Talk:List of scientists from South America

"Red-link scientists"

Here is a List of "red-link scientists".
Feel free to click on the red link, to start an article (or stub of an article).
Some say that there should not be too many "red-link scientists" in an article.

Argentina

• Ernesto Sabato - he got the award, Legion of Honour; physicist; he died in 2011

Bolivia

• Xavier Albó - He got the award, Order of the Condor of the Andes; he is a linguist, and anthropologist.
• Roberto Iván Aguilar Gómez. - minister of the Ministry of Education; economist

Brazil

See the main article: List of Brazilian scientists

• Adib Jatene, was Minister of Health; heart surgeon; died in 2014
• Warwick Estevam Kerr, is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, and of the Third World Academy of Sciences; member of the National Order of Scientific Merit; Genetics, Biology, Agronomy, Entomology

• Fritz Müller, known for Müllerian mimicry; Evolutionary biology; died in 1897

Guyana

• Godfrey Gumbs (He is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)

• Opendra Narayan - he is known for engineering a type of HIV that could cause AIDS-like disease in monkeys;; the veterinarian died in 2007

• Bishnodat Persaud - he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK; he died in 2016 Sju hav (talk) 19:19, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Temporary need for this list

There (arguably) is a need for this list.

• Anyone can make the "category:Scientists from Argentina". (It has not been made yet. This list cuts down the time needed to make that category.) 89.8.71.181 (talk) 08:32, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Category (and before the article maybe gets deleted)

• Scientists from Colombia. Anyone might want to create that category (because now one "has 3 scientists in one place" [my words]). 89.8.95.63 (talk) 09:24, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Move to "national list"

• Chile. These should maybe be moved from this list: *Luisa E. Navas; Nicanor Parra, he had the Miguel de Cervantes Prize; poet, physicist. List of Chilean scientists. 89.8.87.64 (talk) 05:56, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Basis for the list

The most important thing for a list is a to be well defined. For this list, that means "what are the basic standards needed to be on the list?" On that note, I suggest the following guidelines:

1. All countries should be represented if possible
2. Each country gets up to 5 representatives. The full 5 would be ideal, but with some countries, we will have problems filling that number.
3. The entries should be well known for their work in a field of science. Being better known for something else is acceptable as long as they are also well known as a scientist, not just well known and happens to be involved in science in some capacity.
4. When possible, a variety of fields should be represented. The list is already too heavy in terms of economists.
5. Variety should be considered for other aspects of the entries such as sex, race, orientation and era but not more-so than pure notability.
6. Red links are fine to pad out the list but not at the exclusion of articles we have unless the red-link is highly notable (they should already have a page but it could happen..)

These types of lists face many difficulties. Having a firm base to work on, a well defined scope and guidelines for inclusion help a lot. --Creol(talk) 06:18, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't think user:Creol's rules are simple enough.--In regard to "red-link scientist": I suggest that we only have that when the country has no "blue-link scientist".--The title of the article says "scientists"; The title does not indicate that people who are more famous as politicians, should be excluded; I am fine with those politicians/scientists not being excluded from this list. 89.8.87.64 (talk) 07:11, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Simple enough?

I have now [1] moved the Argentine scientists to "List of scientists from Argentina". Simple enough? 89.8.87.64 (talk) 06:50, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

No --Creol(talk) 07:04, 27 April 2022 (UTC)