Template talk:Anglophone states

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This template was considered for deletion on 2008 January 8. The result of the discussion was to keep.

Contents 1 First p0st! 2 RSA 3 Citations for all included countries please 4 Anglosphere the same as the Anglophone world ??

[edit] First p0st!

The template should show states with an Anglophone majority, and preferably one over 40%. I've included what I think are anglophone nations although I'm not entirely sure on some of the islands. The three crown dependencies are included as they are not part of the UK, merely dependent on the Crown. I don't know whether to include South Africa, whilst the English presence is undeniable, as far as I know, it's not a majority. I don't know the statistics of either Singapore or HK so I can't include them. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 13:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

English isn't the majority language in Suriname according to this site. Could you provide citations for the inclusion of Suriname. Rozth (talk) 17:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I made assumptions with some nations, as I stated above, so why don't you remove it then? +Hexagon1 ^(t) 12:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I assumed the template was based on a source and figured it be more polite to request a citation first. I would have removed the country, but I see you already have. Cheers. Rozth (talk) 12:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Cool. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 13:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RSA

Shouldn't South Africa be included, as it is the language most used by the government, media etc, as well as the most understood. It may not be the main mother tounge language, and according to most sources, the country is part of the Anglosphere. Also, I may be wrong, but couldn't my above description also be appropriate for countries such as Nigeria, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines were English is an official language, and the most widely understood. I believe that this template, should be renamed English speaking countries or Anglosphere, as there is no actual template that lists all countries where English has official status Stevvvv4444 (talk) 21:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure about RSA, as I said above. English is a part of the culture of many countries, but actually walking down a random street and seeing everything in English and everyone speaking English is another thing. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 05:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations for all included countries please

Hi, please provide citations for any included countries and not make assumptions which is very misleading and unencyclopedic. --Bardcom (talk) 20:10, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Anglosphere the same as the Anglophone world ??

This template presents the Angloshere in terms which are too linguistically based - ie the Anglosphere seems to be more a matter of socio-cultural values, and politico-legal ideas than language. It does not seem that the Anglosphere is the same thing as the Anglophone world, although there is a lot of overlap. Arcan (talk) 11:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)