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Portuguese Wikipedia

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Questionaire

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Contributors

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  • Wikimedia Statistics can be difficult to interprete. What is your impression, how many steady contributors do you have?
  1. I would say about 100. Although many experienced users leave a number of interested "newbies" keeps the number constant. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. We have a few users stable, not more than one hundred, however, we have many users who create accounts for only vandal us. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Around 100 is probably right. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. There are probably more like 200, but still the number is low enough for most people to know each other after a while. GoEThe 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Are your contributors mostly native speakers?
  1. Yes. Very few immigrants also contribute. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Yes. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Yes. And almost all non-natives are there for interwiki purposes. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Where do your contributors live (regions/country)?
  1. Portugal and Brazil, I believe that mainly in the big cities/metropolitan area. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Portugal, Brazil and others places in Europe and Africa (countries where speak portuguese). In big or smalls cities. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Brazil & Portugal. There are only a few contributors from other countries, and some portuguese/brazilian immigrants. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. As the other guys said and there are a few portuguese people studying/working abroad that also contribute. GoEThe 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • How common is it that your contributors meet in real life?
  1. Rarely, a couple of rendez-vous per year in which 6/7 users meet. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Few times, I never participated in one, despite my desire to participate. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. A couple of official rendez-vous per year, with no more than 6-8 users. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. I never met anyone in person, but I know that there are a couple of meetings, specially in Brasil. GoEThe 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Other Wikipedias

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  • Do you have special contacts with another Wikipedias (maybe in related languages)?
  1. Not much. Spanish and Galician would be in place to develop "special contacts" but that does not occur. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Yes, in Spanish, Galician and French wikipedias, beyond my contributes on others projects (wikinews, wikiversity, meta). Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Not really. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. I actually used English Wikipedia before I heard of the portuguese version. I still do some work in the English version, though modest. GoEThe 21:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you translate a lot from other Wikipedias? Which ones?
  1. Yes. The majority of our featured articles is translated from wiki.en, but wiki.es is also a source for translation. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Yes, I translated from/to galician, spanish, french, and, a few time, english. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Yes. Most of our featured articles are translated from w:en, and w:es seems to be a popular source for translators as well. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Yes, I translate a lot from English Wikipedia. I'm lazy. GoEThe 21:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Organization and support

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  • Is there a Wikimedia chapter in your country? How does your language relate to it?
  1. Neither has one, but in Brazil it is being developed. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Here, in Brazil, we being developed one. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. No. Brazil is developing one though, and there's been some discussion about doing the same in Portugal. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Are there work groups in other organizations about Wikipedia?
  1. No. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. No. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. No. EuTugamsg 13:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your Wikipedia and the linguistic community

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  • Is there a language institution for your language, like an Academy, or a club of people interested in your language? Do you have contact with them?
  1. It exists but we do not contact with it. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. It exists, but we don't contact with them.Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. If it exists, we have no contact with it. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Who (else) supports you?
  1. Nobody :( Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Nobody, too...rsrsrsrsrs Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Nobody. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • How looks your public outreach for your edition? Do you have flyers, give lectures, trainings etc.?
  1. We do not do propaganda, some media pays atention to the major controversies (portuguese PM, football players transfers, aircrash) and some academia publishes papers/thesis on the community. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Well, I was response someones questionaires about Wikipedia, for monographies thesis. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. We have done nothing of that sort. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you get feedback from readers?
  1. Some, mainly complains in our direct contact page :) a few press articles about internal controversies mainly. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Sometimes...Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Some, ranging from complaints about the lack of a certain information to praises to what we have done so far. And also complaints about content policies like copyright, propaganda, notability, etc. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • What other encyclopedias exist in your language?
  1. The only I remember pronto is Larousse. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. hummmmm... I don't know one... Alex Pereira falaê 19:02, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Larousse, Lello Universal, Diciopédia (multimedia). EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Content

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  • Does your edition concentrates on certain topics, like your region and language, or Latin Wikipedia on Roman history and Christianity?
  1. There is a focus in Geography (our countries and cities through out the world). Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. No. I have editions in various topics, as geography, history, biographies, sports... Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. There's a focus on portuguese and brazilian geography/history (as you might expect), and topics like anime/manga, football and television are also very popular. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. There are many projects happening right now. Bots have focused on creating articles on the Tree of Life WikiProject, Geography, Astronomy, etc. But apparently a lot of editors are interested in Anime, Soap operas, Football. There are a lot of Wikiprojects about Brasil as well one or two about Portugal. GoEThe 21:28, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Did your edition enjoy text donations, for example from older encyclopedias?
  1. No. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Sometimes... Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Sometimes, but only through individual efforts, there aren't any projects dedicated to gathering material from older free encyclopedias. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Not that I know of. GoEThe 21:28, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Language

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  • Is there a generally accepted norm about your language (spelling, dictionary, pronunciation)?
  1. No, there is european and brazilian portuguese. Politic efforts are underway to create a unique norm but it is not generally accepted. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. No. We have two rules about portuguese language, but we have a agreement about this. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. As Epinheiro said. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. There are two norms, as the others said. The governments of all the Portuguese-speaking countries have recently made a treaty to bring the two norms closer together in the next couple of years. But there will still be differences. GoEThe 21:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • How do you deal with different spellings, dialects etc. (like B.E. lift and A.E. elevator)?
  1. It is forbidden to change the original norm unless you change the majority of the article. This leads to cases in which both norms coexist. Epinheiro 08:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. As Epinheiro says. Alex Pereira falaê 18:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. As Epinheiro said. EuTugamsg 17:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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