Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ecuador/Archive 1

Flag
I've recently made a lot of improvements to the Flag of Ecuador article, and it would be great if some other editors can take a look and double-check the content and if possible provide some references.AniRaptor2001 (talk) 22:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Montanita
It is very sad that there isn’t an actual page discussing the Montañita article. I have been working in the Montañita page and it has been very hard to find reliable and verifiable information. I wanted to write about its history but it was impossible to find good information. It was also very hard for me to work on the references. If anyone knows where to find info about Montañita or wants to improve the page, please contact me or do it yourselves. I am more than willing to work as a team. Thanks Jade83 (talk) 18:48, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Rio Protocol
I believe this is the same as the page Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistanceobv (talk) 03:50, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Artists in Ecuador
Hi everyone, I'm trying to add someone to the page of Artist in Ecuador and I guess I'm missing something that keeps on telling me that the page will be deleted, this man is a very talented man whom has dedicated his entire life to master the skills of Painting and Sculpturing but has gone invisible to this list, there are a few publications about his work that points out to the different monuments and sculptures he has created throughout the city. El Universo had an article in "La Revista" that talks about his work, I would like to add his name and references to this list, I think that we should all be proud of our local talents that merit recognition.Zybernet (talk) 00:07, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Guayaquil
Hello guys I just discovered this project about Ecuador. I created the article Canción al Nueve de Octubre translating it from wiki Spanish, I am still trying to add the link for the anthem to the Guayaquil page so it appears on the box to the right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Negrojimenes (talk • contribs) 14:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Ecuador fauna
Hi guys, I work on many of the frog and reptile articles on Wikipedia. I have noticed that there is a huge lack of South American frog photos, except for those in the pet trade. Would anyone be willing to go out and try and take some frog, and other fauna, photos which are not on Wikipedia yet? Especially those from the families which don't have a photo in List of Anuran families. Thanks --liquidGhoul 05:39, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll do my best - I'm in and out of the cloud forests and deep jungle, so I have the opportunity. The lifted lorax 03:23, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of Wikipedia to take part in a larger celebration of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 20:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:ACID nom of Simón Bolívar
Hello WP Ecuador, I just realized I never alerted the relevant WikiProjects to the fact that Simón Bolívar is a current ACID nominee. I'm not trying to votestack, I just want all of you to be aware of this and those that are interested can help out. Best, Fbv65 e del / ☑t / ☛c || 02:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Bilateral relations discussion
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Guinea pig
Hi, this article just passed GA status and I was wondering if anyone from this WikiProject might want to take a look at it and offer any suggestions for the sake of comprehensiveness. Thanks! Chubbles 20:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Galapagos Project?
Would a Galapagos WikiProject be a good idea, or not? If not a WikiProject, a task force of this one? Basketball110 pick away... 00:51, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * See Galápagos Islands task force. GregManninLB (talk) 17:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Project Status
I updated the project banner with new parameters and tagged the talk page of all the articles having an Ecuador category with the project banner (probably a few thousand). This should help publicize WikiProject Ecuador to those who may be interested in helping the project. I think just about every Wikipedia article that needs a WikiProject Ecuador on its talk page now has one. I added categories to Category:WikiProject Ecuador and added appropriate content to them. This should make it easier for the project to find things. The Transhumanist improved List of basic Ecuador topics to give the project a better idea of what new articles may be needed. I reorganized the project page to include subheading typical of a regional WikiProject. Also, I added Galápagos Islands task force and provided province subcategories to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ecuador to make it easier to match photo request with those able to take such a photograph. -- GregManninLB (talk) 15:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Anything really screamingly urgent?
Hi fellow Wikidorians - Is there anything under our scope that is really screaming out for photos? The list of "photo me!" stubs is kind of daunting, but if you would kindly point me in the right direction I'd be happy to start tackling it. Thanks! The lifted lorax (talk) 19:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Userbox
Ok, here is a Userbox I made for the Wikiproject. I'm not sure how many of us are actually active right now, but here it is anyhoo. The lifted lorax (talk) 01:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I created new userbox. If used it will also automatically include you on WikiProject Ecuador members category page.-TriiipleThreat (talk) 13:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Ecuadorian music industry
I've been unable to find information pertaining to the Ecuadorian music industry, so I was hoping someone here could help me. Is there a Ecuadorian equivalent to the Recording Industry Association of America or British Phonographic Industry? I ask because I'm working on a global music-market type article (List of music recording sales certifications) and I've been unable to find much info pertaining to the Ecuadorian music industry. Any help anyone could give would very much appreciated. Drewcifer (talk) 02:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Rename proposal for the lists of basic topics
This project's subject has a page in the set of Lists of basic topics.

