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"widely spoken and understood"

Given Monaco's small size, I'm not sure that it makes sense to describe a language as "widely spoken and understood" there. —Ruakh_TALK 20:22, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Even though Monaco is small in size close to 45% of the population speak another language at home, like Monegasque (dialect), Italian, and even English. Furthermore many Monegasque (people) speak a second or even a third language fluently.B-watchmework (talk) 02:35, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Right, but that's 45% of a small population that all lives within a single square mile; it seems to me that no language can be "widely" spoken there. —Ruakh_TALK 02:12, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

distance from italy and nice, france

What is the correct measurement of the distance from Monaco to the Italian border and to the city of Nice, France? The reference currently provided (now footnote #7) does not match what is on the main page. These numbers are fairly close (13km vs. 15km) but in terms of the size of this country such differences make a real difference. In any case the citation given doesn't match the text of the article--does it refer to something that's been deleted? 24.42.76.17 (talk) 09:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on where you are measuring from, the correct distance should be 15km.B-watchmework (talk) 21:35, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

I removed one reference (cited in two locations under the economy heading) that linked to an online gambling site with no actual information about gambling in Monaco. I don't have time currently to check all of the references for spam like this, but it's something to be on the look out for, since the archived talk page indicates that this page has been subject to vandalism. Robinkhi (talk) 02:46, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. B-watchmework (talk) 05:16, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

Hi, I hate to 'remove' content from Wikipedia, but the religious data was dodgy. The source quoted seemed to be a so called "Joshua Project", which supporters have apparently also tried to edit (without success) the French version of the article.

They quote high numbers of Christians (82%) in Monaco, and although Christians are a majority (which I wrote instead), I know that my government does not publish religious data. Also, I couldn't find any reliable source to replace those figures. The Joshua Project themselves don't quote their source on their page on Monaco, which seems pretty suspicious. Added to the fact that the first sentence you read on their website is : "Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups with the fewest followers of Jesus Christ." (!!!!!)

This kind of non-neutral source does not have its place in an encyclopedia. So please, if someone finds reliable religious data for Monaco, don't hesitate to share. Pierremc (talk) 03:44, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]