Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Brazil/Archive 4

assistance needed
Hi, I am editing an article, and there are literally dozens of Brazilian news media sources about a fighter, but another editing is saying that because the fighter does not meet MMA guidelines they are not notable. But I insist that the fighter meets WP:GNG guidelines which should trump arbitray mma guidelines. I go into great detail, and provide hyperlinks to google searches of Brazilian magazines Tatame and Gracie Mag as well as broadcast news sources, not to mention the US coverage he has garnered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alexandre_Almeida#Coverage_and_notability

Am I off base in my assessment? I don't see how he could be considered not notable due to the dozens of articles around about him from legitimate news sources, and even more from popular American MMA websites. Jumbotron5000 (talk) 19:45, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

History of South America
I've been working on History of South America. Any assistance with copy editing would be much appreciated. -- Marek . 69    talk  22:33, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Port of Rio de Janeiro could use improvement
It looks like Port of Rio de Janeiro was roughly translated from the Portuguese, and could use some attention to make the English more natural.

Thanks - 179.210.3.71 (talk) 19:25, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Added a tag for cleanup. giso6150 (talk) 04:01, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * If this topic floats your boat, there are a few redlink ports at Ports of Brazil. Hack (talk) 23:23, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Move discussion Talk:Roberto Carlos
Please see link. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:35, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Was Fernando de Noronha a French colony?
Copied from main discussion at Talk:Fernando de Noronha

Hello,

Article Fernando de Noronha and Category:Fernando de Noronha are categorized as, but the article says nothing about it. Which one is true? Place Clichy (talk) 14:32, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The Portuguese language article says the archipelago was once invaded by the French East India Company, and that it was even renamed as "Isle Dauphine", but they were expelled one year later. Not sure that makes the island a former French colony. Victão Lopes  Fala! 17:35, 1 June 2016 (UTC)


 * (edit conflict, sorry) Unfortunately the Category:Former French Colonies has no definition. To my knowledge FdN was not a "Colony" in proper sense, but it just had been occupied by ships of the French West India Company (captain Lesquelin) on 6 Sept. 1736 for a short time until 1737, when the Crown decided to take it over again, added to Captaincy of Pernambuo, and to colonize. The French renamed the island to Île Dauphine or Île Delphine. The Netherlands had left FdN before, but constructed 8 smaller fortifications, one is pt:Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios de Fernando de Noronha, where the French might have been. Compare also main article pt:Invasões francesas do Brasil, after 1737 this fortification has been reconstructed.
 * One of the cited sources is: Augusto Fausto de Sousa: Fortificações no Brasil. In: Revista trimensal do Instituto Histórico, Geográfico e Ethnográphico Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, vol. 48, 1885, part 2, pp. 5-140, see p. 19, 81 (online). [The RIHGB has misprinted volume: tomo XLVIII]. Hopefully it helps a little. --Emeritus (talk) 18:12, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

This is an interesting question and very thoughtful answers. I looked through this article, list, and template on frwiki and saw no mention of Fernando de Noronha: Based on all of the above, I can see no reason to include Fernando de Noronha in the category. giso6150 (talk) 22:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Empire_colonial_français
 * Liste des colonies françaises
 * Modèle:Palette Empire colonial français
 * Thank you for your input. Following this discussion, I'll remove Category:Former French colonies from article Fernando de Noronha and Category:Fernando de Noronha. Discussion copied there. Place Clichy (talk) 07:50, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Olympic games improvement drive
Hello all. The Olympic games is coming up to six months away. I notice that a lot of games-related content is incomplete or out-of-date. suggested a while ago on the Olympic project page that there might be a chance for some improvement. Just wondering if there were thoughts or suggestions. Hack (talk) 03:28, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * My two cents is that the articles which are about the Olympics should first and foremost be tagged with WikiProject Olympics and/or the sports or competitor countries that make sense for each article. We can hope that there is more traffic/energy/organization, etc. on those projects. There are bound to be hundreds of new articles related to the Games this year. I am interested in helping where I am able, but most articles under and its sub-categories (with the exception of ) aren’t within the scope of WikiProject Brazil. As for articles which do make sense for WPBrazil, I would recommend adding a section on the Sports task force page. It will be a challenge to keep up, no matter what. giso6150 (talk) 03:54, 1 March 2016 (UTC)


