Talk:Goiânia

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I wrote the article on 05/08/04 after I found a stub on this major Brazilian city, which I know reasonably well. I tried to write more than just population, area etc., which anyone can find in Encarta or the Britannica. I also included a link to Pedro Ludovico, the founder of Goiania and one of the greatest politicians of the state of Goias. Ray Vogensen rcvogensen@hotmail.com.

The article mentions that "It has an area of 285 square meters" but that can't possible be correct, since that's only about 16x16 meters, or 3000 sq ft. I couldn't find the right area so I will just remove it from the article for now until someone finds the correct one. -- Matiasp 20:43, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

By the way, anyone have any nice information to place here about the world widely famous cesium 137 accident?

I think the article has become "wikified" to meet wikipedia standards so I took the liberty of removing the header, which only gave the impression that the article was badly written. Compared to many articles on foreign cities it is not that bad. Vogensen 08:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm working in the cesim 137 accident, soon I'll add it! (Ricardo Perini)

[edit] Interesting fact?

In the Interesting facts sections it is stated that the operational system used on the city's hall is Linux. Come on, is it interesting? It's even being common now a days... If you agree with me, please remove it.

I agree. In fact, Brazilian gov. seems to have a open software policy long time ago. I work for "Ministério Público" (Brazilian prosecutors). Every computer in my department has free software installed, like Open Office. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.6.74.43 (talk) 14:28, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation?

The article gives the pronunciation of the city's name as /gɔɪˈɑniə/. However, it was my understanding that stressed A is raised and nasalized before N, so the correct pronunciation would be /gɔɪˈɐ̃niə/. The source for the existing pronunciation is suspect, IMHO, because an English-language dictionary is unlikely to give accurate native pronunciations of foreign names. Comments? Richwales (talk) 03:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)