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Problems with map

Mozambique official language Portuguese. Wondering why it is marked as "light green" (Secondary or non-official language). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.141.56.82 (talk • contribs)

I would say the same about Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Macau, and East Timor. Why the light green where Portuguese language has offical (or co-official) status? Happy New Year, Manuel de Sousa 15:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I would go further and propose de deletion of this picture, or at least some clarification. There are several mistakes:

1. Portuguese-based Creoles are not Portuguese. They are different languages. It makes no sense representing them in a picture about representing where Portuguese is spoken.
2. Even if we want to represent both Portuguese speaking world and Portuguese-based Creole speaking world, we should be carefull about situations where both are spoken and where only one of them is spoken.
3. Which Portuguese-based Creole is spoken in Suriname? For the majority of authors Saramacan is an English-based Creole.
4. The position regarding Papiamento is dubious. According to the author, it is classified as a Portuguese-based Creole, as a Spanish-based Creole, and for some as an Iberian-based Creole.
5. Fá d’Ambú is not a minority language in Annobon. Papiamento is not a minority language in Aruba, Banaire and Curacao.
6. Where are the sources to claim that Portuguese is only an administrative language in Angola and São Tomé, and not official in Mozambique?
7. In none of these countries Creole languages are official (not said in the legend, but previously said in Wikipedia’s page about Portuguese).

TenIslands (talk) 10:16, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree with TenIslands. This map should go! For now I'm tagging it as inaccurate. The Ogre (talk) 12:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

When a map is incorrect is should be corrected, not deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drieskamp (talk • contribs)

While in principle I find Drieskamp's a better idea: (a) until the map is corrected, wrong information is being shown (although with proper warnings); maybe Wikimedia could make it harder for such map to be viewed? and (b) there's always the question about authority: I live in Brazil and can only speak about portions of the map -- for example, I know Portuguese is spoken in Macau (elsewhere stated as official), but I cannot talk about creole versions in Africa. Just as people can edit parts of a page, I wonder if it is possible to edit parts of a picture... maybe someone can devise a method? (it's not about editing a png pic, okay? it's about some kind of version control for images or the ability to roll back partial edits while keeping what was added later)