 * What pages do you have in mind? It may well fit in either WikiProject Brazil/Sports in Brazil task force or WikiProject Olympics. At the very least, pertinent articles should be tagged with both projects banners for categorization purposes. fgnievinski (talk) 04:03, 1 March 2016 (UTC) I've notified Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Olympics and Talk:2016 Summer Olympics. fgnievinski (talk) 04:04, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I have in mind locations, venues and transport. Examples in no particular order or importance:
 * {| wikitable


 * align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Locations
 * align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Venues
 * align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Transport
 * Barra da Tijuca||Olympic Training Center (Rio de Janeiro)||Deodoro Line
 * Rio de Janeiro||Olympic BMX Center||Line 4 (Rio de Janeiro)
 * }
 * Hack (talk) 04:20, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * }
 * Hack (talk) 04:20, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * }
 * Hack (talk) 04:20, 1 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Examples of articles that I don’t think belong in WPBrazil would be things like Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification (under Events), Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics (under Nations), etc. In other words, articles where the focus is on some other country or sport and where Brazil just happens to be the host country. Maybe that was obvious; that was all I was saying really. giso6150 (talk) 04:25, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello guys, I'm discussing with our fellows from pt.wikipedia the creation of a Photo Contest and Articles Contest called Wiki Loves The Olympics with special focus on articles improvement/creation and updated photos on commons. What do you think about that proposal? Rodrigo Padula (talk) 13:46, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Valeu! I posted the link in the Resources section at the bottom of the Sports task force page giso6150 (talk) 17:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * This seems like a good idea. I think there would be value in creating a list of key topics that could do with improvement, photos or both. I can't add requested articles to the request page, I'm going in circles clicking links. Hack (talk) 02:42, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I added a link for editing the Requested Articles section on each of the task force pages. giso6150 (talk) 03:39, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Giso6150. I've had a bit of a go at looking at Olympic venues and it's a bit of a mess. It seems people created articles on venues that were proposed in the bid book but for various reasons did not go ahead, changed names or location. Completion dates that were, to be polite, wildly optimistic were included in articles but never revised. Hack (talk) 03:17, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Two months to go, any progress on ptwiki, ? I notice that the VLT has started operations and Linha 4 Metro is nearing completion, so there could be an opportunity for a Carioca to add some photos to Commons. Hack (talk) 04:35, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Im waiting by a final decision from WMF regarding a grant requested for that. I dont know yet if it will be approved and when :( Rodrigo Padula (talk) 12:55, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Loves the Olympics - Rio 2016
Hello guys,

The Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research launched today the Wiki Loves the Olympics, a pilot project of an international photo contest about the Olympics and Paralympic games.

Important links:
 * WLO official site
 * Commons:Commons:Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics WLO on commons
 * WLO contest page on pt.wiki

Social networks:
 * Facebook
 * Twitter

Our focus is Brazil, but the contest is open for all the world.

We are fixing some issues during this week but the contest is already open for submissions!

We need some help to translate our templates and banners on commons and spread that project around our international community.


 * Templates on commons
 * Central Notice

Comments and help are welcome! Best regards Rodrigo Padula (talk) 16:29, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Notice to participants at this page about adminship
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Nomination of Impeachment proposal against Michel Temer for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Impeachment proposal against Michel Temer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Lochtegate
This article is about a Rio Olympics related scandal. The naming of this article is under discussion, see Talk:Lochtegate -- 65.94.171.217 (talk) 06:05, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

"Capatra"?
One of my personal projects is extracting public-domain images from Chronicling America's massive archive of high-resolution scans of American newspapers, and uploading them to Commons. One such image is "Scenes from Acre, 1904", which mentions a locality called "Capatra" and a body of water called "the Partacomba". I have been unable to find references to either of these anywhere online; however, the Tacoma Times (where I got this image) often had spelling mistakes. Does anyone know where either "Capatra" or "the Partacomba" actually was, or if they have other names? DS (talk) 19:56, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow, I really can't find anything about such places, and I can't even guess other possible spellings. Do you have any other info that might facilitate searches? Victão Lopes  Fala! 05:30, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Best I can do is that they were in Acre, and that Capatra was "the seat of the Acre separationists". DS (talk) 12:36, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Could've changed names with the transfer of control from Bolivia. Hack (talk) 04:08, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * This reliable source mentions a "seringal" called Capatará, a possible original spelling of Capatra. Not sure if there is a translation for "seringal", but it is a place full of rubber trees. There' also this recent source mentioning the place. Victão Lopes  Fala! 05:25, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * According to the José Plácido de Castro article, Plácido de Castro, who was involved in the Acre conflict, later bought the Capatará "rubber concession". Hack (talk) 06:31, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

