Talk:Faroe Islands

Where are haplogroupes?

Which is Scandinavian haplogroup? Is it I2a (Serbian) that is old about 50 000 years and may be Celtic's too or is it R1b that is descendance from slavic-Russian- Serbian gènes? Please Google: paleolithic Serbian genes

Spelling?

Högni Reistrup is referred to (under Music) as Høgni Reistrup. Both his own website and the Wiki article under his own name use the first form. Can someone change this please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.168.232 (talk • contribs) 00:06, 12 January 2014‎

No. His name is Høgni Reistrup. His artistic (stylized) name is "Högni Reistrup". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.111.169.50 (talk • contribs) 09:05, 10 September 2014‎

Faeroe or Faroe?

What is the correct spelling of the Faroe Islands? I have always known them as the Faeroe Islands, so can someone please inform me on the correct spelling so I don't mess anything up? LavishRuler16 (talk) 21:32, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia is guided by the WP:COMMONNAME and avoids less common spellings. The BBC website uses Faroe [1] and this seems to be the most common spelling.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:36, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the help! LavishRuler16 (talk) 18:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Faroe is indeed the most common spelling, but a variety of sources (in particular older ones) will use Faeroe from time to time depending on whichever factors; while the BBC Website uses Faroe as mentioned, the BBC Shipping Forecast will refer to the waters around us as Faeroes.

They are also often referred to as the Faroes, but pretty much exclusively in informal contexts and everyday speech. In more formal/official situation, it is almost exclusively the Faroe Islands. R3troguy420 (talk) 13:34, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Faroe 178.19.198.24 (talk) 18:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)