Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Man playing an acoustic brazilian guitar (Violão) on Marco Zero Square, Refice, Pernambuco, Brazil.jpg

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Man playing an acoustic brazilian guitar (Violão) on Marco Zero Square, Refice, Pernambuco, Brazil.jpg
✓ Done Thanks El Grafo, Answering your question, I have been researching this guitar and I think it is not documented, it seems to be a type of guitar manufactured in this State of Brazil. I'm going to try to contact the locals through friends to get more information and later I will give you a feedback. --Wilfredor (talk) 13:18, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Wilfredor: After taking a closer look, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a one-of-a-kind piece that was frankensteined together from different parts. It kind of looks like this was a regular classical/spanish guitar in the beginning, but then the sound hole was filled and a larger hole cut to fit in the resonator. There's a noticeable change in wood where the sound hole and surrounding rosette would be expected; and the radius at the bottom of the fret board does not fit the radius of the resonator. The pickguard obviously was added later as well. Dang, I wish I could see the rest of it, I wish I could hear it … --El Grafo (talk) 14:20, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This type of guitar is quite common, that is, it was not just this guitar, I have seen this type of alteration in other guitars. I took more photos of this person (they are village singers who pass between home and house during Christmas performing varied songs), I also made a recording of the same instrument requesting the appropriate permission. The songs that they sing are generally improvised with phrases related to the moment and that have rhyme, with a jocular touch. --Wilfredor (talk) 14:32, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
El Grafo please, take a look to this guitar, It took me time to remember but I knew I had seen similar guitars before --Wilfredor (talk) 23:44, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Cart I'm very sorry, I didn't know that this could cause a problem, this is my fault. This will not happen again --Wilfredor (talk) 15:14, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good to hear. That is why El Grafo wrote: "Maybe consider re-naming... ...after the nomination has finished and been processed." It is wise to read all of the advice when it is given. Here is another advice: Write your file names in Spanish (or Portuguese) like many other users do, since you do make mistakes from time to time with the English language. Spanish is a great language and works just as well as English for photo titles. --Cart (talk) 15:29, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Cart, I had not read the full El Grafo comment and after that I always confuse it with "antes" (before on spanish) because its similarity in vowels with "after". I usually put names in English because I think that Google could find them easily for a wider audience, my mistake was to copy the name of the category and try to use it as a file name. --Wilfredor (talk) 15:36, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 11:24, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: People#Events
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