10,000 Challenge
Hi, I was wondering if anybody would like to collaborate long term in trying to reach a 10,000 article improvement/creation drive for South/Latin America at WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge like we're doing for the UK at The 10,000 Challenge? Regional contests fuel the drive but it's a permanent goal now. Would Brazilian wikipedians be interested in running a similar thing and some country contests/editathons to increase output? We could do a 1000 Challenge for Brazil to start with? Comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject South America if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:07, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, it would be great. My edits are mostly about Brazilian subjects. I can edit every now and then, though. DanielGSouza (talk) 12:31, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Women in Food and Drink editathon
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Latin American 10,000 Challenge invite
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Federal Senate - Brazil
Hello. There has been significant editing of this article, Federal Senate, by some Anonymous IPs lately and I have no way of knowing how accurate these edits are. Could someone who is familiar with the government of Brazil take a look at this article and see if it is correct. And if there is a need to make corrections please do so. Thanks. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 05:57, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * May also be worth someone looking at the Aécio Neves article, specifically the drug allegations and the sources used to back these claims. Hack (talk) 04:44, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Task force: Religion?
How difficult would it be to start a new task force for "Religion"? There are numerous articles on religion in Brazil, and they don't fit into the existing task force structure. Thanks always Prburley (talk) 14:17, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree with this need for a Religion Task Force. I would be happy to create it, since I created the other seven. I would also like to propose a task force for business-related topics. If there are no objections after one week, I will begin the process and post my progress here. giso6150 (talk) 17:14, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Task forces I like from WP Japan, some we already have: Biography • Business & economy • Cinema • Culture • Districts and municipalities (guideline) • Education • Flora and fauna • Food and drink • Geography & environment • History • Infrastructure • Law & government • Military history • Music • Politics • Religion • Science & technology • Sport Prburley (talk) 18:27, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * With a larger, more active group of editors, it would be great to have more specific task forces like these. As you point out, though, most articles in WP Brazil are covered by the broader task force groups that we have already. giso6150 (talk) 12:02, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Pattern when naming microregions (moved)
…this discussion topic was moved to the Geography task force talk page. giso6150 (talk) 12:10, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Cannabis in Brazil needs improvement
We have a new article Cannabis in Brazil, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read Portuguese sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for Portuguese Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 03:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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Assessment: stub vs. start
I've been thinking about WP Brazil assessment in light of the de-stubbing competition. Could we define "start" class more clearly for this project? I think there are a lot of articles that are tagged "stub" by default that should be "start", or above. What about:
 * "A start-class article has at least 1,500 characters of readable prose (which excludes references, infoboxes, lists, etc.); is well-formatted and copyedited; and has at least at least two verified, reliable, current, and properly-formatted sources."
 * I can appreciate the desire to define this more specifically, but I hesitate to offer too many benchmarks because of the rampant wikilawyering that is likely to inspire. I am happy with the guidelines on the stub page, personally, but I'd like to know what others think. giso6150 (talk) 03:28, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd forgotten about the stub page, so this is a moot discussion. I created Montreal Building which is listed as a stub, but should this be start? The prose size is 1551 (above the 1500 for DYK), has references, infobox, etc. Prburley (talk) 18:05, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * , the Montreal Building is a perfect example of what I would look at and see as a stub, despite coming in at 1500K. My reasoning would have more to do with the overall structure of the article than the character count. In other words, if this same article were divided into a couple of semantic sections (e.g., History, Architecture, etc.—whatever makes sense for an article about a building), I might not think twice about removing the stub tag. The overlap is very subjective. For me, it has as much to do with structure as length. I hope that makes sense and I don't mind if you or others disagree. giso6150 (talk) 03:11, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * , Thank you for your thoughtful answer, I'll keep that in mind when editing/writing/assessment. Prburley (talk) 14:42, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Category:Order of Pedro I has been nominated for discussion
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News article I'm developing at Wikinews
Hey, there. I'm developing n:At least 26 killed in another Brazil prison riot at Wikinews. I have been working on the article, but I'm afraid that I might be mostly absent from it. I am inviting you to improve the news article that I created there. If you are new to Wikinews, here is n:WN:Introduction. --George Ho (talk) 06:03, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Reliable source?
Is this a reliable source please? It looks reliable but I don't speak Portuguese, so I am not sure. Is this an official website run by a legitimate organization please? I would like to expand Castro Barbosa. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:28, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It's an association of professionals of the TV and Radio industry, although I haven't heard of them before they seem to have quite a structure and hold large events with important names from the industry. That website is a "TV museum". For this topic (biography of an old actor and singer) I would say it's as good as it gets. You'd probably only find a better source if there was a book written on the subject. Saturnalia0 (talk) 23:19, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

