File talk:Hispanophone world map 2.png

This map is just short of overtly polemical, and of questionable reliability; yet it is used the high-profile article Spanish language. Only the United States - broken down by state, and even including Georgia and Illinois - is designated as an area where "Spanish is spoken without official recognition." There are no cited sources; for all we know, the creator (apparently banned sockpuppeteer) made it up out of thin air. Besides the purportedly demographic shading in the states, the creator merely colored Spanish-speaking countries blue. This image is without scholarly value, and should not be used.24.22.141.252 (talk) 09:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Philippines
I think Philippines should be included in the countries that speak Spanish (not officialy). So it should be light-blue-coloured. --Quaveren (talk) 06:07, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Shades of blue
In this map, a number of states in the United States are shown in various shades of blue, but I see no legend in the image explaining exactly what these shades of blue mean. A legend in the article captions using the map only provides some qualitative explanation for the darkest and lightest shades of blue, but the map also shows intermediate shades. Unfortunately, the author (creator) User:Usergreatpower of this image is blocked from Wikipedia. I can imagine that darker blue shading means a higher percentage of Spanish-speaking people in the state, but does anybody know exactly (quantitatively) what these various shades of blue mean? With an explanation, I or somebody else can add a legend to this map image. H Padleckas (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Duplicate
File:Map-Hispanophone World.png is an exact duplicate of this file located on the Commons. It has undergone extensive scrutiny over sourcing. Fishal (talk) 13:09, 16 July 2010 (UTC)