Talk:Falklands War

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Falklands War article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: Index, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14: 60 days

Military history: British / European / South America

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	British military history task force
	European military history task force
	South American military history task force

British Overseas Territories High‑importance

	United Kingdom portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject British Overseas Territories, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of British Overseas Territories on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.British Overseas TerritoriesWikipedia:WikiProject British Overseas TerritoriesTemplate:WikiProject British Overseas TerritoriesBritish Overseas Territories articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Argentina Top‑importance

	Argentina portal This article is part of WikiProject Argentina, an attempt to expand, improve and standardise the content and structure of articles related to Argentine history. If you would like to participate, you can improve Falklands War, or sign up and contribute to a wider array of articles like those on our to do list.ArgentinaWikipedia:WikiProject ArgentinaTemplate:WikiProject ArgentinaArgentine articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

United Kingdom Top‑importance

	United Kingdom portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject United KingdomUnited Kingdom articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

South America: Falklands High‑importance

	Latin America portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject South America, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to South America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.South AmericaWikipedia:WikiProject South AmericaTemplate:WikiProject South AmericaSouth America articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Falkland Islands work group (assessed as High-importance).

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Falklands War is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Not kept
November 20, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 12, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 19, 2004, March 19, 2005, April 2, 2007, June 14, 2008, June 14, 2010, June 14, 2011, and June 14, 2014.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

Tip: Anchors are case-sensitive in most browsers.

This article links to one or more target anchors that no longer exist.

[[Southern Thule#Argentine occupation 1976–1982|Argentine occupation of Southern Thule]] The anchor (#Argentine occupation 1976–1982) is no longer available because it was deleted by a user before.
[[Yomp#The Yomper|The Yomper]] The anchor (The Yomper) has been deleted.

Please help fix the broken anchors. You can remove this template after fixing the problems. | Reporting errors

Mobilization of the Federal Penitentiary Service during the war

Members of Argentina's Federal Penitentiary Service were mobilized when the war started. They were organized into an infantry company and attached to the XI Infantry Brigade, and nicknamed "black necks" due to their unique prison guard uniforms which the rest of the army didn't have. During the war they guarded strategic locations in and around Rio Gallegos against potential British commando raids. Would it be OK to mention this in the article, provided I find an acceptable source? I think its an interesting detail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Federal_Penitentiary_Service Bob meade (talk) 22:08, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba for deletion

I have nominated the article Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba, which is related to this topic, for deletion. Please feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba. Kahastok talk 16:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Modern Latin America

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 August 2024 and 18 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Muskratman99 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Muskratman99 (talk) 20:08, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ridley's reception in parliament

@user:Anonymous Libertarian This relates to today's edit. The point of the text is that Ridley got a drumming in the house for being involved in any discussions that involved sovereignty, as view stirred up by a well-organised pro-islander lobby group. That is why the proposal never went anywhere. The point of the part about the lease is that even without that vehement anti-Argentine lobby, Ridley's proposal would not have succeeded because more moderate members of parliament would not have accepted a ten year lease back period anyway. The two points are not directly connected which is why I think the second one is, correctly, in parentheses. I don't have the source to-hand though to double check. Others might be able to comment here. However, I think the way it is written isn't clear and should be altered. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 03:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]