Talk:Cristóvão de Mendonça

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[edit] Necessary?

Having contributed to this, I'm not completely convinced about it! We know almost next to nothing about de Mendonca, his fame resting almost entirely on conjectured voyages. Even if one accepts the theory the Portuguese discovered Australia in the 1520s, it's quite possible it was someone else and de Mendonca had nothing to do with it! --Nickm57 22:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revision December 17 by anon

The revision by 85.154.32.52 on Dec 17 may be well intentioned (or it might be a prank) but the article is now virtually unreadable.--Nickm57 (talk) 00:54, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Nope - I think its a serious contribution. I want to revert this to the last version by XPTO, however I'll give 85.154.32.52 a day or two to correct/improve/explain on this page.--Nickm57 (talk) 02:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Revert of 18 December 2007.

Here are the reasons why I felt a revert was necessary;

  • WP principles not followed (inc Neutral POV or citing verifiable authoritative sources)
  • Irrelevant detail added (nature of Portuguese colonial forts, fate of Al Andalus library)
  • Poor spelling and expression (including author’s personal narrative in capitals and rhetorical questions in text throughout).
  • References to a non-English language website as primary evidence, which may also be peddling fringe theories (The Dighton Rock website – Portuguese discovered America and Australia etc)
  • Simplistic argument/errors of fact “in 2007, a copy of Mendonca's map of Australia reapeared, showing how a map of Queensland would look like, before humans discovered how to draw maps”--Nickm57 (talk) 22:18, 18 December 2007 (UTC)