Talk:Falkland Islands English

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I'd say this is probably one of the more interesting Falkland topics, although there is little information available.--MacRusgail (talk) 14:16, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe there may be some mistake - This is only rated low within WP:South America, which covers the entire continent. With the Falklands task force it is rated mid, this was to give precedence to the high rated Languages of the Falkland Islands, which in turn gives precedence to the top rated Falkland Islanders.

There is no established importance scale for the task force, so I appreciate any input. I'd be willing to consider bumping this up to high and the languages up to top alongside the islanders article, your thoughts?

Within the context of WP:South America's rating, this is probably the least spoken Language of South America. The importance criteria says:

"Low: Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of South America, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic."
"Mid: Subject contributes to the total subject of the South America WikiProject. Subject may not necessarily be famous." Ryan4314 (talk) 14:34, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I get you. Yes, you're correct in saying it's pretty low priority if we're talking about the continent. Although of course, it is perhaps the only real English dialect of South America this side of Brazil (Guyana and Trinidad would count perhaps as some of the few South American English accents/dialects, don't know about Anglo-Argentines etc) I don't know what the procedures are for changing the system are though (like so many things on Wikipedia!)--MacRusgail (talk) 18:46, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

This are the references:

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Grammar Section Not Up To Scratch

The grammar section lacks details, let alone references. It seems written by an AI. Word order “may” be influenced by Spanish – typical ChatGPT hedging statements, based on hypothetical connections, and backed up by a statement of possibility.

Specific examples and references are in order. Anothermart (talk) 12:51, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today's edit reversal

This was the source used for the Argentine leaning changes made today - here. It is a book about an early gaucha settler. There is a review of the source here. BOOK It might be of some interest if one overlooks some of the distorted historical facts. This is the wrong article for it though. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 19:30, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

However, the source is unreliable on matters of fact, especially around the Lexington raid, so should be read with due care. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 23:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]