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Latest comment: 13 years ago by The Ogre in topic Problems with map
Problems with map
editMozambique 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Which Portuguese-based Creole is spoken in Suriname? For the majority of authors Saramacan is an English-based Creole.
- 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.
- Fá d’Ambú is not a minority language in Annobon. Papiamento is not a minority language in Aruba, Banaire and Curacao.
- Where are the sources to claim that Portuguese is only an administrative language in Angola and São Tomé, and not official in Mozambique?
- 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 would go further and propose de deletion of this picture, or at least some clarification. There are several mistakes:
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)
- 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)