Talk:Luís Alves de Lima e Silva

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An entry from Luís Alves de Lima e Silva appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 12 July 2006.

This article is self-contradictory: The infobox gives a different birth palce. Duque of Caxias and Sao Paulo are not even in the same state. Circeus 14:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I don't know. The information was snagged of the Portuguese article and said that:

"Luís Alves de Lima e Silva nasceu em 25 de agosto de 1803 na fazenda São Paulo, situada na vila de Porto da Estrela, hoje Parque Histórico Duque de Caxias, no município fluminense de Duque de Caxias."

Perhaps there was an error to the Duque de Caxias article, I will check it out. So if there is a contradiction here, it passed from the article there. Also, note that the name "São Paulo" doesn't necessarily have to mean that city - several places have identical names. However, to avoid confusion I will erase the area of contradiction. Thank you for pointing this error out. NOVO-REI 16:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I found the problem, the translation states:in the plantation of Sao Paulo, situated in the vila of Porto da Estrela, today, the Historic park of the Duke of Caxias, in the fluminense municipality of Duke de Caxias. Fluminense refers to someone from Rio, and I must have overlooked it - or simply did not add this disambiguuation to the article. However, this is what I did to add clarity. And also, I guess my hypothesis was correct, in that Sao Paulo doesn't just refer to one place.  :-) NOVO-REI 16:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC)