase used that is nonsensical, nor is it specific to Recife. The rates of whites and blacks who "died in the city" is stated so the reader makes the assumption that those are murder statistics. Mal7798 (talk) 11:46, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

A link to |pebodycount might be useful (it shows statistics for the entire state, but it is possible to search by city).189.81.153.222 (talk) 13:45, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

The long digression on sexual offences against children is not really meaningful, since it is not at all specific to Recife.--134.60.67.134 (talk) 10:24, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

A friend of mine went there on a vacation...don't let the nice pics in this article fool you. He's been all over the world and he said this place was so scary he and his wife went home on the third day because they were afraid to leave the hotel. Look at google earth street view before going to this place and make your own judgement. It makes Colombia look like Utah. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.158.56.56 (talk) 04:28, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Sugar Cane in Pernambuco
Why is there a section on sugar cane on the "Recife" article? Recife itself doesn't have any sugar cane fields, for one there's no place (it would be worth noting somewhere that it is one of the smallest municipalities, in area, in Brazil). And as the section title says that should be in the "Pernambuco" article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Notconnectedtome (talk • contribs) 14:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Parts of the article seem touristic propaganda!
Please, someone with good knowledge of the city of Recife should change this initial part of the article to make it look like a real encyclopedic entry:

"Recife promises four days of a lot of excitement on several stages specially built around the city, to attract partygoers of all tastes and tendencies. The Carnival lovers who stay in Recife for the party will get to know all the rhythms of Pernambuco: “mangue beat”, string orchestras, “coco de roda”, “frevo” and “maracatu” – among them the Maracatu Nação Pernambuco, the Estrela Brilhante, and the Maracatu Rural Leão Pernambuco. Besides the central stage in Downtown Recife, there are other areas of popular concentration all over the Metropolitan Region where anybody can have fun in the most democratic festivity of the world."

This definitely looks like a touristic propaganda, with hyperbolis, unverified claims, etc. It can't be accepted in an encyclopedia like Wikipedia. It would be much better if this section just mentioned that Recife is nationally famous for its traditional Carnival, which is very varied in forms and traditions, and that it is a very diversified cities in Brazil as for musical styles. Simple as that, without propaganda, please. 201.9.229.81 (talk) 22:23, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Gone! --Geniac (talk) 22:48, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Are that many links needed?
In some sections of the article, the most mundane terms (like "time" or "girl") are linked to their respective Wikipedia pages. Is that really necessary? -- 92.230.18.131 (talk) 22:00, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree. I have taken the liberty to start removing some of the links as part of a general cleanup of the article.

189.81.153.222 (talk) 12:44, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Um what?
The page says "a large supply of laboror peanut butter and significant private investments turned Recife into Brazil's second largest medical center, ...." That has got to be a Google-translate-ism, but I have no clue how to correct it. -- Charlie (Colorado) (talk) 15:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Porto Digital
Hi,

When I click the link "Porto Digital" (in the section "Information technology industry"), I am redirected to the article "Recife Antigo"...

I think this is an error :)

Can you correct that?

All the best.

Hatchikim (talk) 16:10, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Otto
Oi,

In the "Notable people" section, the internal link "Otto" points to "a kind of" disambiguation page...

Can you precise which Otto is the good one?

Thanks,

Hatchikim (talk) 21:52, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Misleading use of Human Development Index
I deleted this section, to compare the Index between countries and neighbourhoods is a misrespresentation of what the HDI is for. secondly, it implies that eg a neighbourhood is better than a whole country etc. this is POV. LibStar (talk) 08:51, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

References Tag
The article has an "additional citations needed" tag, but surely 66 references is enough? I would remove it myself but I don't know if an admin has to check if first or anything. Drawley (talk) 18:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * an admin does not need to check but the tag is acceptable. There are still are many uncited statements. Every fact (unless so obvious) must be cited. Having 66 or 200 references is irrelevant. LibStar (talk) 08:17, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

History of Recife
I've read through the whole (long, maybe too long) History section, and can't answer the most elementary questions: 1) what year was the city founded? (the sidebar says March 12, 1537, the day Olinda's charter was granted, but not necessarily the day Recife was founded) 2) where, exactly was it founded (Recife metropolitan area encloses it, but Recife is huge, the hamlet was small); 3) what was the purpose of its founding (no, it was not as a port for Olinda - it was founded before exports from Olinda were important); 4) who founded it (I know it was the Portuguese - which man? 5) where did the name Recife come from?

Some of these questions have definite answers, and others may not. Editors might start by obtaining and reading (translating as necessary) the charter 'TRASLADO DO FORAL DE OLINDA - CARTA DE DOAÇÃO DE 12 DE MARÇO DE 1537'. Sbalfour (talk) 02:10, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

History section copyvio and unreliable sources
The entire History section consists of cut-and-pasted text from the web. I'd say some of it is flagrant copyvio. Some parts may qualify as "fair use" quoting, but cut-and-paste operations into wikipedia are dubious. Several "sources" are travel websites, one is an airline ticketing website. The whole section is one way or another, "Joe Blow's Website says...". I can't identify any of the sources as published material, either peer reviewed or with editorial oversight. There are veracity issues in addition to copyvio. Even if some parts are true, where did they come from? This section needs a rewrite.Sbalfour (talk) 04:41, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I've removed the portions (most, in fact) of the History section, which were direct cut-and-paste copyright violations, and the dubious website references supporting it, from which the text came (unfortunately, we're not allowed to cut-and-paste even from dubious websites). The little that remains hardly makes sense, but at least it wasn't copied.Sbalfour (talk) 15:55, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Timeline of Recife
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 15:15, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

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Editing subsections content.
As per discussion. Regardless of ideological orientation, Paulo Freire is an undeniably notorious personality. In my editions, I restricted myself to restoring and giving due emphasis to scientists born in the city of Recife, and to inserting in the article the Co-Cathedral of Recife. Juniorpetjua (talk) 06:41, 16 March 2024 (UTC)