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I think we should add a Caribbean Table that lists ], ], and the ], just like there's a Central America Table for ]. That table would be there to acknowledge the controversy over which continents those islands correspond to. ] 23:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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North and South America are viewed differently across the globe, not the terms North America and South America, but the concepts. This should be noted in the article. There is no such thing as a relatively uncommon viewpoint, if we have a reliable source that North and South America are considered in a large part of the globe as a single continent, it should be noted. Furthermore, on the same principle that British english should be used on an article about Britain, the idea that America is a big continent encompassing both North and South America should be noted on a region that considers it as such.] 20:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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== Portuguese is the official language of a population slightly larger than Spanish in South America ==
== South America, both a continent and a subcontinent ==


{{ping|BilCat}} You removed my contribution https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=South_America&oldid=prev&diff=1092354589 with the reason "unsourced, contradicts previous sentences" but it does not need to be sourced since it is already done in the infobox of ] and ] articles (see under population and you will see Brazil has more than the half of the population from South America).
As all of you know, South America is both defined as a ''continent'' of the Americas, or as a ''subcontinent/region'' of America (single continent).
It also does not contradict the previous sentences (Spanish and Portuguese are the most spoken languages in South America + Spanish is official language of most countries), it just adds more details that Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, which has more than the half of the population in South America. So I suggest to cancel your revert. --] (]) 18:55, 11 June 2022 (UTC)


:The population for South America is a 2018 estimate, while the population for Brazil is a 2022 estimate. They need to be from the same years, and preferably the same reliable source. ] (]) 19:58, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
These are the two major descriptions of South America and both should be ] in the main paragraph. Saying SA is only a continent is ] and it is giving one model more importance. Also South America is defined as a subcontinent in all the South American nations.


== Population of Argentina is way off ==
So, the introductory paragraph must say SA is both a continent and a subcontinent. Both model are equally valid. ]] <sup><font size="1" color="black">]</font></sup> 19:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


Argentina's population is over 40 million, yet the article lists it as 4.5 million, both in the table and the text in the body. The problem is that it is linked to {{UN_Population|Argentina}}, which gives a total that is roughly 1/10th of the actual number. This problem is also appears in the ] article, for the same reason. Does anyone know how to fix the number in {{UN_Population|Argentina}}? ] (]) 19:28, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
:Mind you: I don't necessarily disagree with this, but information must be dealt with ], which doesn't mean ''equally''. Per ], a wealth of English sources define SA as a ''continent'', relatively few have been provided that corroborate ] -- e.g., ''subcontinente'' in Spanish, none regarding it as a 'region' (though I may be missing this). Take a glance at the wording in the ] for a possible alternate. ] 19:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
:The article has been vandalised, so you just correct it.] 21:55, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
::Actually, it wasn't this article that was vandalized, but a case of Argentina's population being edited erroneously in ]. I reversed the edit there, and it fixed the problem in this article (and some other ones that also were linked to the template). ] (]) 19:16, 21 July 2022 (UTC)


== The Iguazu Falls are also Argentine ==
::First of all, mind your own words, since you know for a fact, that South America is considered a subcontinent of the Americas, so it is not a "POV". The difference between the article North America and South America is that, in the first, the subcontinent NA doesn't comprise the same territory, so it would be hard to introduce such a introductory paragraph there.


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::SA as a continent or as a subcontinent, comprises the same territory/land. ]] <sup><font size="1" color="black">]</font></sup> 19:46, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
80% of the Iguazú Falls are in Argentina and mostly managed there. Can I edit and show that they are also a tourist place in Argentina? In addition to adding another Argentine tourist destination: Mar del Plata. ] (]) 02:10, 12 October 2022 (UTC)


