Talk:Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Ireland
Is there a reason why Ireland is not included among the eligible non-members, when it shares the same historical/educational links with the French language as the United Kingdom? Also, though Jersey is not a member of the Francophonie, it does adhere to the Parliamentary Assembly - www.apf.francophonie.org. , and so, like Louisiana, would be a contender for membership status. Culloty82 (talk) 12:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

In entry for UK, mention is made that French is spoken by the House of Parliament. I don't understand what that means. UK has HouseS of Parliament, does the sentence mean that French is spoken by MPs(or Lords) during debates? Also, the link of House of Parliament goes to Parliament of Candada. Texteditor (talk) 21:19, 1 July 2012 (UTC)]]
 * I've lived in the UK for almost 30 years, and they use English in the Houses. Most MPs wouldn't know how to order a free lunch in French, so unsure exactly what that statement refers to. Kicked it out as unsourced and very dubious.87.102.126.105 (talk) 16:47, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Qatar
Based on this article, Qatar should also be included, though I'm not sure if they are full members or observers...--Aa2-2004 (talk) 09:34, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Eligible non-member states
On what basis is this list drawn up? It looks very much like original research, and the sole basis for inclusion appears to be that someone (anyone) in the country might possibly know of someone (somewhere) who speaks French. Syria would almost certainly not be eligible under its present government. If citations to back up inclusion in the list are not forthcoming, I suggest the whole lot be removed. Skinsmoke (talk) 05:27, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It is now five months since citations were requested, and a month since original research was challenged. There has been no attempt to provide citations, or to address the suspicion that this list is nothing more than the personal flight of fancy of a very small group of editors.  On the contrary, additional entries are being added without citation, which are purely one person's personal speculation.  I am now removing the list to this page.  If, and when, citations are forthcoming for any country, it can be added back into the article page.  Skinsmoke (talk) 10:24, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

This article is a mess
Not only are the "fact" totally wrong, they disagree with other Wikipedia articles to which they link. Someone clearly has an agenda here. Is there a tag for "A complete mess?" 99.149.197.23 (talk) 15:46, 28 February 2013 (UTC)John Detmar

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Angola
Has officially submitted papers to seek observer status, so will presumably be admitted at the next Francophonie summit in 2020. Culloty82 (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Some strange additions to the membership list
As improbable as some of the existing Francophonie members actually are, the UK is not an associate member, nor are Finland, Russia and Sweden observers. Culloty82 (talk) 20:13, 18 July 2021 (UTC)