Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin America

This WikiProject is an attempt to improve and expand the articles about topics related to Latin America. See Category:Latin America.

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 Wikipedia 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

• Monitor discussions on talk pages of articles covered by the project. Recent changes to the project's talk pages
• Create a new article.
• Translate or expand articles from Spanish Wikipedia.
• Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Latin America stubs or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
• Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
• Assess some of the Unassessed Latin America articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/Assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
• You can look at the cleanup listing to see what needs doing.
• Check the talk page for requests for help.

• 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 Wikipedia? See: Wikipedia: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

• Flor Elena González
• See also: /Unreferenced BLPs

Weekly random WP:NPOV dispute

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Weekly random article needing cleanup

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New articles cleanup

Lists automatically assembled of recently created new articles which are probably related to the topic in question

1. Wikipedia:WikiProject Argentina (Search result, Log, Rules)
2. Wikipedia:WikiProject Bolivia (Search result, Log, Rules)
3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Brazil (Search result, Log, Rules)
4. Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/New articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
5. Wikipedia:Chile-related regional notice board/New articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
6. Wikipedia:WikiProject Mesoamerica (Search result, Log, Rules)
7. Wikipedia:WikiProject Mexico (Search result, Log, Rules)
8. Wikipedia:WikiProject Peru/New articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
9. Wikipedia:WikiProject_Puerto_Rico/articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
10. Wikipedia:WikiProject Colombia (Search result, Log, Rules)
12. Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/new articles (Search result, Log, Rules)
13. Wikipedia:WikiProject Trinidad and Tobago (Search result, Log, Rules)

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{WikiProject Latin America}}	Latin America NA‑class This article is within the scope of WikiProject Latin America, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Latin America on Wikipedia. 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 AmericaWikipedia:WikiProject Latin AmericaTemplate:WikiProject Latin AmericaLatin America articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.	Top of talk pages - the latter provides assessment information - please go to that page for details
{{portal|Latin America}}		To add to see also section of related articles
Type: {{Wikiproject Latin America invite}} To replace the text "one of Wikipedia'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}}	Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Wikipedia'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 Wikipedia'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! ~~~~	User talk page
{{User WikiProject Latin America}} links talk edit		User pages
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.	The Latin American Barnstar {{{1}}}	User pages

• Latin America-related categories: collected under Category:Latin America
• Latin America-related Articles for Deletion page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Latin America.
• Latin America-related templates: Category:Latin America templates

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.

Featured articles

Former featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

Former good articles

Did you know? articles

In the News articles

Spanish language Wikipedia

• (in Spanish) es:WikiProyecto:Argentina Wikiproject Argentina (general)
• (in Spanish) es:WikiProyecto:Chile Wikiproject Chile (general)
• (in Spanish) es:WikiProyecto:Colombia Wikiproject Colombia (general)
• (in Spanish) es:Wikiproyecto:Guatemala Wikiproject Guatemala (general)
• (in Spanish) es:WikiProyecto:México Wikiproject Mexico (general)
• (in Spanish) es:WikiProyecto:Historia del Perú Wikiproject Peru (history)
• (in Spanish) es:WikiProyecto:Venezuela Wikiproject Venezuela (general)

French language Wikipedia

• (in French) fr:Wikipédia:Projet Mexique Wikiproject Mexico (general)
• (in French) fr:Wikipédia:WikiReader Amérique latine WikiReader about Latin America

Portuguese language Wikipedia

• (in Portuguese) pt:Wikipedia:Projetos/Subdivisões do Brasil Wikipedia subdivisions of Brazil

Swedish language Wikipedia

• (in Swedish) sv:Wikipedia:Projekt Latinamerika Wikiproject Latinamerica

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.

1. Youssef (working on Mexican municipalities)
2. Infrogmation
3. Viajero
4. Fibonacci (working on articles about Colombia, when I have time)
5. Spangineer ∞ (working on Mexican stuff – presidents, people, culture)
6. Carlos Th (talk) - (mostly on Colombia. Created es:wikipedia:WikiProyecto Colombia and expect to replicate it here and wikipedia:WikiProject Colombia)
7. JuanMuslim - Created the Latin America Portal. Seeking help with its maintenance.
8. Kungfuadam. Created the Brazil project, looking for help expanding.
9. Adrianzuur (working about articles about Colombia, when I have time, like Fibonacci)
10. Patricknoddy
11. User:Blofeld of SPECTRE Anything from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego
12. User:IANVS Mainly interested in History and Politics, feel free to contact me.
13. User:Simon Burchell Mostly Guatemala, but also Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador, occasionally other countries. Mostly archaeology and mythology/folklore.
14. User:Rd232
15. User:Zazaban Interested in Hispanic America in general. I am interested in the history, but also geography, culture, politics and everything else.
16. User:avw1 Working on an article about Street Children in Latin America
17. 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.
18. Moxy (talk) 05:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
19. Prof.Vandegrift (talk). I specialize in Venezuela, and general topics pertaining to youth studies and sociology.
20. MarshalN20: Work on articles related to Latin American culture, but knowledgeable on most other areas.
21. Vvven: I created enough Latin American articles, see my userpage to see it all.
22. mtran99: I am a student from Rice University who plans to write an article on healthcare in Nicaragua.
23. HeathIsling
24. Arcendeight
25. MX: Interested in Mexico; happy to help anywhere else
26. Vami_IV (talk · contribs): I'm in. Let's make Latin America a more documented place.
27. FlyingAce
28. Thinker78(talk) Mainly Guatemala. 04:33, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
29. Kingsif (talk · contribs) Hi
30. MarioGom (talk) 16:21, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
31. Coffeycp Latin American art and culture. 13 March 2020
32. BoriquaZurdo Hispanic/Latino/Spanish art, music and culture - with a focus on Puerto Rico & USA --#BoriquaZurdo (talk) 18:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
33. Pizzaking13 (talk · contribs) Salvadoran history and politics, sometimes Guatemalan and united Central America history and politics
34. 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[reply]
35. Garlicbreadtea (talk · contribs) Interested in Social Revolution in Latin America, with a focus on Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia.
36. SuperTah: Looking to build the profile of Latin America on Wikipedia.
37. Fuchsia the Sun: Social and political movements (particularly on the left), but generally anything related to Latin America.
38. Krisgabwoosh (talk · contribs) 03:13:15, 31 January 2023 (UTC) : All things Bolivia[reply]

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 03:12:00, 30 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]

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.