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The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate.
* ... that '''[[Satanoperca lilith|a species of Brazilian cichlid]]''' is named after both [[Satan]] and [[Lilith]]?
* ... that a Brazilian priest died while attempting to break the
cluster-ballooning world record, in order to fund a spiritual rest-stop for truckers?
* ... that '''[[Adelir Antônio de Carli|a Brazilian priest]]''' died while attempting to break the [[Cluster ballooning|cluster-ballooning]] world record, in order to fund a spiritual rest-stop for truckers?
* ... that the Brazilian social media page '''''[[Tupinizando]]''''' is dedicated to the promotion of [[Tupi language|Old Tupi]], a [[Extinct language|dead language]]?
* ... that a popular vote declared '''''[[sobá]]''''', an adaption of [[Okinawa soba]] introduced by [[Japanese Brazilians|Japanese immigrants]], to be the most representative dish of the Brazilian city of [[Campo Grande]]?
* ... that a [[malaria]]-control program in rural Brazil attracted droves of '''[[Eufriesea purpurata|annoying, colorful bees that collect pesticide]]''' into homes?
* ... that '''[[Lake Fenwick]]''' suffers from an infestation of [[Egeria densa|Brazilian elodea]]?
Recent In the news items
15 June 2024 –
Thousands of women march in
São Paulo,
Brazil, in protest of a bill that would equate
late abortions after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison.
(Reuters)
:Thousands of women march in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]], in protest of a bill that would equate [[late termination of pregnancy|late abortions]] after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-women-march-against-bill-tightening-abortion-ban-2024-06-15/ (Reuters)]
It is reported that wildfires have burned around 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres) of tropical wetland in
Brazil's
Pantanal so far this year, a 935% increase in the number of fires that occurred in the same period last year.
(BBC News)
:It is reported that wildfires have burned around {{conv|32000|ha|acre}} of tropical wetland in [[Brazil]]'s [[Pantanal]] so far this year, a 935% increase in the number of fires that occurred in the same period last year. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg7rnlrylo (BBC News)]
:A [[Spain|Spanish]] court sentences three men to eight months in prison for [[Racism_in_Spain#Racism_in_football|racist chants]] directed towards [[Brazil]]ian football player [[Vinícius Júnior]]. [https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/nx-s1-4998276/racist-chant-vinicius-spain-fans-punished (NPR)]
Featured, valued, and quality images (on Commons)
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To consolidate everything in one place, below are the article and content selection criteria from the portal's various subpages. Some of the content is outdated on the subpages, such as nomination matters, which have not been used in some time. As such, some of the content from these pages has been copied here selectively. North America100009:54, 30 March 2020 (UTC)reply
If you wish to add an article for rotation within this portal, please
Check its unofficial rating by a
WikiProject; it must be B-class or higher to qualify
If possible, please accompany the article with a freely-licensed image (such as images released under the
GNUFDL, Public Domain.) Fair use images are not permitted, per
Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria.
If you wish to add an image for rotation within this portal, please
Add the image into a subpage of this portal, such as Portal: Brazil/Selected picture/#, replacing the "#" with the number above the current highest. For example, if 20 pictures are in rotation, you would make the number of picture you are creating 21.
Update the picture maximum limit parameter on the
main Portal
Fair use images that are not released under a free license (i.e. Public Domain,
GNU Free Documentation License) will be removed on sight.
If you find a decent quote relating to Brazil, please add it in to circulation within the portal. Here are some instructions:
Make sure the place you found it is reliable
Make sure it is not a controversial quote, such quotes may be removed at whim if deemed inappropriate
Create a subpage for the quote, such as Portal:Brazil/Selected quote/#, replacing the # with the number one above the current highest within the quotes.
Accompany it with a freely-licensed image if possible
If you wish to add a panoramic image for rotation within this portal, please
Add the image in to a subpage of this portal, such as Portal:Brazil/Selected panorama/#, replacing the "#" with the number above the current highest. For example, if 20 pictures are in roation, you would make the number of the picture you are creating 21.
Update the panoramic picture maximum limit paramater on the
main Portal
Fair use images which are not released under a free-license (i.e. Public Domain,
GNU Free Documentation License) will be removed on sight.
Update this list accordingly
More articles
Additional articles can be considered using the table below.
Added a new separate Featured article-class section to the portal, which is reserved for FA-class articles only. This serves to showcase and differentiate some of Wikipedia's finest content on the main portal page. Sorted FA-class entries from Portal:Brazil/Selected article/Archives and Portal:Brazil/Selected biography/Archives into this section. Non-FA-class articles were sorted into the Selected article and Selected biography sections.
Updated with more FA-class articles (listed below):
Added a new separate Good article-class section to the portal, which is reserved for GA-class articles only. Sorted GA-class entries from Portal:Brazil/Selected article/Archives and Portal:Brazil/Selected biography/Archives into this section. Non-GA-class articles were sorted into the Selected article and Selected biography sections. New GA-class articles added were:
Section "
selected picture" of the portal has been overhauled using template {{Portal pictures}}. To add another picture to the selection, only
POTD date is needed. No need to copy-paste captions, no need to fill out a layout template, no need to increase |max= when a new numbered subpage is added. Just add a date. You can also use the search box on the
subpage to find other appropriate pictures. —
andrybak (
talk)
16:15, 21 November 2020 (UTC)reply
"Well-written" articles do not necessarily represent the essence of the country
This page of the Brazil portal has serious design problems. There are 3 large blocks that only highlight "well written" articles, however, this does not mean that the articles are highly representative of the country. And that's exactly what happens from the beginning of this misconception. If there were only, for example, well-written articles about Brazilian ants, this is all that would appear on the page. I don't want to discuss here about the themes that are being displayed, however, it is quite clear to any native of the country that the themes presented have several problems, such as being extremely limited in terms of full coverage of what is interesting in the country. If at the beginning of Wikipedia, when there were few articles, this could be an acceptable criterion, now it is no longer. There needs to be random columns, so I created a column called "interesting articles" so that any article about the country can be placed, without meaningless limitations, such as "be a well-written article", which for me, has nothing to do with it, has nothing to do with the portal and is not a valid criterion - the way it is, I just take any irrelevant article about Brazil and turn it into a "good article" and it appears on this portal.
2804:14D:5C87:8E8C:EDB7:4BB6:C106:E2A8 (
talk)
18:50, 19 June 2023 (UTC)reply
General images needs to be greatly enlarged
Another massive problem here is the "general images" section. Unnecessarily, people is reverting my editing in this part, where, without any sense, it only takes pictures of 2 articles: "Culture of Brazil" and "History of Brazil", the which is complete nonsense and I can consider editorial bias as well. Today we have in this Wiki articles that were very well prepared over the years and full of vital pictures about Brazil, such as the Economy in Brazil, Industry in Brazil, Tourism in Brazil, Mining in Brazil, Transport in Brazil, Energy in Brazil, and all are extremely representative of the country, much more inclusive than those of Culture and History (which only show old things, and uninteresting for many people), so they should all be included in this section.
2804:14D:5C87:8E8C:EDB7:4BB6:C106:E2A8 (
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19:04, 19 June 2023 (UTC)reply