Wikipedia:WikiProject Nicaragua
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Welcome to WikiProject Nicaragua! This group was formed to better organize articles on Nicaragua in a spirit of cooperation. testing
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| Shortcut | WP:NIC |
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| Category | Nicaragua |
| Portal |  Nicaragua |
| Wikimedia Commons |  Nicaragua |
| Parent project(s) | Central America |
| Project banner template | {{WikiProject Nicaragua}} |
| Userbox | {{User WikiProject Nicaragua}} |
| Assessment | /Assessment |
| CSB | Relevant for countering systemic bias |
Scope
This group includes within its scope all articles related to Nicaragua, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Nicaragua in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Nicaragua or one of its subcategories.
To do
- Create, expand, and maintain articles relevant to Nicaragua.
- Help bring the Nicaragua article to GA and then FA status.
- Add all articles within the scope of this project to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Central America/Nicaragua work group/Articles and List of Nicaragua-related topics lists.
- Check these articles for improvements, vandalism, and other activity with the recent changes function.
Article alerts
Did you know
- 29 May 2026 – Robert Henry Clarence (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 01 Jun 2026 – Greater Colombia (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by FaviFake (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Asilvering (t · c) on 03 Jun 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
Proposed deletions
- undated – LGBTQ history in Nicaragua (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 07 Jun 2026: Fork of LGBTQ rights in Nicaragua.
Categories for discussion
- 01 Jun 2026 – Category:Austria–Nicaragua relations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2026 – Category:Dominican Republic–Nicaragua relations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
A-Class review
- undated – Menéndez's revolution (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
Good article nominees
- 29 May 2026 – Robert Henry Clarence (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
- 18 May 2026 – 1988 Summer Olympics boycott (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Spintendo (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be split
- 15 Oct 2025 – Macro-Chibchan languages (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 27 Mar 2026 – Draft:Estadio Carlos Fonseca Amador (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Needforsanta (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Cubana de Aviación Ilyushin Il-18 crash (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
Participants
Active members
To join WikiProject Nicaragua, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- John Carter 21:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Groggy Dice T | C 01:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- -- LaNicoya •Talk• 14:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- Fuente1328 (talk) 17:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 20:44, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- Nappyrootslistener (talk) 08:41, 28 November 2009 (UTC)Nappyrootslistener
- Mbhskid520 (talk) 04:28, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
- GUMR51
- Vrysxy! (talk) 15:56, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
- karlpopper91 (talk) 19:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
- Fénixa (talk) 2:28 AM, 28 April 2014
- Vami_IV (talk · contribs)
- Innisfree987 (talk) 21:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
- Tajaditas(talk) 07:30:20, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Puppet1949 (talk · contribs)
- Dizzygeographer (talk · contribs)
Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Member identification
Members of WikiProject Nicaragua should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Nicaragua participants.
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{{Template:User WP Nicaragua}} |
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For other Nicaragua user templates, see Category:Nicaragua user templates.
Articles to-do
Articles to expand
- I created the article Nicaragua–Costa Rica San Juan River border dispute and a map. I need help in expanding it and adding sources.