WP Brazil welcome message
Does WP Brazil have a generic "please join this project" template message to put on the talk page of a new Wikipedia editor, as in Template:Numismatics project welcome? Prburley (talk) 21:08, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * there is this - Welcome-Brazil. Pretty basic at this point. Hack (talk) 05:49, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Rare drawings of Brazilian animals by 17th-century Dutch painter Frans Post now on Wikimedia Commons
Frans Post (1612-1680) was a Dutch painter from Haarlem belonging to the Dutch School. Between 1636-1644, he received a commission from John Maurice of Nassau, then governor of Brazil, to travel to Brazil and document its people, nature and landscape. During his time in Brazil, Post made drawings and sketches of animals, which he probably used as studies for his paintings. Thirty-four of these drawings were recently discovered in the Noord-Hollands Archief. The archive has graciously made the digitised drawings available for re-use on Wikimedia Commons. Regards, --AWossink (talk) 08:36, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

2017 Campeonato Carioca
The 2017 Campeonato Carioca article needs someone to read the inline citation articles and rewrite the lede. Copyeditors cannot do what is needed.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:14, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Partially done. The final phase has its own peculiarities that still need translation, I only specified it's played in two six team brackets. I think it's possible to c/e from the Portuguese article now. Saturnalia0 (talk) 07:00, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is online
Wikimedia Nederland launches the Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform. The platform aims to stimulate global re-use of Dutch collections on non-European cultural heritage. In particular, it aims to stimulate collections on countries with which the Netherlands have had historical ties. These countries include Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ghana, Suriname, South Africa, and others.

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Popular pages
Suggestion: Increase your popular pages list length to 1000, rather than 500. For such a big country like Brazil, and its variety of topics, 500 is truly a disservice. Savvyjack23 (talk) 20:29, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Cauby - I'd Start All Over Again
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Temer
I have updated the article Impeachment proposals against Michel Temer with the recent events, but more info by some other user with a higher knowledge of the Brazilian crisis would be welcomed. Cambalachero (talk) 17:34, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The fallout of the JBS wiretapping is almost worth an article of its own. Hack (talk) 02:51, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Arab Brazilians Content Dispute
There is a content dispute concerning the article Arab Brazilians, over whether they make up no more than 0.9% of the population or maybe 7 to 10 million. We would like to request a previously uninvolved Lusophone editor verify whether the report from the IBGE is consistent with the figure that there are 7 to 10 million (largely Lebanese Christian). Robert McClenon (talk) 17:02, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorting Brazilian names
Would you expect a list of Brazilian people to be sorted by forename or by surname?

There's a discussion at Village_pump_(policy) in which someone suggested that sorting by surname is against Brazilian norms - and I found a couple of examples here and here which seem to support that, unless they are just lazy programming. Please join the Village Pump discussion if you have comments. Pam D  19:22, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * This isn't really about the sorting of Brazilian names in general. The issue appears more specifically to be about the sorting of lists of Brazilian footballers and other athletes, some of whom are known by mononyms.  The use of mononyms in a list that otherwise contains Western-style names is a complication that needs to be addressed as a complication.  To say that the argument is about the sorting of Brazilian names, without qualifying it to refer to mononyms, is misleading.  Robert McClenon (talk) 02:12, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Brazilian athletic mononyms are a special case in much the same way as mononyms of recording artists are a special case. Madonna is sorted in the record store under M, not under C.  Beyonce is sorted under B, not under K or C.  Pele is sorted under P.  It is a further complication that there are multiple Brazilian footballers using any given mononym, but there are also multiple people named John Smith.  Robert McClenon (talk) 02:12, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Reference question
The Dilma article links to this URL with the helpful title "WRS – Bem-vindo ao cadastro". Could someone with access to Zero Hora premium content verify what the actual title is? Hack (talk) 12:57, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Brazil

