Wikipedia:WikiProject Latinos

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Latino and Hispanic American portal Shortcut: WP:LATINOS

Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 Goals 4 Related WikiProjects 5 Participants 6 Open tasks 6.1 Articles up for deletion 7 Categories 8 Portal 9 Templates 9.1 Project banner 9.2 Barnstar awards 9.3 Invitation 9.4 Navboxes 9.5 Stubs 9.6 Userbox 10 Resources

[edit] Title

Part of a series of articles on Hispanic and Latino Americans
Groups
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History
History of Hispanic and Latino Americans History of Mexican-Americans
Religions
Christian Latinos · Catholicism · Hispanic and Latino Muslims · Santeria
Political movements
Hispanic and Latino American politics Chicano Movement
Organizations
National Hispanic Institute NALEO · RNHA Congressional Hispanic Caucus Congressional Hispanic Conference LULAC · NALFO · SHPE National Council of La Raza Association of Hispanic Arts · MEChA · UFW
Culture
Hispanic culture Literature · Studies · Music
Languages
English · Spanish in the United States Spanish · Spanglish
Lists
Communities with Hispanic majority Puerto Rico-related topics Notable Hispanics Related topics
Portals
Latino and Hispanic Portal
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• WikiProject Latinos. We are also known as WikiProject Latino and Hispanic Americans.

[edit] Scope

• This project will encourage the development and enhancement on articles about Latinos and Hispanics that pertain to all aspects of Latino/Hispanic experience in the United States, whether the articles pertain to culture, history, politics, business, sports, etc.

[edit] Goals

1. To ensure articles accurately depict Latinos and/or Hispanics in the United States.
2. To ensure articles are a comprehensive source by including the voices of all Latino and/or Hispanics people.
3. To ensure standardize in the use of Spanish-language terms, names, and translations into English.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Mexican-Americans
• WikiProject Ethnic Groups
• WikiProject African diaspora
• es:Wikiproyecto:Hispanidad

[edit] Participants

Anyone is welcome to participate.

• Murcielago
• User:Chabillionare_13
• Ramírez72
• LatinoMuslim
• Alexh1013
• Endlessdan
• Louis Alberto Guel
• spikeleefan
• .cosme.
• TeePee-20.7
• DeathRattle101
• zazk
• EdgarR

[edit] Open tasks

• Many articles that need to be written or in need of assistance may be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mexican-Americans.

Open tasks for WikiProject Latinos

[edit ] Top priorities	[edit ] Cleanup / Wikify	[edit ] Missing articles	[edit ] Expansion
History of Hispanic and Latino Americans Latino Hispanic	Puerto Ricans in the United States Hispanic and Latino politics in the United States	Latino culture Latino literature Latino art	Christian Latinos Latino Muslims Latino Jews
[edit ] Merges	[edit ] Discussions	[edit ] Maps, Pictures, Timelines etc.
List of Hispanics	Template_talk:Latinos in the United States	Image:Map-Hispanic countries.png Main verticle template Horizontal template
[edit ] POV and disputed articles		[edit ] Vandalism
Offer you suggestions here!		Offer you suggestions here!

[edit] Articles up for deletion

• Marcelo Lucero up for AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcelo Lucero

[edit] Categories

• List of all subpages of this page

To display all subcategories click on the "+": [+] Hispanic American

To display all subcategories click on the "+": [+] Hispanic Americans

[edit] Portal

• Portal:Latino and Hispanic American - to create more Latino/Hispanic related articles for the portal. Additional portals for the various groups of Latinos may be created as the need arises.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Project banner

• {{WikiProject Latinos}} - for the talk pages of Latino and Hispanic related articles.

LatinosWikipedia:WikiProject LatinosTemplate:WikiProject LatinosLatinos articles	WikiProject Latinos
	Latino and Hispanic American portal v • d • e This article is within the scope of WikiProject Latinos, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Latino and Hispanic related articles 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.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

[edit] Barnstar awards

Image	What to type	Description
	{{subst:El Sombrero Barnstar Award|message ~~~~}}	El Sombrero Barnstar may be awarded to anyone who contributes to content of interest to the Latinos WikiProject. Outstanding contributions are generally about articles pertaining to Latinos and/or Hispanics in the United States as well as articles about Latin America. Introduced June 2006.
	{{subst:Con Safos Jalapeño|message ~~~~}}	The Con Safos Jalapeño is used in awarding people Chicano awards as part of the Kindness Campaign.
	{{subst:Huelga Award|message ~~~~}}	The Huelga Award, a Chicano/Mexican-American award.

[edit] Invitation

• {{WPLatinos-invite}}

You are invited to participate in Wikipedia:WikiProject Latinos, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about Latinos and Hispanics. Currently, we are discussing prospects for the project. Your input would be greatly appreciated!

[edit] Navboxes

• {{Hispanic and Latino Americans}} - sidebar template on the right
• {{Hispanics/Latinos}} - horizontal template above

[edit] Stubs

• {{latino-stub}}

[edit] Userbox

• {{User WikiProject Latinos}} - after you sign up, you can add the project userbox to your user page:

[edit] Resources

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• List of Hispanic and Latino Americans

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