See the proposal at the Village pump to change the names of all those pages.

The Transhumanist 09:58, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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Latin American cinema task force
A Latin American cinema task force has been proposed at WP:FILMS, which would include the cinema of Ecuador. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up - if there is enough interest, then the task force will be created! Many thanks, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 20:30, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Help request: 123 Ecuador-related articles needing geographical coordinates
Based on a search of Wikipedia's articles related to Ecuador, I've found some articles that I believe are about places in Ecuador, and could usefully have geographical coordinates added.

The articles in question are listed in Category:Ecuador articles missing geocoordinate data. At the time of writing, some examples included:
 * 1) Balzar
 * 2) Calvas
 * 3) Daule Canton
 * 4) Espíndola
 * 5) Palestina, Ecuador
 * 6) Pelileo
 * 7) San Marcos, Quito

...and there are many more, as well. At the time of posting this notice, there were 123 articles in this category needing geographical coordinates.

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By adding coordinates, a Wikipedia reader can easily view the location on a street map, nautical chart, topographic map, by satellite photo, realtime weather map, and in many other ways. Coordinate data makes an article eventually appear in various services such as Google Maps' Wikipedia overlay, Google Earth, and Wikipedia's own internal map service. Coordinate data also helps readers looking for geographically-based data, such as locations near a reference point, or related information.

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The articles are all marked with coord missing tags, which need to be replaced with coord tags that contain the location's latitude/longitude coordinates; or you might be able to add coordinates to an existing infobox. You can find out how to do this at the Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members. Please let me know if this is useful, or if you have any questions! -- The Anome (talk) 11:42, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

bothrops asper
I am new to this editing thing, and am loath to do anything for fear of screwing up royally. So... While looking for some basic info on the fer de lance (a s and c american pit viper that I have a little personal experience with) I came across this sentence at the end of the section on "Venom":

"It has been suggested that the venomous bite of B. asper was a factor in the choice of certain Mayan settlements such as Nim Li Punit, where the thick jungle inhabited by these snakes was used as a defensive boundary."[9]

This struck me as somewhat ludicrous because of my own personal history with the snake as WELL as previous statements within the article. When I followed the cite, sure enough there is nothing in the article to support the statement, it merely says that these snakes occured in the jungle... which I can assure you they do, they are just a fact of life down there.

But the statement implies that the Mayans picked their sites because of B. Asper. It is only suggested by the statement, not their site locations, or the referenced article.

Karstedm (talk) 23:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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Naming conventions
Does this project have naming conventions for any geographic places (specifically cities, town, villages, cantons, provinces) in Ecuador? If not, I suggest we establish one ASAP there seems to be a lack of one. Here are my suggestions: That's all I got for now. I think I have enough suggestions to build upon. Digirami (talk) 03:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Quito & Guayaquil are fine.
 * Province capitals should definitely be "City, Ecuador" (example: Cuenca, Ecuador)
 * Same would probably apply to cities that fall in the top 10 in terms of populations, specifically Manta & Eloy Alfaro.
 * Provinces seem fine, I suppose.
 * Cantons... I dunno.
 * Same goes for Parishes
 * Towns and other cities... "City, next highest administrative unit" (example: urban parish Cotocollao, Quito; rural parishes would be treated as town, so "City, Canton" looks ok;
 * Adding more...


 * The basic format that seems to be going around is "Name, Higher unit". For example the canton of Cuenca would be "Cuenca Canton, Azuay". Adding Canton across the board would have to be necessary since "Cuenca, Azuay" or "Quito, Pichincha" could also refer to those cities; the addition of Canton clears that up.


 * One rule of thumb to remember is what you have to keep the format consistent to all units. Digirami (talk) 02:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Settlement infobox parameters for provinces.
I just realized that the Province of Ecuador Infobox might potentially be deleted (possibly due to redundancy). In light of that, I have decided to post essential parameters of the Settlement Infobox for Ecuadorian provinces, as well as removing some parameters that might be unnecessary, in an effort to standardize the infobox for the articles. For documentation and additional possible fields, see the Template. Digirami (talk) 02:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest
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Montanita
I think this page describes the town of Montanita well. The problem is that it has a casual tone. I find a lot of assumptions and personal opinions instead of facts. As a former visitor of Montanita, I had the delight of listening to music being played at the plaza frequently.This page states that listening to certain kind of music constantly is a guarantee.This is a deviation from the truth and a mere assumption. The use of colloquial expressions such as "hardcore surfers" could be replaced with "surfing aficionados" or "enthusiasts". There is a statement about how Montanita has the best waves in the country, but there is no definition of what is considered "the best". If Montanita has the highest waves found in the country, then there should be a clarification that it is height what it is refered to. I did not understand the need to describe Manglaralto. I don't understand what is meant by Manglaralto being the alterego of Montanita. The statement seems subjective. Please add more scholarly articles to give this informative page higher importance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dicaza (talk • contribs) 06:52, 11 July 2009 (UTC) You are the best Dianita! Thanks for your comments.Jade83 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:10, 22 July 2009 (UTC).

