User:Sparks1979

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Avid Wikipedia reader since '04.

Started my Wikipedia account on Sep '06.

Nationality:

Brazilian. Russian, German and Portuguese ancestry.

Age:

Born 1979.

Sex:

Male

Languages:

English and Portuguese.

Education and Professional Life:

Graduated in Law in 2002.

Holder of Post-graduation degrees in Criminal Law (2006) and Civil Procedure Law (2006).

Former Combat Officer of the Brazilian Army (Corp of Engineers).

Lawyer of the Brazilian Army - First Lieutenant (2008).

[edit] Interests

Biology and Nature Collections Computers and Games Cuisine Cultural Diversity Economy Etiquette and Fashion Films Geography Geopolitics Health and Nutrition History Languages Law

Literature, Books and Poetry Martial Arts Military Music Philosophy Photography Politics Psychology Relationships Religion Schools and Education Science (in general) Sports (especially Soccer, Tennis, Extreme Sports, Endurance Sports) Traveling and Places (especially Russia)

[edit] Significant contributions

• Brazil

1. Rewrote the judiciary administrative divisions paragraph:"Judiciary - Brazil" 04.04.2007

2. Rewrote the lead:"Introduction - Brazil" 05.04.2007

3. Created the Law section from scratch:"Law - Brazil" 15.04.2007

4. Added several references in the Law section and the lead:"Introduction and Law - Brazil" 17.05.2007

5. Rewrote the Government and politics section from scratch:"Government and politics - Brazil" 18.05.2007

6. Rearranged the Government and politics section:"Government and politics - Brazil" 10.06.2007

7. Reviewed the Colony, Empire, and Republic subsections in History of Brazil: A:"Colony - Brazil", B:"Empire - Brazil", C:"Republic - Brazil" 10.06.2007

8. Rewrote the Sports section:"Sports - Brazil" 22.06.2007

9. Rewrote the Foreign relations and military section:"Military - Brazil" 23.06.2007

10. Expanded the Social Issues section:"Social Issues - Brazil" 06.08.2007

11. Reduced size according to WP:SIZE and WP:WPC: A:"General Improvements - 1", B:"General Improvements - 2", C:"General Improvements - 3", D:"General Improvements - 4", E:"General Improvements - 5" 10.08.2007

12. Major cleanup of redundant wikilinks according to WP:MANUAL: A:"Wikilinks cleanup - 1", B:"Wikilinks cleanup - 2", C:"Wikilinks cleanup - 3" 21.08.2007

13. Cleanup in the external links section:"External Links - Brazil" 21.08.2007

14. Reviewed grammar and prose quality in the whole article: A:"History - Brazil", B:"History - Brazil", C:"Administrative divisions - Brazil", D:"Geography - Brazil", E:"Economy - Brazil", F:"Demographics - Brazil", G:"Culture - Brazil", H:"Science and technology - Brazil" 21.08.2007 and 22.08.2007

• Law enforcement in Brazil

1. Rewrote the whole article from scratch:"Law enforcement - Brazil" 05.09.2007