== south america ==
:::I always mind my words: everything is a POV. Actually, I don't know it is a subcontinent for a fact: it ''may be'' considered a ''subcontinent'' in English and I've seen a number of sources indicating it is a ''subcontinente'' in Spanish, but I've seen many more (in English) that indicate it is a ''continent'' and a few others still that America is a continent (e.g. Olympics). In my opinion, it's your opinion solely that the North American continent and ''subcontinente'' are different (e.g., Central America a region of NA in both languages, at least according to Encarta). The scope of the definition can be narrow (Can, US, MX) or broad (Can, US, Mex, CA, WI). ] and ] and we shouldn't have any problems. :) ] 19:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


South America is thought to have been first inhabited by humans when people were crossing the Bering Land Bridge (now the Bering Strait) at least 15,000 years ago from the territory that is present-day Russia. They migrated south through North America, and eventually reached South America through the Isthmus of Panama.Amongst the oldest evidence for human presence in South America is the Monte Verde II site in Chile, suggested to date to around 14,500 years ago.From around 13,000 years ago, the Fishtail projectile point style became widespread across South America, with its disappearance around 11,000 years ago coincident with the disappearance of South America's megafauna. Maize was present in northern South America by around 6,000 years ago.By 2000 BC, many agrarian communities had been settled throughout the Andes and the surrounding regions. Fishing became a widespread practice along the coast, helping establish fish as a primary source of food. Irrigation systems were also developed at this time, which aided in the rise of an agrarian society. ] (]) 14:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Alex, can I assume that you will be applying the same reasoning when you edit ] to note that South America is considered to be a continent in English? -- ] ] ] 02:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
:Sorry if I didn't see your comment/suggestion earlier. However, I have already added the notion that South America is also considered a continent, in the Spanish article. Go and check the article history. Oh and by the way, it is in the first paragraph.
::* '''08:28 1 abr 2007''' AlexCovarrubias (Discusión | contribuciones) m (Méx (Noreamérica), Antillas (Centroamérica). Sudamérica, alt también un continente.)

<font color="#CE1126">]</font>''<font color="#006847">]</font>'' ] ] <sup><font size="1" color="green">]</font></sup> 23:14, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

::That's a start, but this changes nothing for ''this'' article: even the editor whom you solicited feedback from has indicated that a Spanish reference is "not acceptable" in this context. Every major reliable English publication harks of the current lead; can you provide any that differ? Demonstrate why ] deserves undue mention upfront -- as opposed to the ] of this notion in the article already (e.g., in the ]) -- you haven't yet. ] 23:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

::As of this date -- since this discussion became moribund -- and after ''I'' requested the article be unprotected, the above concerns remain unaddressed. Therefore, a ] will be restored until requests are fulfilled that satisfy those concerns or a consensus asserts otherwise. ] 23:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

There's no need for souces in English, since the intro was corrected, because it wrongly implied that South America is also considered a sub-continent in English. In that case, sources in English would have been needed. That error was corrected to indicate that "SA is also considered a sub-continent ''in several non-English speaking countries, where the single American continent is taught''". Both POV (America or Americas continents) are almost equally extended, and there's no reason why the intro should not say it is also considered a subcontinent. For example, in the article ], the intro briefly elaborates about it being a continent. Moving the notion of SA being a subcontinent to somewhere else, is also giving undue weight to a very extended version. Since the intro was corrected, and the "concerns" of the only user opposing this are covered, I proceed to revert to the corrected version. Since this notion was introduced in the intro paragraph, nobody opposed. After several weeks, Corticopia decided to revert it. So one must assume, everybody else was OK with it, otherway they would have reverted it. <font color="#CE1126">]</font>''<font color="#006847">]</font>'' ] ] <sup><font size="1" color="green">]</font></sup> 01:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
:An English source ''is'' needed. This is the English Misplaced Pages. Also, since it is the English Misplaced Pages, it doesn't matter so much what other languages consider South America. They have their own Wikipedias. I'm not saying it doesn't matter at all, just maybe not enough to be in the introduction. But the important point here is that yes, you do need an English source. ] <sup>]</sup> 01:40, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

