User talk:Yves Junqueira

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Hello there, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit Wikipedia:How does one edit a page and experiment at Wikipedia:Sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! --maveric149

I too would like to welcome you. I haven't noticed very many contributors from South America, so your perspective will be very helpful. Eclecticology

Hi, Yves,

I was linking "Pedro I of Brazil" and "Pedro II of Brazil" to your History of Brazil article, but you moved them to "Dom Pedro I" and "Dom Pedro II". I think the naming conventions suggest they belong under "Pedro I of Brazil" and "Pedro II of Brazil". Put them where you want, but you'll have to do the linking as I can't manage it while they're moving!! <G>

Someone else 19:39 Sep 6, 2002 (UCT)

Yves, Yes, we should use the names of persons that would be most recognizable to English speakers. I think "Pedro II of Brazil" is recognizable, but "Dom Pedro II" would not be: 'Dom' is not an English word.

I think it might be best to move them back, but it's just a stylistic thing. After you decide, I can create a 'redirect' page so that both reference work. Someone else 19:49 Sep 6, 2002 (UCT)

Yves, You haven't done anything you have to apologize for, I'm just trying to get the nomenclature standard before there are a lot of links, and as you will see, there's a lot more than one way to do things! I'm glad to see you here and working so hard on the History of Brazil! Someone else 19:55 Sep 6, 2002 (UCT)

I like your ideas for spreading the word about Wikipedia. Please do so! And you do not have to be a perfect English writer to contribute here. In fact there are several non-native speakers who almost daily contribute to the English Wikipedia -- Over time I have seen dramatic improvements in their writing. And your writing isn't that bad at all and can easily be corrected by other Wikipedians if and when needed.

That's the beauty of Wikipedia -- nobody has to do perfect research, have perfect grammar or worry about doing anything perfect, because there are always other contributors here to help fix facts and grammar. All we ask of any contributor is to honestly try to do their best. :) --mav

Please don't despair about the Portugese wikipedia. when I first found the English one in April 2001 it was in sad shape--most topics, even obvious ones such as entire countries, had not been written about. I'd just advise dedication and patience, plus recruiting more people who are also dedicated and patient. Wikipedia has been growing exponentially, but I think there have to be a certain number of people active before it really takes off. If I could speak Portugese, I'd help. And if there's some way I can contribute without knowing Portugese, let me know.  :-) --KQ

Pt.wikipedia still uses the old usemodwiki (phase I) software. Look around for description of the new software (phase III), go to the source, and find the Language.php file. You need to translate that to portuguese, creating a LanguagePt.php file. Look at LanguageDe.php for an example. After that is translated, you need to contact the creator of the software for a convertion. But it will take time. In the meantime, check the Wikitech-l and Intlwiki-l lists. They are shown in Wikipedia:Wikipedia-L --AstroNomer


Lee gave you a complementary answer in Talk:Main Page

Yes, Lee is the person to talk to. Check out what he says at the link above.  :-) Sorry I can't be more help; I'm not responsible for any of the software or updating. --KQ

Yves, The page for suggested deletions is Wikipedia:Votes for deletion -- Someone else 03:33 Nov 25, 2002 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming you on my Talk page. Jianshuo 2:55 PM 12/2/2003


[edit] Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

  • Image:Itaipu2.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 05:14, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

[edit] Usercategorization

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Brazil page as living in or being associated with Brazil. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians for instructions. Rmky87 05:49, 17 September 2005 (UTC)