Talk:Cape Verde
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[edit] Surf
Does anybody know if there is surf in Cape Verde, and if so, are they beach or reef breaks?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.207.198.66 (talk • contribs) 11:14, 29 April 2005 (UTC)
- Actually yes. there are a lot of people that go surfing there. I have been to Cape Verde about 6 years ago and while I was staying on the Island of Fogo, there was a beach called Selena and there were surfers there. Weather they are beach or reef breaks? well it all depends on which beach you are at and what areas. I believe Selena may not be the best place but there are plenty other places to check out! It's a gorgeous tropical assortment of Islands and I recommend that you check it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew (talk • contribs) 16:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Timeshare Sales
Do the Islands currently have any Timeshare Sales either on Resorts, or off site? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.196.104 (talk • contribs) 11:48, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Motto
Is anyone able to provide a reference for the motto Unidade, Trabalho, Progresso? A Google search yields only Wikipedia sites. Pruneautalk 10:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- I recall that being the motto....and have seen it in numerous government offices, but can't find a reference. Perhaps it just the PAICV motto? Aether8m 03:26, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sad trend on this article
I note that of the last sixty or so edits on the article, about two haven't been either spam or reverts. Thanks to everyone who has been monitoring the page for spam but it's starting to get ridiculous. Any suggestions on what we can do to protect the article from further spam? --Roisterer 15:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- We could get an admin to protect it so that new and anon users can't edit. Carl.bunderson 17:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spam
I have had a dialogue with User:Hankmarvin and agreed to sitck to one link to what is a plausible site. I hope this will end the problem: he is after all a Newby who did not really understand the rules. I will keep monitoring the article--BozMo talk 20:08, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradiction: Climate
The section on climate has the following two sentences: "The climate is arid" and "its mild, humid climate". Can someone please rectify this or make it more clear? Thanks. --Eleassar my talk 12:05, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
- I’ve tried to do it... Ten Islands 13:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] First Sentence
Could someone please tell me what "The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century, though the position of the Islands of the Blest, the longitude zero meridian of the ancient Geography of Marinos of Tyre and Ptolemy, agrees tolerably with Cape Verde" means??? The sentence starts off fine, but then "THOUGH the position of the islands of the blest (??), the longitude...ancient geography... PTOLEMY agrees tolerably with Cape Verde??" Is this just ridiculous, nonsensical run-on or what?? -Laikalynx 14:57, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
- It had nothing to do with Ptolemy agreeing with anything, the agreement was between {the locations described by Marinos and Ptolemy} and {the real location of the Cape Verde islands}, meaning these locations were close to each other. Mentioning the longitude thing was just a sidenote -- these locations were apparently important in early geography. An unnecessary confusing sentence to start off the article :) I moved this information to the History of Cape Verde article. Tanketz 20:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Indigenous Religion
According to the Demographics section,
in many areas Catholicism and the indigenous religion are syncretised
What is the indigenous religion? Cape Verde has no indigenous people, as far as I've heard. If this refers to African indigenous religions, then the word "the" is confusing, it should be noted that this religion was imported, not indigenous to Cape Verde, and, well, a source would always be nice. --Tanketz 15:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] should we create a page
i'm courious if we should create a page for the global cape verdian population? cajins got their own, why not us? if we do we should link it to this article. arttic00 (talk) 12:28, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
