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I wonder if you were willing to work on [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]]. I believe it's an article with a lot of potential and can be easily brought to Featured Article level if done right. In case you're interested, you could start by improving the sections entitled "Birth" and "Estanciero". --[[User:Lecen|Lecen]] ([[User talk:Lecen|talk]]) 23:13, 19 February 2013 (UTC) |
I wonder if you were willing to work on [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]]. I believe it's an article with a lot of potential and can be easily brought to Featured Article level if done right. In case you're interested, you could start by improving the sections entitled "Birth" and "Estanciero". --[[User:Lecen|Lecen]] ([[User talk:Lecen|talk]]) 23:13, 19 February 2013 (UTC) |
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:Nevermind. Cambalachero has already butchered the article beyond recognition. --[[User:Lecen|Lecen]] ([[User talk:Lecen|talk]]) 02:52, 20 February 2013 (UTC) |
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Viscount of Inhaúma
I'm done with Joaquim José Inácio, Viscount of Inhaúma. I added a few things to the lead and the legacy section but I can't do no more than that. Maybe I'll find more information in the future and I might add it as I did with the Count of Porto Alegre and with the Duke of Caxias. Anyway, once you've corrected any errors in the text, could you open the FAC? --Lecen (talk) 20:04, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
You must have noticed that I made quite a few changes to Pedro II of Brazil. As you remember, it was one of the first articles we wrote together and back then there was a huge gap in relation to the history of Brazil on Wikipedia. Since then we wrote several more articles that helped fill that void. What I did to the article was mostly the removal of several unneeded information (see the talk page), which is why it went from 103,000 bytes to 95,000. I also toned down some sentences. Here are few examples (in bold what was removed):
- "A few decades after his death, his reputation was restored and his remains were returned to Brazil as those of a national hero. This reputation has lasted to the present day" to "were returned to Brazil with celebrations nationwide."
- "The Emperor rode within rifle-shot of Uruguaiana to demonstrate his courage, but the Paraguayans..." to "The Emperor rode within rifle-shot of Uruguaiana, but the Paraguayans..."
- "After his fall, Brazilians remained attached to the popular Emperor whom they regarded as a hero and continued to perceive him as a national symbol, the Father of the People personified..." to "After his fall, Brazilians remained attached to Emperor, who was still a popular and highly praised figure."
- "Surprisingly strong feelings of guilt were manifested among republicans..." to "Strong feelings of guilt were manifested among republicans..."
Overall, the article is mostly the same. However, I made a few additions to two sections which I'd like to ask you to take a look at: "Total victory and its heavy costs" and "Decadence" (the third paragraph). There is one large quotation taken from Barman in "Total victory..." that talks about a "Faustian bargain". Could you rewrite it with your own words? You may write it shorter too, if possible. --Lecen (talk) 19:40, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Sorry if I took so long to improve Uruguayan War. I'm done with "Empire of Brazil and the civil war". --Lecen (talk) 19:24, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
- Please leave the questions about Inhaúma being a mate and why his ships kept sinking to me. I'll check the sources and see what they say. --Lecen (talk) 09:01, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
Uruguayan War
Hey, Astynax, I'm done with "Brazilian ultimatum". I'll try to work faster on the rest. --Lecen (talk) 17:56, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Talkback
Message added 18:40, 18 February 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Jayjg (talk) 18:40, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Juan Manuel de Rosas
I wonder if you were willing to work on Juan Manuel de Rosas. I believe it's an article with a lot of potential and can be easily brought to Featured Article level if done right. In case you're interested, you could start by improving the sections entitled "Birth" and "Estanciero". --Lecen (talk) 23:13, 19 February 2013 (UTC)