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I removed the reference to "not celebrated in the United Kingdom" because it seems utterly irrelevant. It's clearly stated that it is an Argentinian holiday and "not celebrated in the United Kingdom" seems precisely as relevant as "not celebrated in Chile" or "not celebrated in Burkina Faso". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.168.107.209 (talk) 12:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted "...known by their British name...". "The Falkland Islands" is how they are known, and have always been known, throughout the Anglophone world, including the U.S. Writtenright (talk) 17:25, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Writtenright[reply]
I understand where you are coming from, but that isn't completely true. The islands are known usually as the Falkland Islands and occasionally as the Malvinas Islands, as you can see from this OAS page. I'm going to slightly edit the article to reflect this. — OneEuropeanHeart21:12, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, Justin, the word "usually" should be added back to the article. The text reads as of now, "the islands are known in the English-speaking world as the Falkland Islands", meaning that the islands are universally and invariably known in the English-speaking world as the "Falkland Islands", which as I just demonstrated, is clearly not true. I don't know about you, but I'm not a proponent of putting false information in Wikipedia's articles. — OneEuropeanHeart22:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In which case you should also had usually in front of Malvinas as well because its not universal in the Spanish speaking world. Some groups of Spanish speakers use Falklands for an anti-Argentine sentiment. Are we going to add usually in front of any use simply to accommodate fringe use or can we use a little common sense? Justintalk22:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The word "usually" would imply that the word Malvinas is used far more in the English-speaking world than it actually is - it is, as Justin says, limited to fringe groups - so including that word in this context would, effectively, mean putting false information into Wikipedia articles. I agree with Justin - a certain level of common sense is required here. Pfainuktalk23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not everyone that uses the word "Falklands" does it for an anti-Argentine sentiment, and not everyone that uses "Malvinas" does it for an anti-British one. I use Falklands when I speak English and Malvinas when I speak Spanish, and I'm not necessarily bringing any anti-something sentiment up. You guys need to get your facts right before making those assumptions. Hikusitalk19:05, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Hikusi. This is an English Language article about an Argentine memorial day, it is appropriate to use the Spanish name for the event. It is however appropriate to refer to the English title for the islands as the article is in English; This follows the same format (in reverse) as the English language Falkland Islands article. The Spanish language article "http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvinas" returns the courtesy by using "Las islas Malvinas (en inglés, Falkland)". Bigyaks (talk) 03:49, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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