Nricardo

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pt-4	Este utilizador tem um nível quase nativo de português.

es-3	Este usuario tiene un conocimiento avanzado del español.

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la-1	Hic usor simplici lingua Latina conferre potest.

Biography

I'm Nelson Ricardo. My parents immigrated from a small village in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. I was born and raised in Yonkers, New York, and have been living in Brooklyn for almost 20 years. I have a B.A. in economics from New York University (NYU). I have worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and at Columbia University.

English Wikivoyage

Docent

I am a docent for Caldas da Rainha. If you wish to speak with me about this destination, please contact me on my Wikivoyage user talk page.

Contributions

(voy:Special:Contributions/Nricardo)

Portugal

Caldas da Rainha ⭐ – Featured on the Main Page as Off the Beaten Path in October 2016. Was promoted to Star article status in January 2021.
Portugal — Many improvements throughout the country, region, and city articles.
Oeste – Created this Portuguese region.
- Bombarral – Created and improved to Usable.
- Lourinhã – Created.
- Nazaré – Improved to Usable.
- Óbidos – Improved to Usable.
- Torres Vedras – Created and improved to Usable.
Angra do Heroísmo – One of the main cities of the Azores (Açores) lacked an article, so I fixed that.
Lisbon – Improved to Guide.
Matosinhos – Created and improved to Usable.
Porto – Improved to Guide.

Others

Derry – I became interested in this Northern Irish city after watching Derry Girls.
Margate – I became interested in this English seaside town after watching Edge of Heaven.
Star articles – Replaced outdated static map with dynamic map.
Southwest Brooklyn – My neighborhood.

Travel wishlist

London (again), plus more United Kingdom
San Francisco (again)
Porto, which I managed to miss on prior trips to Portugal
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Montreal
Copenhagen
Barcelona
And many more, but let's keep it feasible...

Places I've been

These lists includes places I visited but did not sleep in. Besides tourism, they include business trips and college study trips.

United States

Arizona — Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe
California — San Francisco, San Diego, Palm Springs
Florida — Miami Beach, Walt Disney World, Key West, Tallahassee, Boca Raton
Illinois — Chicago
Massachusetts — Boston
New Jersey — Newark, Atlantic City, Long Beach Island
Nevada — Las Vegas
Texas — Dallas
Washington, D.C.

Abroad

Italy — Rome, Florence, Pisa, Pompeii
Portugal — Caldas da Rainha, Lisbon, Óbidos, Nazaré, Peniche, and many others.
Spain – Madrid, Seville, Granada, Córdoba
Thailand — Bangkok

To do

Rome wasn't built in a day. There's lots of work to get done...

Star articles

Done Dead links
Missing coordinates:
- See
- Sleep
- Eat
- Drink
- Buy

New York City

Done Dead links
Missing coordinates:
- Done See
- Done Sleep
- Done Eat
- Done Drink
- Done Buy

San Francisco

Done Dead links
Missing coordinates:
- Done See
- Done Sleep
- Done Eat
- Done Drink
- Done Buy

London

Done Dead links
Missing coordinates:
- Done See
- Done Sleep
- Eat
- Drink
- Buy

Westchester County

Dead links
Missing coordinates:
- See
- Sleep
- Eat
- Drink
- Buy
Add {{mapframe}}{{mapshape}} to all articles.
Change "township" to "town", with edit summary: New York State has towns, not townships.

Portugal

Done Dead links
Missing coordinates:
- Done See
- Done Sleep
- Done Eat
- Done Drink
- Done Buy
Review articles for plain text that should be listings.
Move listings out of region articles into correct city articles:
- voy:Madeira
- voy:São Miguel
Add municipal mapshapes to region articles:
- voy:Madeira using pt:Madeira (região autónoma)#Divisão administrativa
Add mapshapes to non-municipal, non-freguesia articles (unless merged):
- voy:Queluz
- voy:Vilamoura
Review mapshapes to find listings outside municipal borders. Move listings to correct municipality. Create articles if needed.

Articles to create

Mergers to consider

English Wikipedia

(w:Special:Contributions/Nricardo)

Caldas da Rainha – I managed to get it promoted to Good Article status. Perhaps one day I'll get it up to Featured articles quality...
Edge of Heaven – 2014 British romantic sitcom that I've tried to improve.
List of CHiPs episodes – created.
Nav Sidhu – British actor that I discovered when watching the aforementioned Edge of Heaven
Nick Hendrix – Actor in British Midsomer Murders, a British police detective drama TV series on ITV.
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics — created
Servant of the People – Ukrainian political satire comedy television series available on Netflix. (Volodymyr Zelensky, the actor who portrayed the President of Ukraine, became the country's president in real life.)

Portuguese Wikipedia

(pt:Especial:Contribuições/Nricardo)

Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste – Region of Portugal. (created)
Mystic Pizza – Film featuring Portuguese-American characters. (created)

Portuguese Wikivoyage

(pt:voy:Especial:Contribuições/Nricardo)

Caldas da Rainha – Created outline. I need to add listings and such...

Wikidata

(wikidata:Special:Contributions/Nricardo)