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 13:52, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Elissa Sursara
In researching the notability of Elissa Sursara for an open AfD, a source has emerged that asserts she was one of the most famous people in Brazil as a child star in the 1990s and early 2000s. Does anyone have knowledge or way to verify? Claims include:
 * "as famous as Jesus in Brazil since the age of four" (1992)
 * "the equivalent of a Brazilian Olsen Twin"
 * "a household name and was featured in every print for every children’s clothing range available in South America"
 * "the press in Brazil once put it, “Elissa had taken over.”"
 * "starred in a Pepsi commercial filmed in Australia and was hired to host a morning television show for children that showed cartoons and music videos in Sao Paulo"
 * "in various Portuguese and Spanish speaking soap-opera’s"
 * "model swimwear"
 * "In 2005 she was the most “googled” Brazilian celebrity."

Any of this true? -- Green  C  00:33, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to edit
Hi, I invite you to edit and expand this article United States involvement in regime change in Latin America that would certainly benefit from more editors. Greetings. --Dereck Camacho (talk) 05:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Adding a new article to this Wikiproject
Hello all,

I recently created the article for Beyond Carnival, a book that details the history of gay men in Brazil. Is there any way it could be included into this Wikiproject? In my opinion, it gives great insight into the cultural developments of not only the gay community, but social attitudes towards masculinity.

Best, NeuroCoxinha (talk) 09:02, 27 February 2018 (UTC) ✅ giso6150 (talk) 02:44, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Ending the system of portals
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Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:27, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Jundiaí Urban Agglomeration
Is anyone interested in adopting this abandoned draft? It has a Portuguese-language source. Thanks, Espresso Addict (talk) 23:26, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

New discussion in [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Brazil/Participants/List
I'm suggesting if we should prune the list, removing wikipedians that are inactive. Discuss here. User:Tetizeraz. Send me a ✉️ ! 03:43, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Elections
The Brazilian elections will take place in a pair of weeks, and regardless of who wins the result should be featured in the "In the news" section of the main page. The article Brazilian general election, 2018 has an unsourced table, Jair Bolsonaro has an unsourced sentence in the political career, and Fernando Haddad needs to be expanded. Those things would be pointed during a nomination, but there are some days ahead to have the articles ready. Cambalachero (talk) 13:39, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Archivos do Museu Nacional "oldest scientific journal of Brazil"
I stubbed this based on the claim in National Museum of Brazil, but I can't verify this claim, or find anything about this publication, in English. Perhaps someone could help expand it, as a minor tribute to the ongoing tragedy.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:15, 3 September 2018 (UTC)


 * The full history of the publication is avaliable online, but not much of it is about the magazine per se. I'll download a few and, if anything of note comes up, like editorial notes etc; i'll add it to the article. YuriNikolai (talk) 01:18, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Wilson Witzel
I am requesting an assessment of this draft. Does the subject satisfy general notability guidelines as written? Robert McClenon (talk) 03:55, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

The second round of the elections in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) will be on October 28, 2018, Wilson Witzel and Eduardo Paes are running as candidates for Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro. In election polls Witzel appeared weak with little popularity. But after finishing the first round vote on October 7, 2018 was to everyone's surprise, Wilson Witzel won more votes than Eduardo Paes. On the 28th he will have a new election (second round), whoever wins the most votes will be the new governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Ana Gauna (talk) 12:14, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