Picoazá
What canton and parish is Picoazá located in? I started the article, but I don't know exactly where Picoazá would be in. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:13, 19 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Picoaza is an urban parish in Canton Portoviejo. Digirami (talk) 22:30, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Juan Manuel Rodriguez & Salomon Isacovici
The articles Juan Manuel Rodriguez and Salomon Isacovici are the subject of move & delete debates. A lot of the source material is in Ecuadorian Spanish. Any input or assistance that members of this project could give would be appreciated. Mr Stephen (talk) 16:41, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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Battle of Guayaquil
I've done a lot of work on this article, and I'd like to invite anyone interested to make any changes they see as necessary. I'd like to see it reach good article, and hopefully even featured article status. AniRaptor2001 (talk) 20:24, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced living people articles bot
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Air France Flight 422
I understand there is WikiProject Intertranswiki for one to list articles to be translated to English, but I also want to list articles to be translated from English. For instance Air France Flight 422 needs to be in Spanish ''and French. WhisperToMe (talk) 10:22, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Cuicocha
Hi. I have realized there is a wrong picture of the Cuicocha crater lake in the infobox of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuicocha. In fact, the current picture shows the Laguna Quilotoa instead (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilotoa). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.48.125.56 (talk) 18:45, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Template:Ecuador portal
FYI, has been nominated for deletion. 70.29.210.155 (talk) 05:12, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Now replaced by Ecuador. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 03:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

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Galapagos tortoise
Hello WikiProject Ecuador. Galapagos tortoise has recently been promoted to GA, and if somebody has the time it would be nice if it could get a rating on the importance scale. Many thanks, Minglex (talk) 00:29, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

There is a big difference in the number of individuals, cited as composing the Cofan people, between the article in French and that in English. In the one in English, the given number is 1,500 to 2,100. And in the one in French is 800. Whereas, in the one in Spanish the population is not even mentioned. There is also something that is mentioned in the article in Spanish which is not brought up in neither of the former: the great contribution they made to the field of Science (Medicine) as they were contacted by Richard Evans Schultes. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonioe (talk • contribs) 02:52, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Image help
Hello, this image has no description, but based on the uploader's other images/edits, I believe it is somewhere in the Ecuadorian Andes. Would anyone here be able to confirm a description? ▫  Johnny Mr Nin ja  20:32, 16 September 2011 (UTC)


 * If I had to guess it appears to be Quito with Cotopaxi visible in the background.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 13:21, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I put that on the file page. ▫  Johnny Mr Nin ja  04:00, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Ecuador will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Ecuador's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 00:47, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Juan-Sebastian Vivanco
Is the hyphen part of the name? The sources in article Periódico Expectativa! and El Comercio, Ecuador. seem to indicate no hyphen (and accent of course)? In ictu oculi (talk) 19:20, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Ecuador–United Kingdom relations
I was wondering if it is time to start an article on it. That diplomatic tiff in London seems to make covering it to a fuller extent a good idea. -- 76.65.128.252 (talk) 13:01, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Ecuadorian general election, 2013
This article has been nominated for inclusion on the Main Page in the in the news section, however the article needs a lot of work before it can be. Is anyone here able to help out ? LGA (was LightGreenApple)  talk to me  03:17, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Foodguatita.png
file:Foodguatita.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 00:50, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Ecuador en los deportes
Hey pplz I have worked on recent articles like the recent Copa Libertadores where LDU Quito is in the finals and other sport events where Ecuador has succeded like copa americas and world cups..TY ill keep on working. User:Justinian43 21:15, June 13 2008

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Itabaca Channel is located between two islands in the Galápagos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itabaca_Channel

thanks for the nomination of the Itabaca Channel into the wikiprojects Ecuador!

tortuga bay is in the island of santa cruz
thanks for the nomination of tortuga bay into the wikiprojects ecuador!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuga_Bay

