Talk:Montevideo

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 Montevideo was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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    Can we get a more recent photo?

    We have since added more recent photos. However, if someone speaks Russian, it would be nice if we could import some of the extra information and pics from the Russian Montevideo article. — Greenmoss May 18, 23:15

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    [edit] One Problem

    I'm a french wikipedian and I'm sorry the article it isn't for the Department but for the city. And Montevideo Department is a redirection on this article.
    The other wps do the difference like fr wp. Bye all people.--David 13:38, 17 December 2005 (UTC)~

    I deleted the redirect. Feel free to author the article for the Dept. Thanks. Regards, El_C 13:46, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
    Bye, and if anyone create this article, put the interwikis please ^^. David 13:56, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

    [edit] Population Section

    Does the population section refer to Montevideo, Minnesota rather than the one in Uruguay?

    Yes, it did. El_C 07:06, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] Glorious Teams?

    Are Peñarol and Nacional really two of South Americas most "glorious" teams. Seems a little biased to me.


    Rathersane replies: If Peñarol and Nacional win most of the games, then they may call themselves two of South America's most glorious teams without worrying about NPOV, methinks.

    They, along with Real Madrid, São Paulo and Milan (I think), are the only teams to have won the Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup three times. If that´s not glorious, please tell me what it is. Lomibz 08:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

    I admit that they are good,but I definitely wouldn't use the word glorious to describe them. Also recently they havent even been that good. nacional was eliminated by cùcuta in the quarterfinals of the copa libertadores.

    [edit] River Plate?

    The article states that Montevideo is situated upon the "northern mouth of the River Plate (Rio de la Plata). Is "River Plate" a common English name for the river or is it just a bad translation of "la plata" which means "silver"?

    I've seen it on English-language maps as both "Rio de la Plata" and "La Plata River," though I've never seen "Silver" or "Plate."

    [edit] Quality of Life

    The citation link for quality of life being high does not seem to return anything meaningful. Montevideo is not listed on that page, and even when searched for with their search facilities, only a low cost of living is indicated for montevideo, and not a high quality of life.


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    [edit] The isla de la Libertad (once called "island of the rats").

    This little island in the bay of Montevideo became in 1864 a base for the Italian Navy (Cap. Martini`s Agreement) but a year later the Government of Uruguay revoked the lease to preserve the national sovereignty. (Source: "Storia delle campagne oceaniche della Regia Marina" - vol. I - 1992 - page 49)

    [edit] Destruction in DC comics.

    In the DC-universe montevideo has being destroyed, does that deserves to be mentioned??

    [edit] Second safest city?

    I'm not sure about the statement that Montevideo is "the second safest capital city [in the world]". The citation link given only leads to a page which, although it does state this as a fact, is advertising for students to come to Montevideo, and itself has no source for this statistic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.33.214 (talk) 18:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Where is the shield?

    What happened to the coat of arms? I can't find the image anywhere! --Hetfield1987 (Wesborland | James Hetfield) 23:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

    Nevermind--Hetfield1987 (Wesborland | James Hetfield) 23:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Failed "good article" nomination

    Per the quick-fail criteria of the GA process, any article that contains cleanup or expansion banners (such as the one in Geography) must be failed immediately, and does not require an in-depth review. Please remedy any issues brought up by such banners, and remove them before choosing to renominate. Additionally, the article is both severely lacking in comprehensiveness and inline citations. Please carefully review the GA criteria on citations, and take a look at a few GA-class articles on major cities for some examples of the kind of content GA requires. If you feel this decision was in error, you may seek a reassessment. Thank you for your work so far, VanTucky talk 21:28, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Sister cities

    I removed Miami from the list of sister cities. This is from the official site of the city of Miami: http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/MIC/pages/SisterCities/default.asp shows the list of sister cities, and Montevideo is not on that list. --Scuac (talk) 20:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] A little more objective introduction maybe?

    "Montevideo has a privileged harbor, one of the most important in the Americas. Also, it has beautiful beaches, like Pocitos, Buceo, Malvín, Playa de los Ingleses, Playa Verde, Punta Gorda and Carrasco."

    The former isn't referenced, and the latter is subjective. Wikipedia shouldn't be functioning as a tourism brochure, I think the language should be a little more neutral here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.228.67 (talk • contribs)