- United States embargo against Nicaragua
- Rationing in Nicaragua
- Daniel Ortega
- Oscar Sobalvarro
- Luis Fley
- Lucía Pineda Ubau
- Carlos Tünnerman
Articles in need of more sources
Images in need of updates
The demographic graph for the country stops at 2003
Requested articles
- July 23 massacre - 1959 student massacre
- Vital Miranda Witford
- Punta Chiltepe
- Bayardo Arce - economic advisor to Daniel Ortega
- Luis Pallais
- Mariano Fiallos Gil - former rector of UNAN-León
- Dionisio Marenco - former mayor of Managua
- José Antonio Baltodano Cabrera - leading businessman, former FUNIDES director
- Jaime Javier Montealegre Lacayo - leading businessman, former FUNIDES director
- Law 1042
- Law 1055
- Gerardo Baltodano Cantarero - former FUNIDES director
- Mothers of April Association
- Milton Arcia
- La Purisima(Event)
2021 arrests:
- Walter Gómez Silva
- Marcos Fletes
- Luis Rivas Anduray - director of Banpro
- Miguel Mendoza (sportswriter)
- Noel Vidaurre - presidential pre-candidate
- Francisco Aguirre Sacasa - former Foreign Minister
Topics (check translations first please):
- National Unity Blue and White (UNAB)
- National Coalition (Nicaragua)
- Civic Alliance (Nicaragua)
- Democratic Restoration Party (PRD)
- Citizens for Freedom Alliance (ACxL)
- Democratic Restoration Unity
- Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUNIDES)
Table of Nicaraguan women listed in Wikidata who don’t have English Wikipedia pages: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_nationality/Nicaragua
Recognized content
| Nicaragua articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA |
1 | 1 | |||||
| FL |
1 | 1 | |||||
 GA |
3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |||
| B | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 48 | |
| C | 11 | 29 | 26 | 74 | 20 | 160 | |
| Start | 19 | 29 | 45 | 302 | 94 | 489 | |
| Stub | 3 | 16 | 34 | 415 | 204 | 672 | |
| List | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 57 | 101 |
| Category | 1,618 | 1,618 | |||||
| File | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Template | 98 | 98 | |||||
| NA | 3 | 36 | 99 | 138 | |||
| Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Assessed | 42 | 95 | 131 | 874 | 1,843 | 379 | 3,364 |
| Unassessed | 14 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 42 | 95 | 131 | 874 | 1,843 | 393 | 3,378 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 7,287 | Ω = 5.27 | |||||
 | This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:Nicaragua articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
Featured lists
Good articles
1992 Nicaragua earthquake- Big stick ideology
- Central America under Mexican rule
- Violeta Chamorro
- Maymie de Mena
- Eisenstück affair
- Federation of Central America (1921–1922)
- Hurricane Irene–Olivia
- In God We Trust
- Iran–Contra affair
- Menéndez's revolution
- Nicaragua at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Vilma Núñez
Former good articles
Did you know? articles
1992 Nicaragua earthquake- José Adán Aguerri
- Banking in Nicaragua
- Baseball in Nicaragua
- Carazo Department
- René Cárdenas
- Central America under Mexican rule
- Claudia Chamorro Barrios
- Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios
- Violeta Chamorro
- Constitution of Nicaragua
- Maymie de Mena
- José de la Cruz Mena
- Luis Abraham Delgadillo
- Dorotea Wilson
- Eisenstück affair
- El Castillo, Nicaragua
- El Castillo (village)
- Fortress of the Immaculate Conception
- Federation of Central America (1921–1922)
- Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren
- Gang of Four (pro-Contra)
- Enrique Gottel
- Headless priest
- Heliaster kubiniji
- Rafaela Herrera
- Hurricane Irene–Olivia
- In God We Trust
- Languages of Nicaragua
- Medardo Mairena
- Menéndez's revolution
- Pedro X. Molina
- Mothers of the Disappeared
- Nicaragua lunar sample displays
- Nicaraguan Americans
- Nicaraguan literature
- Nicarao people
- Vilma Núñez
- El Pueblo (Nicaraguan newspaper)
- Erasmo Ramírez (right-handed pitcher)
- Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua
- Spanish conquest of Nicaragua
- Victor Hugo Tinoco
- Hugo Torres Jiménez
- Tourism in Nicaragua
In the News articles
Did You Know (DYK)s
- Baseball in Nicaragua appeared February 24, 2010.
- Tourism in Nicaragua appeared on April 23, 2007.
- Constitution of Nicaragua appeared on May 12, 2007.
- Banking in Nicaragua appeared on May 25, 2007.
- Nicaraguan American appeared on May 29, 2007.
- Literature of Nicaragua appeared August 7, 2007.
- Languages of Nicaragua appeared September 12, 2007.
- Enrique Gottel appeared November 6, 2006
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
Requests
Image requests
In addition to posting your image requests here, on the talk page(s) of the subject(s), and on the Wikimedia Commons (Commons:Commons:Picture requests), please also post them at es:Wikipedia:Imágenes solicitadas on the Spanish Wikipedia. If you do not know Spanish, you can ask someone at es:Wikipedia:Embajadas to help you.
Templates
- {{WikiProject Nicaragua}} - For tagging pages within the scope of this project and adding assessment information.
- {{Nicaragua-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Nicaragua; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Nicaragua-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Nicaragua; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Nicaragua-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Nicaraguan people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Nicaragua topics}} - Template to place on any article that is related to Nicaragua.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Nicaragua/Department templates
Tools
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. automatically to references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.