:Yes ... and the retort above is replete with ]. Take ], for example: its introduction notes that it as a ] and (sometimes) reckoned as a ] because a ] indicate this (e.g., , Collins Atlas). (Take a glance at that article's history, and you'll note that ''I'' made precisely this argument there and was instrumental in retaining this tidbit ... and not painlessly.) None have been presented here. And -- ] -- existed for ''weeks'' beforehand (and whereby 'everybody was OK with it' too) before this editor decided to ] more recently. Concerns remain unaddressed: please provide reputable English sources that indicate (1) SA is sometimes considered a subcontinent, and (2) when and/or by which constituencies it is considered so. Until these are dealt with, the current version will do. ] 02:16, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
:: where is the WP policy that says all sources must be in english????] 13:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
:: I would also like to know where is the policy that Chico is asking for. Just because something doesn't exist in your own language it doesn't mean that it doesnt exist. If there are no sources in spanish for certain article, Wikipedians can use sources in english. It would be idiotic to deny knowledge to people just because the original source is not in their languages --] 17:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
:::NO policy allows for the POV-pushing and undue weight of recent edits while allowing for C.'s <s>deletion</S>substitution of legitimate English citations which indicate something different. Until the requests above are fulfilled to satisfaction or compelled otherwise, the current intro shall stand. ] 03:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
==Content Note==
This dispute has been going on forever, I have justified my edits over a thousand times, and I did not remove any information from the article, I added information. Attacks aside, why not I compromise? we leave the intro saying it is a continent, with a content note labeled ''not continent?'' explaining the other point of view that sees South America as subcontinent. We explain the whole thing in the content note, in consensus; and the reader can be better informed. How about it?
I am going to try to work on the content of the note and post it here. Lets work together, not separate.] 15:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:Yes: this dispute will continue until you edit within the norms of Misplaced Pages policy and procedures. Though I do not dispute other reckonings, every major English reference unambiguously refers to South American as a continent. The reference you added from the International Olympic Committee (no dispute), while deleting two that were present and directly relevant, only indicates that America is a continent (and this is duly noted in the ']' article) -- while I do not necessarily dispute this, it does not refer to South America as a subcontinent, so this is a misplaced reference. Anyhow, the notion regarding South America's reckoning as a subcontinent is ] in the 1st sentence of the 'Geography' section; otherwise, I defer to my prior comments. ] 17:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::Come again?? What policies have I violated?? By the way, if you really feel that I have violated the "norms of Misplaced Pages policy and procedures" feel free to open a request for comment on my actions. Please also answer my previous question about which policy indicates for English only sources. Just a reminder, I have not attacked you and I would very much thank you if you were to remain ].] 00:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
:::An administrator who previously commented on this page, regarding this very issue, indicated the need for English sources that usual editors can ]: if they are not in English, a usual visitor cannot corroborate assertions. In any event, the source you've added only indicates that America is considered a continent (by the IOC), it doesn't indicate South America is a subcontinent. You also added this while removing two other ] in the very first sentence (which is arguably ]) and notions of it being a subcontinent are already equitable dealt with in the 'Geography' section, so I suggest you think twice before insinuating anything regarding incivility or what have you. ] 14:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
::::This is a Misplaced Pages in English, therefore, the lead section should define South America as it is done in the English-speaking world: a continent. You cannot ask the ] or the ] Wikipedias to define South America as a continent, because that model is not used in the Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking world. Nonetheless, this article already complies with ] because it also includes the alternative definitions used in other areas of the world, albeit in the Geography section. ] and given their ], something that is not done neither in the Spanish nor in the Portuguese Wikipedias. --] 15:48, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
==Sources==
I have found a number of sources in English reffering specifically to South America as a subcontinent, but by weight I am satisfied with the current content note. I am going to post the sources on the article.
By the way, the google search for South America subcontinent yielded about 1,280,000 results. I am sure more sources could be found on closer inspection. ] 01:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
<s>I need help to cite these I tried to use the cite web template but it resulted in truncating the rest of the article.... Any suggestions to cite the sites?? ] 01:33, 20 May 2007 (UTC)</s>
:I, however, am not satisfied -- again, please read the ]. I grant that you've located a number of English sources to corroborate these assertions (namely from the Brazilian Embassy), but these shall not and can't usurp the ubiquitous English reckoning of South America as a continent. Evey major English compendium indicates this. This content is already equitably dealt with in the 'Geography' section, the references of which you removed when placing your content. As well, in opposition to your online count above (which merely appears to search for any instances of those terms), there are as opposed to - a ratio of 460 to 1. Per WP:NPOV: "NPOV says that the article should fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by a verifiable source, and should do so in proportion to the prominence of each." Until you can demonstrate otherwise ... ] 14:56, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
What do you need to be convinced about the need for a more representative of South America as a subcontinent? I certainly agree that there is no need for it in the intro, but a content note? there are at least half a billion people(in Latin America alone) who agree with the South America is a subcontinent view, I got you English sources so you can verify, I certainly can understand doubts about it, but burying it in the geography section is not due weight, when you talk about a certain theory and there is an opposing theory of prominence(even a english speaker adheres) it should be stated right after. South America as subcontinent is at least a theory held by significant minority (we would still have to count the countries that teach each viewpoint to determine the majority's viewpoint but this is pointless). ] 19:11, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

