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Ilha de Brazil[edit]

Hi User:PedroPVZ, if you really want this section:

"Terceira Island was thought to be a legendary island thought to lie in the Atlantic
Ocean, known as Brazil. The middle ages' name Brasil came from red dye-woods, possibly
also applied to other vegetable dyes, and so descending from the Insulae
Purpurariae of Pliny. It first appears as the "I. de Brazi" in the Venetian map
of Andrea Bianco (1436), where it is found attached to one of the larger islands of
the Azores. When this group became better known and was colonized, the island in
question was renamed Terceira"

then I think we either need to display it as a quote and mention that it came from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - the proper thing to do when using text from elsewhere, OR rewrite it into more legible English. The text also needs to be integrated with the rest of the article. Which do you think would be the best option? Zuytdorp Survivor 00:01, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'll extend the article with info about Terceira when I get some time. Rewrite it to proper English, but keep all the info.-Pedro 00:39, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I think you made a mistake when you said that Terceira was called Brasil, the truth is that the original name was "Ilha de Jesus Cristo", witch stands for "Jesus Crist Island". The mention to Brasil is truth in the sense that is supposition extrapolated from an ancient Venetian map, and not the actual name given by the finders of the island. Vrms76 (talk) 15:34, 7 August 2008 (UTC) vrms76[reply]

Capital of Portugal[edit]

Terceira was originally called "Ilha de Jesus Cristo" which translated means "Island of Jesus Christ". Also i think this article is missing something extremely important, Terceira was proclaimed capital of Portugal from 15 March of 1830 till 1832, being the only portuguese territory that the spanish armada failed to invade several times. - Berto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.90.76.130 (talk) 08:18, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Although not explicit, the comments on the Liberal Wars implies this fact. A request that you provide a verifiable source for this specific statement, so that it can be elaborated into the history section. ^{ruben jc}ZEORYMER (talk) 09:37, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do not live in Azores or in Portugal, but this is well known in the portuguese history, it is even mentioned on the portuguese version of the article - "1830 - Por força do Decreto de 15 de Março - Angra é nomeada capital do Reino de Portugal" - sorry but i do not have any access to any documents, but it's a big miss in the english version of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.90.76.130 (talk) 09:49, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores - http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ea/pesquisa/default.aspx?id=9650

I could not find online a pagethat talks specifically about the island being capital of Portugal but i found this at the bottom of the article: "Fonte. Collecção de decretos e regulamentos publicados durante o governo da regência do reino estabelecida na ilha Terceira (1834). Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional." - Berto — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.90.76.130 (talk) 10:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Terceira Island" or just "Terceira"?[edit]

Is there a good reason for this to be at Terceira Island rather than just Terceira (which is a redirect here)? Most mentions of Terceira throughout Wikipedia either link to the redirect or are piped - there are relatively few that directly use Terceira Island in full in the text. There are no issues, as there would be with Pico Island for example, with the simpler name being a disambiguation page. How would anyone's feel about moving the article to the simpler name and leaving "Terceira Island" as a redirect? --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 11:12, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Having now been there, it's notable that many people in the Azores consistently use the word "Island", especially for this one as it just means "third" in Portuguese. On balance, probably best to leave this where it is. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 15:56, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lajes Air Base[edit]

Missing: Lajes Air Base has no foto and no text. --194.230.159.101 (talk) 10:24, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT community - content repeatedly removed, edit warring[edit]

An anonymous user using the IP address 2001:8A0:7A44:3E00:9DB7:61E9:7BAC:2CC7 has in the last few days recently engaged in edit warring to repeatedly delete the referenced content on the LGBT Community in Terceira. They are not the first user to attempt to delete this content: it is interesting that this small section seems to attract such dislike.

I and the user Cristiano Tómas have reverted the anonymous user's deletions without success. However, I have for the moment ceased reverting the anonymous user's poorly explained deletion so as not to engage in edit warring myself. Frustratingly therefore the content on the LGBT community currently remains deleted.

I ask the anonymous user - in line with Wikipedia policy - to cease Edit Warring and clearly present their view on this talk page on why this content should be deleted.

I ask other editors interested in this page to comment and support a resolution on this question. Atrapalhado (talk) 17:01, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've just requested semiprotection to prevent IP vandalism. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please {{ping}} me in replies) 18:07, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

thank you Atrapalhado (talk) 20:28, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]