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Marryat, Captain Frederick. Chapter XX of his famous book “Frank Mildmay or The Naval Officer” mentions this island.

Consider including this book as a reference if historical fiction from the author’s real life adventures in the British navy during the age of the fighting sail. 2601:204:C580:5EE0:79AA:835B:BE06:2AB4 (talk) 08:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Work need to remain GA

Hello @JackintheBox: I'm going through the cleanup listing for good articles and saw this article is tagged in many places. Could you go over the text and address these issues? Would be nice if we can avoid a WP:good article reassessment. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 09:37, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping; I've started on some copyediting and adding some references; will do more later. JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 15:23, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic, thanks :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Phonetics and Phonology - things ?

What is the meaning and significance of the huge list of things that people talk about? It just looks like an obvious list of the things on the islands and doesn't seem to add anything to the article. IceDragon64 (talk) 01:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification required in the Holidays section

The Holidays section says Traditionally, on "Old Year's Day/Night" (meaning "New Year's Eve"), the islanders would conceal their identities with masks or blackface and the men would wear women's clothing; everyone would celebrate anonymously moving between households, singing songs, dancing, shouting, playing instruments and firing guns. At the stroke of midnight, a bell would announce the new year. On New Year's Day, the islanders would play cricket and football, and once again party later in the day. They "would"? Either they did (but don't any more) or they do. Which is it? If it's the former, then what was the time frame? When did it end and, if a reason is clearly discernible, why? Largoplazo (talk) 03:17, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

The islands are home to over 200 people whom are part of a secular state, I find it very hard to beleive that the population is somehow 100% Christian, especially given the statement is not backed-up by any sources. -IkonicDeath

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to the large amount of uncited prose, including entire sections. Is anyone interested in addressing this concern, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 01:40, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Tristan da Cunha

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There is a large amount of uncited text, including entire sections such as "Religion" Z1720 (talk) 03:15, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting statement on island medical services

Note, I see some conflicting information mentioned here about the on-island medical care. The article currently says that expectant mothers can give birth on the island in the newly built (2017) Camogli Healthcare Centre, but the website of the healthcare centre (https://www.tristandc.com/hospital.php) explicitly says the opposite: "The medical staff deal with day to day medical matters, handle emergency cases, and undertake minor surgery. More complex and serious cases are transported to Cape Town for treatment, as all expectant mothers for their deliveries" (emphasis my own).

I don't know about the topic here to make a change/correction, but wanted to raise it as I noticed it. SoundingCharacters (talk) 12:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]