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Portuguese is the official language of a population slightly larger than Spanish in South America

@BilCat: You removed my contribution https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=South_America&oldid=prev&diff=1092354589 with the reason "unsourced, contradicts previous sentences" but it does not need to be sourced since it is already done in the infobox of Brazil and South America articles (see under population and you will see Brazil has more than the half of the population from South America). It also does not contradict the previous sentences (Spanish and Portuguese are the most spoken languages in South America + Spanish is official language of most countries), it just adds more details that Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, which has more than the half of the population in South America. So I suggest to cancel your revert. --Baptx (talk) 18:55, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

The population for South America is a 2018 estimate, while the population for Brazil is a 2022 estimate. They need to be from the same years, and preferably the same reliable source. BilCat (talk) 19:58, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Population of Argentina is way off

Argentina's population is over 40 million, yet the article lists it as 4.5 million, both in the table and the text in the body. The problem is that it is linked to 45,276,780, which gives a total that is roughly 1/10th of the actual number. This problem is also appears in the Latin Americans article, for the same reason. Does anyone know how to fix the number in 45,276,780? AuH2ORepublican (talk) 19:28, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

The article has been vandalised, so you just correct it.Ttocserp 21:55, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Actually, it wasn't this article that was vandalized, but a case of Argentina's population being edited erroneously in Template:UN_population. I reversed the edit there, and it fixed the problem in this article (and some other ones that also were linked to the template). AuH2ORepublican (talk) 19:16, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

The Iguazu Falls are also Argentine

Gallery - Tourism 80% of the Iguazú Falls are in Argentina and mostly managed there. Can I edit and show that they are also a tourist place in Argentina? In addition to adding another Argentine tourist destination: Mar del Plata. Alan Rib. (talk) 02:10, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

south america

South America is thought to have been first inhabited by humans when people were crossing the Bering Land Bridge (now the Bering Strait) at least 15,000 years ago from the territory that is present-day Russia. They migrated south through North America, and eventually reached South America through the Isthmus of Panama.Amongst the oldest evidence for human presence in South America is the Monte Verde II site in Chile, suggested to date to around 14,500 years ago.From around 13,000 years ago, the Fishtail projectile point style became widespread across South America, with its disappearance around 11,000 years ago coincident with the disappearance of South America's megafauna. Maize was present in northern South America by around 6,000 years ago.By 2000 BC, many agrarian communities had been settled throughout the Andes and the surrounding regions. Fishing became a widespread practice along the coast, helping establish fish as a primary source of food. Irrigation systems were also developed at this time, which aided in the rise of an agrarian society. 77.100.114.184 (talk) 14:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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