Ecuador'a 20S Banknote, Anverse, Reverse 1240px.jpg
image:Ecuador'a 20S Banknote, Anverse, Reverse 1240px.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 11:34, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Article in need of help Juan Falconí Puig
People familiar with the policies about living people particularly those with access to and understanding of Spanish language resources are encouraged to help get this article into shape. Thanks! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  12:38, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Reviving the WikiProject
Current activity on the WikiProject Ecuador seems to have stalled a bit. I hope there are people willing to bring it back to live and help out. I'm just trying to be bold and thus I already started by setting up a bot for the WikiProjects's recognized content, if all works well we should probably see the results of that next week. I also divided the members into active and non-active so it is clearer who to collaborate with. I also set up an automatic archiving bot for this page, because it became too long.

Some other ideas and plans: Crispulop (talk) 14:21, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The assessment section probably needs a revision, something which a group of members need to decide upon.
 * I'll try to update the list of Missing articles.
 * Cleaning up the WikiProject page. It has a whole lot of topics and subtopics, while quite some are empty.
 * The Signpost had some ideas for improving semi-active WikiProjects. I'll try to set up some more of the bots that were mentioned.
 * Glad that I discovered this WikiProject. I am particularly interested in the Galapagos, having done my college thesis on their volcanoes.  I have joined the task for it, but I'm not sure how active it is.  Please let me know if anything needs to get done.  I can't say that I'm all that knowledgeable on Ecuadorian affairs that are not Galapagos related. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:22, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi and welcome! The task force unfortunately seems pretty unactive. And the main one for Ecuador isn't much more active either. Since you seem to be very knowledgeable about the volcanoes on the Galapagos you might wish to improve this article: List of volcanoes in Ecuador. It is tagged as having problems since 2007. If you wish to colloborate on any article I'm happy to help out. Crispulop (talk) 21:12, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Yachay University
This stub (which I was stub-sorting) was created with an infobox but no text, and claims it has 189 students - but the only source seems (from my poor Spanish and Google translate) to be talking about a planned university. Could someone have a look at it please? Thanks. Pam D  13:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I did some work on it, but to be honest, the current status and progress of the University are somewhat vague to me as well. Crispulop (talk) 14:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses
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List of Ecuadorian ironmen
I'd like to add my name to the list of Ecuadorian ironmen. I have done 4, best time was on 2011 Ironman Arizona with 12:34 cevoit 1-14-15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cevoit (talk • contribs) 01:41, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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A butterfly feeding on the tears of a turtle in Ecuador


I've nominated A butterfly feeding on the tears of a turtle in Ecuador for Featured Picture consideration.

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National symbols of Ecuador
I've just done some copy editing and fixed some apparent vandalism at National symbols of Ecuador. I'd appreciate some expert eyes to check to make sure I reverted to the right versions. Also with the vandalism it's had, it should be on some Ecuadorians' watchlists. Thank you. SchreiberBike talk 17:22, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Are these stories all talking about the same Japanese school?
I know there is a part-time Japanese school in Quito. I believe the Spanish name is "Colegio Japonés Auxiliar de Quito" (キト補習授業校).

I found these stories from El Telegráfo:
 * "Feria de Japón invita a los ecuatorianos a conocer su cultura (Galería)" (Archive). 6 July 2014. "El evento está organizado por la Embaja de Japón y el Comité de Feria de Japón integrado por el Colegio japonés de Quito."
 * "Kendo, el arte de los samurai (Infografía)" (Archive). 3 August 2014. "En Quito, esta práctica se desarrolla desde inicios de la década de los noventas cuando el japonés Keigi Kosakai transmitió sus conocimientos en el Colegio Japonés de Pusuquí."

I know of these articles along with a Japanese one from a Brazilan publication:
 * "エクアドル＝キト補習授業校が入学式＝今年から聴講生増やす" - April 18, 2014.

