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Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2024

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2800:2131:5441:654D:3036:E6DD:80E1:F5 (talk) 00:00, 21 October 2024 (UTC) "The first and totally undisputed landing in the Falklands is awarded to the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan, who discovered the islands and left them some time later."[reply]
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 00:41, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of the name Îles Malouines

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This article currently claims the 'Îles Malouines' were first named by Bougainville in 1764. I doubt this can be true, as the islands are marked under the same name in Guillaume Delisle's 1722 map of the Americas. This was pointed out by somebody called Lewis Bettany in a letter published in the Times Literary Supplement on the 13th of February 1930; he credits the naming only to the 'men of St Malo' some time after 1698. Thgomas (talk) 19:51, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We need an RS for this, a letter in the Times will not pass muster, Slatersteven (talk) 19:56, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
An unsourced letter (let alone one from 1930) is not good enough for a positive confirmation but copies of the 1722 map, including digital scans, show the name in use earlier than 1764. Could we have something like: 'the term "Îles Malouines" is first recorded in 1722...?' Thgomas (talk) 02:19, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks a bit like wp:or, if an RS says otherwise we need another RS contesting it. One issue may be maps are reissued as this was and often updated (this may have been) without acknowledgment, so we do not know if this is a 1722 1st edition or a much later (and modified) reprint. Which is why we need an RS's assessment. Slatersteven (talk) 11:11, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discovery of the island

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I am from Portugal and although I am not very sure because the article I saw was not in Portuguese, a mission by Amerigo Vespucci in 1502 for Portugal sighted the islands, let me know if I am wrong, thanks. HateSans (talk) 19:51, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems unlikely given that our article Amerigo Vespucci suggests he didn't get much south of modern Curitiba. Kahastok talk 20:12, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Malvinas boldface?

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Recent activity on the talk page doesn't seem to suggest consensus on the lack of boldface on Islas Malvinas in the lede - MOS:BOLDREDIRECT implies it should be, and there's nothing specific in WP:NCFALKLAND. I'm inclined to boldly edit (so to speak) but given the topic thought I'd make sure I'm not stepping on a settled issue. Epsilon.Prota (talk) 03:31, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It does, how? Slatersteven (talk) 11:19, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because Islas Malvinas is a redirect, presumably. (Hohum @) 13:05, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh fair enough. Slatersteven (talk) 13:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Irrespective of what WP:BOLDREDIRECT says, it is not common or standard practice to boldface non-English renderings of place names in the leads of articles, even in cases where there is a redirect from the non-English rendering. Islas Malvinas is included because of its use in Spanish, not because of any WP:FRINGE usage in English. I would oppose bolding it in this case. Kahastok talk 17:57, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]