RfC on election/referendum naming format
An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:34, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Brazilian museums on the List of music museums
Hi there, I have introduced the List of music museums, and quite some Brazilian museums are written in Brazilian but not in English. Are there users at this project that like to write some or all of these articles? When you make use of references, I will translate these articles to Dutch language too. :-) Best regards, Ymnes (talk) 19:35, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, great suggestion! I will begin translating some of these articles as soon as possible. Expect the first one to be up in a couple of days :) YuriNikolai (talk) 23:59, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * EDIT: Well, that was a lot faster than i expected. The first article is already up at Museu da Imagem e do Som de Alagoas! There may be some hiccups in article style, but it's a fully functional page. I'll see what more i can do in the future. YuriNikolai (talk) 00:56, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Good that it went so well. :-) And thank you for your help! Ymnes (talk) 13:12, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've translated your article meanwhile to Dutch language (Netherlands and North-Belgium; Flandres). Thanks for writing it! Hopefully you'll write some others too :-) Ymnes (talk) 19:16, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the translation :) It seems that most of the other PT-BR articles need some work done on them before being translated, so it might take a while. I'll ping you if i manage to translate another one. YuriNikolai (talk) 01:58, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Presidents & Vice Presidents of Brazil
Howdy folks. I need help here concerning presidential & vice presidential terms. I've been getting different responses to my question of when does the president's & vice president's term end. Is it at mid-night New Year's or when the new president & vice president are sworn in, latter in that day. For example — is Michel Temer president until December 31, 2018 or January 1, 2019? GoodDay (talk) 15:10, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The mandate of President Michel Temer will end on December 31, 2018, according to information on Wikipedia in Portuguese = https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governo_Michel_Temer Ana Gauna (talk) 22:37, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * 's sources say otherwise. GoodDay (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Federal Justice Cultural Centre
This draft appears to have been abandoned, but may be something that this project would like to take up and fix. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:19, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Campos Rupestres
Hi my name is Maria Cortez and I would like to edit the page "Campos rupestres". I have been studying this ecoregion for a while now and I think I could add on solid information. Mariabiacortez (talk) 20:34, 3 February 2019 (UTC)Maria

WP 1.0 Bot Beta
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Women in Red focus
In April 2019, WikiProject Women in Red is focusing on Women in Portuguese-speaking countries.--Ipigott (talk) 07:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
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Taxation in Brazil article needs sources
The article for Taxation in Brazil doesn't have any references or external links for one to look into.TableFolder (talk) 02:03, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Notice of RfC
FYI. RfC available for comment:
 * Talk:Fabiana_Rosales

This is related to Venezuelan politics. --David Tornheim (talk) 09:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Nuclear reactors
While working in RV-1 nuclear reactor, I saw how IEA-R1 was probably the first nuclear reactor in South America. In the vogue of Chernobyl (miniseries). it would interesting to translate that article into English (also an infobox for nuclear reactors can be found in the RV-1 article).--MaoGo (talk) 13:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

architect rogerio Silva de Araújo
architect rogerio Silva de Araújo designed the replica of the ¨Temple of solomon¨ in Sao Paulo Brasil for the neo pentecostal church. Little is known about his professioanl accomplishments and other architectural tasks. Wikipedia currently has no active listing on him, or his other works.200.68.17.114 (talk) 23:52, 14 July 2019 (UTC)C. Patakis &lt;Temple of Solomon, Sao Paulo Brasil>&lt;Universal Neo Pentecostal Church, AV Alameda Bernanrd O´Higgins, Santiago Chile>

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

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Feedback requested on translation of Operation Car Wash subarticle
A new translation project is underway, to translate the article Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato into English. Your assistance in the translation or feedback at the Talk page would be most welcome. See Draft:Developments in Operation Car Wash. Mathglot (talk) 10:16, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

New bot to remove completed infobox requests
Hello! I have recently created a bot to remove completed infobox requests and am sending this message to WikiProject Brazil since the project currently has a backlogged infobox request category. Details about the task can be found at Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 2, but in short it removes all infobox requests from articles with an infobox, once a week. To sign up, reply with and tell me if any special considerations are required for the Wikiproject. For example: if only a specific infobox should be detected, such as infobox journal for WikiProject Academic Journals; or if an irregularly named infobox such as starbox begin should be detected. Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

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Announcing: bilingual glossary
Announcing a new specialized glossary of Brazilian terms, to assist editors translating articles from, or understanding sources written in Brazilian Portuguese. The glossary is limited to topics related to police, law, government, and criminal investigations. Please see WikiProject Brazil/PLG Glossary. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 10:36, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