So are the two El Telegrafo articles talking about the same school or different schools? WhisperToMe (talk) 05:17, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

It has to be the same one, because the MEXT page (Archive) gives the address as: "Calle A, S/N Pusquii, Quito, ECUADOR" WhisperToMe (talk) 05:47, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Garish colours in tables, and unnecessary flag icons
Hi, I've looked at a few TV articles. Garish background colours in tables, and unnecessary use of country (and even city) flags in infoboxes. Flags are not decorations on en.WP; they need to be informational, and none I've seen is that. Tony  (talk)  04:13, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

biased choice of sources
In the entry about the 2015 protests, there is a strong bias towards the use of right-wing anti-government media sources which very probably affect the accuracy and neutrality of the information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smukster (talk • contribs) 16:54, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Health in Ecuador
re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Ecuador

Please excuse my unfamiliarity with the world of Wikipedia discussions. I value very highly the role of Wikipedia. As a regular Wikipedia reader and, now, resident of Ecuador for 4 years (without the benefit of special vaccinations) I have some concerns about the "Health in Ecuador" article. The opening of the article appears to have been written with an unwitting bias; one which yields to a seemingly outdated perspective on nations of South American in general and Ecuador in particular. Unfortunately, it gives the impression of having been written by an NGO which is a US State Department captive. For example, if, as the article suggests, the life expectancy is 78 in Ecuador then it is tied with that of the United States according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy. That hardly seems to suggest the degree of health risk to residents or visitors to Ecuador asserted in the opening paragraph of the article. More generally, the opening paragraph contains phrases such as: "The savagery of the environment makes not only citizens prone to being infected, but tourists as well." Sadly, the most charitable thing one can say about this sentence is that it is uninformed. For example, malarial mosquitos are unable to survive in the Sierra region due to the altitude which does not affect as many people as the article implies. In fact, I know personally of no persons coming here from sea level (to the Sierras) who had more than a mild, several week long effect from the altitude. The climate of the Sierras, far from being "savage" is exactly like Spring in the Northeastern US with occasional flourishes of early Summer. The coastal, tropical climate is pretty much like that of Cuba and parts of Mexico with temperatures in the 80s for 12 months of the year. The Amazon region has a rainforest clmate which is very warm and humid and in which one would encounter species of animals and plants very foreign to the average Euro-American reader. The writing of such an article really merits much more research. A quality assessment is needed as readers should know immediately that this is a very, very preliminary and possibly outdated view of Ecuador.

The opening line of the first paragraph paints with a rather overly broad brush the state of health in Ecuador about "lack of health care". There are, at a minimum, three systems of health care in Ecuador. The most prevalent is that of "Social Security" which has modern hospitals in the major cities and clinics widely dispersed throughout the country. All workers pay into this system which provides life-long, single payer health care, disability and pension benefits. Workers and their employers contribute to this at a rate slightly higher than that of FICA in the US. The facilities are ubiquitous, modern and staffed with doctors and nurses of much higher quality training that one might expect. Many, many of the medical practitioners of Ecuador have been trained in the world-renowned Escuela de Medicina Latinoamericana of Cuba. In fact, at this time, many (if not most) of the Professors of Medicine in Ecuadorian universities are Cuban. I do not know precise figures but I would hazard a guess that the doctor to inhabitant ratio in Ecuador is higher than that of the US. The second major health system is that of the "regional hospitals". In all major cities, these are hospitals and clinics open to all at no cost. Most of these have been or are being built anew in the last 10 years. While these are largely for persons outside normal workplace membership in the Social Security system, they are not (in my own personal experience and as one might suspect from outside) mostly filled with indigenous patients. Thirdly there are many private clinics to which most but not all people of wealth go. My own experience suggests that these private clinics do not have better facilities than those of the two public systems. The wealthiest persons with whom I am acquainted here use the public facilities with an occasional private consultation. The middle class / business owners, etc. do seem more often to use private clinics - to what end I am uncertain.

I will try to comment further at another time on this article and would be very open to discussing this further with those who have authored the existing piece but mostly research is what is needed. One quick note which might be helpful is to check maternal death rates and maternal and child nutrition rates in UN stats. The felicitous nature of all of these climates to plant growth appears to promote a level of nutrition which, while certainly not perfect, is unusual in a country that has a poverty rate about in the middle between the US and Mexico.

186.46.225.165 (talk) 15:40, 11 January 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  22:40, 26 March 2016 (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) 05:36, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

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Finding Guidelines - Style guide for articles
I recently joined this wiki project and am keen to contribute to expanding information about Ecuador within the English version of Wikipedia. I am thinking of writing an article about the Ecuadorian Restoration Front lead by [|Leon Febres Cordero]. The article/topic has been covered in Spanish but not in English. Would it be best to translate the English article or create my own?

More generally, is there a recommended way to structure articles about political movements in Ecuador? I was wondering if there was a style guide I could follow when designing, developing and creating my article? Or links to resources or examples that could help me with this. The style and guidelines information section of Wikiproject Ecuador doesn't yield any information about this. Unamaduraverde91 (talk) 11:58, 8 September 2018 (UTC)