User talk:Poltext

List of languages by total number of speakers
You may think that the number of native French speakers is higher than 75 million and you may well be right but you do not change figures supported by a reliable source without citing an equally reliable source that supports your change. Doing otherwise is considered disruptive editing. Nthep (talk) 15:10, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your kind words. French is an official language in 29 counties. Is that a fact that needs to be confirmed by a reliable source ? Taking just two of those countries blows the number given by your "reliable source": France 67m speakers, DRC 78m... This reliable source you mention seems to see the world in a quite simple maner where only the French from France and a few Swiss as native speakers... Remember that "reliable sources" saw wmds in Iraq... maybe when a mistake is so blatant more research should be conducted ?
 * I'm not confirming nor denying the reliability of the given source (I have no interest in the topic), all I'm saying is that you need to provide sources if you want to change the information, that is Wikipedia policy on sourcing. Nthep (talk) 16:08, 8 February 2019 (UTC)