John Doe Filho
Well, there's nobody by that name, of course. But if there was, his honorific would be "Mister Doe", not "Mister Filho". But there are lots of people with the suffix "Filho" at the end of their name, meaning "Junior", in the same way that other languages have other ways to indicate father and son with the same name ("the Elder", "the Younger"; "Junior", "Senior", "the 3rd", "IV", and so on). I'm assuming that after introducing someone by their full name, you would want to avoid using "Filho" to refer to them; e.g., if you're talking about Vital do Rêgo Filho, Teotonio Vilela Filho, Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho, after naming them the first time, you don't then say later in the article, "In 1995, Filho moved to Brasilia...", which would be absurd, just like referring to Mr. Doe as "Mr. Junior".

I believe this should be called out in all articles of this type (unless "Filho" is the person's actual family name, e.g. Jardel Filho I assume is not a "Junior"), with either a hatnote similar to the Spanish-surname or Portuguese-surname templates, or in the running text. Is there already a template we can use, to indicate the presence of a suffix that is not part of the family name, to prevent problems like that? (P.S. This isn't specific to Brazil, but I had to put it somewhere. I'll link it from the Portugal project.) Mathglot (talk) 23:45, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Looking further, I see that pt-wiki sometimes uses the Filho suffix, and sometimes Júnior; sometimes even for the same individual. See for examples, usages of Jonas Lopes de Carvalho, in these articles:
 * pt:Felix Fischer – Jonas Lopes de Carvalho Filho
 * pt:Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato – O filho do presidente, Jonas Lopes Júnior...
 * pt:Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Jonas Lopes Júnior
 * Mathglot (talk) 08:11, 3 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I started a discussion about this at the template Talk page. Please add your feedback at Template talk:Portuguese name to discuss extending the Template to handle this case. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 03:35, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

✅ The template has been updated to handle this properly. Mathglot (talk) 08:53, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Can someone review my draft?
It's about the Pará government state-owned bank, I added a number of references that I believe prove its a notability, but they havn't been reviewed by an editor yet. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Banpar%C3%A1) - Richevans69 (talk) 23:44, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Chagas disease FAR
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About Adelaide Chiozzo
Bom dia,

This article has been marked for speedy deletion. I can see an obituary for this person in O Globo here - which suggests notability. The obit is behind a paywall. Could you possibly help out here? Obrigado. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week
Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week. £250 (c. $310) is being given away in May, June and July with £20 worth of prizes to give away every week for most articles destubbed. Each week there is a different region of focus, including one week dedicated entirely to Brazil, though half the prize will still be rewarded for articles on any subject. There's a potential £120 to be won in total for destubbing on any subject or region of your choice. Sign up if you want to contribute at least one of the weeks or support the idea! † Encyclopædius  12:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Please Join the Newly made Carnival Wikiproject
A very warm welcome Every one! I User:Martian-2008 have created a Carnival Wikiproject Which is not complete and does not have any Templates, Tasks, or Requests. Therefore I need Help! Yes Your Help! Any one is welcome to make over one edit. Thank you for reading.

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Review a draft
I have written a draft relating to WikiProject Brazil If someone may review it. Thank youDanceEnthusiast (talk) 18:53, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Seeking official biographical page for politician
I recently created Robeyoncé Lima. I'm having trouble locating any kind of official biographical page maintained by the Brazilian government because I am not a Portuguese speaker. Ideally, I would include something like that in the External Links. If anyone can tell me where I might look to find something official, or can actually link me to an official page, that would be appreciated. --Citrivescence (talk) 16:07, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Category:WikiProject South America projects has been nominated for renaming
Category:WikiProject South America projects has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. —⁠andrybak (talk) 11:48, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Ministry of National Integration
Please can a subject expert review Ministry of National Integration? It seems to have been hijacked by a new article. One option is to create a new article called Ministry of Regional Development (Brazil) with the current text, then revert to the previous version. Certes (talk) 12:01, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've reverted the National Integration article and updated to reflect its demise. An article for the new Ministry of Regional Development is needed. Hack (talk) 04:27, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Category:Machado de Assis has been nominated for renaming to
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Category:Clarice Lispector has been nominated for discussion
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