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[edit] Philippines

There's another problem, while the philippines may have cultural influence from spain, they are NOT hispanics in terms of ancestry or culture, and spanish is not spoken there. only 3% of the population has ANY degree of Spanish/European blood according to one study by Stanford U. One article cannot fit the entirely different cultures of Latin America, the Philippines, and portions of Africa, the truth is, the cultures of all three regions are TOTALLY different, and deserve their own articles. (Latin America alone is quite a diverse region of the world due to its mixture of African, European and most importantly, Indigenous cultures) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.231.16.206 (talk) 08:04, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

Reply: Can you provide "references", "facts" or citations to support your "Nuetral Point Of View" claims or statements? - Ramírez 19:13 pm, December 8 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Western Sahara are 'not' Hispanics nor a Spanish speaking nation

There is a problem with the Hispanophone map. The problem is that Western Sahara is shaded green. The people of Western Sahara are 'not' hispanics in terms of ancestry and culture. Spanish is 'not' spoken in Western Sahara. The majority of it's people speaks Arabic; Arabic is the official and dominant language of the country. The majority of it's people are of Arabic and African descent; the majority also practised Arabic cultural lifestyles. The map needs to be changed because it is giving out mis-leading informations. Thank you!--Cajamaraca express 3:22 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This article says nothing about "Hispanic culture"

It says nothing about the "Hispanic culture" (if it exists, lol, cus for example the culture of Mexico has nothing to see with the culture of Spain).

This article just has two things:

An enormous quote from a book at the begin (which is quite partial, and it may be insulting for some people).

And a COPY+PASTE from the article Hispanic.

I think I'm gonna do several changes if no one does anything to solve it.

Onofre Bouvila 17:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's your opinion that it says nothing about Hispanic culture. I am the one up uploaded the passage from the book. I agree with several statements the book makes. If you don't agree, upload a contrasting view. With regard to your promise to make changes to the article, please do. That's what Wikipedia is all about, people contributing what they think is appropriate for the article. That's all I did.
As to whether Hispanic culture exists, apparently it does or there wouldn't be an article about it. It's no revelation that there are variations in the culture throughout Latin America. That statement is made right in this very article. I think many people would argue your point that the culture of Mexico has nothing to do with Spain. Have you read nothing about the Conquest of Mexico by the Spanish? If Mexico has nothing to do with Spain, then why do most Mexicans have surnames that originated in Spain and why is Spanish the official language of Mexico? Just asking. Thanks. -- Andrew Parodi 04:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
That's just ridiculous. You can't make an article with the conjunction of a COPY PASTED QUOTE + A COPY PASTED SECTION FROM ANOTHER ARTICLE. Because that is just what this article is.
If you want to make an article about the Hispanic culture, do something serious. But this is not encyclopedic. An encyclopedic article cannot contain a copy pasted quote which expresses the opinion of a guy named "Robert D. Crasswelle" and a copy pasted section from another article that, by the way, says nothing about the Hispanic culture: it is a copy paste from Hispanics in the United States and it talks about the usage of the term Hispanic.
Yah yah, I know all the stuff from Mexico and so on, but that is not what I was talking about: what is the Hispanic culture? Is it stated somewhere? Some book that talks about it? I'm Spanish and yeah, I've got some things in common with the Hispanic Americans and those guys from Equatorial Guinea, but honestly, I don't think there is, apart from the language, any kind of "supra culture" that makes me one of them. In addition, if that "Hispanic culture" existed, I can assure you that a copy pasted quote and a copy pasted section from another article, that talks about the usage of the term "Hispanic" (WTF??????????????) says nothing about this supposed "Hispanic culture".
So all in all, I don't know and I don't care if this "Hispanic culture" exists, but the fact is that here, in this article, right now, we have some folks who wanted to create an article about this supposed "Hispanic culture", and instead of writing a real article, they decided to copy paste two entire pages from a book and to copy paste a section taken from the article Hispanics in the United States. Great job.
Onofre Bouvila 19:26, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
If you don't care if Hispanic culture exists then why are you talking to me about this article?
If your harassing attitude continues I will seek intervention from an administrator.
Andrew Parodi 08:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hispanics in the United States - requested move

Hello everyone. There is at present a discussion going on at Hispanics in the United States, due to the request that the page be moved to Hispanic Americans. Would you like to comment please? Thank you. The Ogre 18:02, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Hispanophone with Hispanic Culture

Dbachmann proposed that Hispanophone should be merged with Hispanic culture. I desagree - the reason being Hispanic Culture is a redirect to just Hispanic (but not Talk:Hispanic culture though!). Is this what Dbachmann had in mind - for Hispanophone to be merged with Hispanic? Please clarify. Thanks! The Ogre (talk) 20:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)