Sparks1979

Avid Wikipedia reader since '04.

Started my Wikipedia account on Sep '06.

Nationality:

Brazilian. Russian, German and Portuguese ancestry.

Age:

Born 1979.

Sex:

Male

Languages:

English and Portuguese.

Education and Professional Life:

Graduated in Law in 2002.

Holder of Post-graduation degrees in Criminal Law (2006) and Civil Procedure Law (2006).

Former Combat Officer of the Brazilian Army (Corp of Engineers).

Lawyer of the Brazilian Army - First Lieutenant (2008).

Interests

• Biology and Nature
• Collections
• Computers and Games
• Cuisine
• Cultural Diversity
• Economy
• Etiquette and Fashion
• Films
• Geography
• Geopolitics
• Health and Nutrition
• History
• Languages
• Law

• Literature, Books and Poetry
• Martial Arts
• Military
• Music
• Philosophy
• Photography
• Politics
• Psychology
• Relationships
• Religion
• Schools and Education
• Science (in general)
• Sports (especially Soccer, Tennis, Extreme Sports, Endurance Sports)
• Traveling and Places (especially Russia)

Significant contributions

• Brazil

1. Rewrote the judiciary administrative divisions paragraph:"Judiciary - Brazil" 04.04.2007

2. Rewrote the lead:"Introduction - Brazil" 05.04.2007

3. Created the Law section from scratch:"Law - Brazil" 15.04.2007

4. Added several references in the Law section and the lead:"Introduction and Law - Brazil" 17.05.2007

5. Rewrote the Government and politics section from scratch:"Government and politics - Brazil" 18.05.2007

6. Rearranged the Government and politics section:"Government and politics - Brazil" 10.06.2007

7. Reviewed the Colony, Empire, and Republic subsections in History of Brazil: A:"Colony - Brazil", B:"Empire - Brazil", C:"Republic - Brazil" 10.06.2007

8. Rewrote the Sports section:"Sports - Brazil" 22.06.2007

9. Rewrote the Foreign relations and military section:"Military - Brazil" 23.06.2007

10. Expanded the Social Issues section:"Social Issues - Brazil" 06.08.2007

11. Reduced size according to WP:SIZE and WP:WPC: A:"General Improvements - 1", B:"General Improvements - 2", C:"General Improvements - 3", D:"General Improvements - 4", E:"General Improvements - 5" 10.08.2007

12. Major cleanup of redundant wikilinks according to WP:MANUAL: A:"Wikilinks cleanup - 1", B:"Wikilinks cleanup - 2", C:"Wikilinks cleanup - 3" 21.08.2007

13. Cleanup in the external links section:"External Links - Brazil" 21.08.2007

14. Reviewed grammar and prose quality in the whole article: A:"History - Brazil", B:"History - Brazil", C:"Administrative divisions - Brazil", D:"Geography - Brazil", E:"Economy - Brazil", F:"Demographics - Brazil", G:"Culture - Brazil", H:"Science and technology - Brazil" 21.08.2007 and 22.08.2007

• Law enforcement in Brazil

1. Rewrote the whole article from scratch:"Law enforcement - Brazil" 05.09.2007