Talk:Brazil

Italian Brazilians

I think this article should be more democratic. It should describe the real brazilian population, composed by indigenous people, brown, black, asians, middle east and europeans (mainly portuguese). We can´t ignore that Brazil has the one of the largest italian settlement of the world, but we should show pictures that reflect the diversity of the brazilian population.

Edit request

I would like to include the ranking next to the GDP in the "Infobox country".

GDP_nominal_rank = 7th (or 8th depending on the source)

Does a largest cities template/city population template add value to the articles about nations (esp. featured ones)?

This is an open invitation for participating in the RFC about "does a largest cities template/city population template add value to the articles about nations (esp. featured ones)?" Comment on the page WP:RFC/City population templates. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! Mrt3366^{(Talk?) (New thread?)} 14:46, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Independence

The infobox has the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves listed as who it got independence from, but considering that Brazil was an integral part of the UKPBA, how could it have gotten independence from itself? Shouldn't we list Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves? It was Portugal's name before Brazil's accension to royal union and the name after Brazil's independence. It makes sense to me, but I ask what you all think. Thank you, Cristiano Tomás (talk) 05:05, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

No. The state Brazil separated from was the UKPBA, which is the official name of the political entity. By way of comparison, Croatia was a constituent part of Yugoslavia, and became independent of Yugoslavia, not of Serbia-Montenegro-Macedonia. Walrasiad (talk) 15:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Size

A discussion that was already in the past regarding this article is about the weight of this page and the brief character that a encyclopedic article must have.

So, it never hurts to ask again to all colaborators (especially Thiagoreis Leon) to try keep this article as lean as possible, leaving to the subthemes mentioned, all related details.

Since a single photo/image per section is more than enough to serve as an illustration of a subject, I also suggest that if the intention is renovation of images, that they may be replaced every quarter, and not that new ones be added, which just let the page heavier.
Cybershore (talk) 05:07, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Origin of the name Brazil

It is often said and widely believed that the name Brazil derives from the dyewood 'Brasil wood' which was the country´s main export product in the period immediately following discovery by the Portuguese. However, this does not explain why the dyewood was called 'Brasil wood'. A more plausible explanation is that Brazil was identified by early Portuguese settlers as the mythical island of Brazil believed by mariners to be located far out in the western Atlantic. An expedition of merchants from the English port of Bristol sailed in search of the island of Brazil in the late fifteenth century, well before Cabral´s landfall so the name clearly predates the discovery of both Brazil and the dyewood found there. 201.29.234.103 (talk) 17:07, 8 January 2013 (UTC)Gervase Shorter gshorter@kinetics.com.br

Apparently brasilwood derives from the Portuguese "brasa" (ember) in reference to the wood's natural red hue. --Daniel(talk) 18:56, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Misleading

There is a part of this article that, in my point of view is considered to be misleading.

The indigenous did not sell the "pau-brasil", or traded it, the "pau-brasil" was thoroughly explored and extinct by the europeans. There wasn't any type of harvest, as it is implied by the text. On the contrary, actually, "pau-brasil" was a native plant existant in the forests and spreaded, there weren't any kinds of plantation or planned culture.

12:26, 10 January 2013 (UTC) Manuela Pirotelli

Edit request on 12 January 2013 Brazil

Hello Editors for Brazil page,

My Zns Smith and I would like to request to edit info on Brazil’s page. This additional text I have provides important overlooked historical facts regarding Brazil. Thank you.

Zns Smith (talk) 19:38, 12 January 2013 (UTC)