This WikiProject is an attempt to improve and expand the articles about topics related to Latin America. See Category:Latin America.
Collaboration
How can you help
- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on Latin America topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Knowledge (XXG) Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- You can look at the project's popular pages list to identify particularly high-profile articles that could be improved.
Need help?
Have questions about using and contributing to Knowledge (XXG)? See: Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Latin America/Help
Requests
Place your requests here, placing an asterisk before it. If a request is fulfilled mark Done at the beginning of the request.
To Do
random Latin America-related tasks, automatically updated weekly
- Weekly random unreferenced WP:BLP
- Weekly random WP:NPOV dispute
- Weekly random article needing cleanup
New articles cleanup
Lists automatically assembled of recently created new articles which are probably related to the topic in question
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Argentina (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Bolivia (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Brazil (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Caribbean/New articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):Chile-related regional notice board/New articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Mesoamerica (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Mexico (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Peru/New articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject_Puerto_Rico/articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Colombia (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Venezuela/new articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
- Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Trinidad and Tobago (Search result, Log, Rules)
Templates
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| Latin America Unassessed | | This article is within the scope of WikiProject Latin America, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Latin America on Knowledge (XXG). If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Latin AmericaKnowledge (XXG):WikiProject Latin AmericaTemplate:WikiProject Latin AmericaLatin America articles | | ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on Knowledge (XXG)'s content assessment scale. |
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Top of talk pages - the latter provides assessment information - please go to that page for details
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To add to see also section of related articles
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- Type:
{{Wikiproject Latin America invite}}
- To replace the text "one of Knowledge (XXG)'s Latin America-related articles" with a specific article title, type
{{Wikiproject Latin America invite|article=article name}} , replacing article name with the name of the article.
- To include a header, use
|header=yes : {{Wikiproject Latin America invite|header=yes}}
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Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Knowledge (XXG)'s Latin America-related articles. Given the interest you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining WikiProject Latin America? We are a group of editors dedicated to improving the overall quality of Knowledge (XXG)'s Latin America-related content. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list of participants.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. We look forward to working with you in the future! ~~~~
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User talk page
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{{User WikiProject Latin America}} links talk edit
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User pages
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- The Barnstar of National Merit
- To award this, simply add
{{subst:Latin American Barnstar|message ~~~~}} to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.
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The Latin American Barnstar
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User pages
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Content organization
Survey of Latin American countries' topics templates (example: {{Costa Rica topics}}), placed at the bottom of articles listed in the topic template. See also /topics, /topics2, /topics3 for survey of how topics like "Politics of..." are covered across Latin American countries.
Recognized content
| This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Latin America}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
Former featured articles
Featured lists
Good articles
Former good articles
Did you know? articles
In the News articles
Related projects
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- Spanish language Knowledge (XXG)
- French language Knowledge (XXG)
- Portuguese language Knowledge (XXG)
- Swedish language Knowledge (XXG)
Participants
Active members
To join WikiProject Latin America, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- Youssef (working on Mexican municipalities)
- Infrogmation
- Viajero
- Fibonacci (working on articles about Colombia, when I have time)
- Spangineer ∞ (working on Mexican stuff – presidents, people, culture)
- Carlos Th (talk) - (mostly on Colombia. Created es:wikipedia:WikiProyecto Colombia
and expect to replicate it here and wikipedia:WikiProject Colombia)
- JuanMuslim - Created the Latin America Portal. Seeking help with its maintenance.
- Kungfuadam. Created the Brazil project, looking for help expanding.
- Adrianzuur (working about articles about Colombia, when I have time, like Fibonacci)
- Patricknoddy
- User:Blofeld of SPECTRE Anything from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego
- User:IANVS Mainly interested in History and Politics, feel free to contact me.
- User:Simon Burchell Mostly Guatemala, but also Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador, occasionally other countries. Mostly archaeology and mythology/folklore.
- User:Rd232
- User:Zazaban Interested in Hispanic America in general. I am interested in the history, but also geography, culture, politics and everything else.
- User:avw1 Working on an article about Street Children in Latin America
- Nsaum75 - I live in Oaxaca, Mexico, and mainly work on Mexican-related article. However, I'm more than happy to fulfill photo requests -- just leave a note on my talk page.
- Moxy (talk) 05:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
- Prof.Vandegrift (talk). I specialize in Venezuela, and general topics pertaining to youth studies and sociology.
- MarshalN20: Work on articles related to Latin American culture, but knowledgeable on most other areas.
- Vvven: I created enough Latin American articles, see my userpage to see it all.
- mtran99: I am a student from Rice University who plans to write an article on healthcare in Nicaragua.
- HeathIsling
- Arcendeight
- MX: Interested in Mexico; happy to help anywhere else
- Vami_IV (talk · contribs): I'm in. Let's make Latin America a more documented place.
- FlyingAce
- Thinker78(talk) Mainly Guatemala. 04:33, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
- Kingsif (talk · contribs) Hi
- MarioGom (talk) 16:21, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
- Coffeycp Latin American art and culture. 13 March 2020
- BoriquaZurdo Hispanic/Latino/Spanish art, music and culture - with a focus on Puerto Rico & USA --#BoriquaZurdo (talk) 18:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- Pizzaking13 (talk · contribs) Salvadoran history and politics, sometimes Guatemalan and united Central America history and politics
- Modussiccandi (talk · contribs) 17:41:55, 31 October 2020 (UTC) I'm interested in addressing the lack of women biographies from South America, so far I've mainly worked on Argentina
- Garlicbreadtea (talk · contribs) Interested in Social Revolution in Latin America, with a focus on Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia.
- SuperTah: Looking to build the profile of Latin America on Knowledge (XXG).
- Fuchsia the Sun: Social and political movements (particularly on the left), but generally anything related to Latin America.
- Krisgabwoosh (talk · contribs) 03:13:15, 31 January 2023 (UTC) : All things Bolivia
- Fbgpwns5277 (talk · contribs) 16:46:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC) : History of Andean region
Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) 03:12:00, 30 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.
Member identification
Members of WikiProject Latin America should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Latin America participants.
For other Latin America user templates, see Category:Latin America user templates.
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