Talk:List of island countries

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :List of borderless country. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 30#List of borderless country until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Matthew hk (talk) 11:37, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no need to maintain a List of borderless countries. Except Australia, all continental countries share at least one land border with another country. In total, there are 24 borderless countries in the world (countries with no land or maritime borders) and an additional 16 countries share only maritime border(s) with other countries. Other than Australia, all 39 countries without land borders are island countries already listed in this article. 120.16.171.146 (talk) 02:47, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose I reckon we should create the List of borderless countries as a new article. 42.200.36.189 (talk) 10:01, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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replies: text: Oppose I am opposing any attempt to suppress the promotion of local political and cultural identities among the world's dependent territories. Eventually, they all deserve to become independent countries. 42.200.36.189 (talk) 10:07, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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message: I suggest that the number of islands that make up a country be added to the chart. Although, not all nations have a clear exact number, due to islets and rock/sand formations, so a general estimate could be added instead. Tankpiggy18 (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good idea. 42.200.36.189 (talk) 09:46, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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message: I reckon this guy has raised a good point about Taiwan. Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, still claims the whole of China as its territory. If we are treating Taiwan as a partially recognized state, we should respect its territorial extent as per its Constitution, then Taiwan should be removed from our list since it is not a de jure island country (although it is a de facto island country). 2001:8003:913E:5D01:C11F:31DB:E162:B781 (talk) 15:11, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The lead article has explained it clearly, the list includes states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands LVTW2 (talk) 06:11, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: But the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is not listed as a landlocked country due to its claim of Western Sahara as its de jure territory, despite the fact that its entire coast is under Moroccan control. Similarly, the State of Palestine is not listed as a landlocked country due to its claim of the Gaza Strip (under Hamas control) as a part of its de jure territory, even though its entire coast is currently under Israeli control. We should have some consistencies in our inclusion criteria for country-related articles. 42.200.36.189 (talk) 09:45, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taiwan 

message: Why is Denmark not included in the list of island countries? Isn't the presence of the Kiel Canal makes Denmark a de facto island country? Taiwan is already included as a de facto island country in our article. 42.200.36.189 (talk) 09:53, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denmark 

message: East Malaysia constitutes about 60 percent of Malaysia, shouldn't we include Malaysia in the list of island countries since the majority of the country's territory is consisted of islands? 42.200.36.189 (talk) 09:57, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malaysia 

message: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs includes Belize, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, and Suriname in its list of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Should we include these four countries in our list of island countries too? 42.200.36.189 (talk) 10:27, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Belize, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, and Suriname 

message: The Philippines' category should be various. Only Palawan and associated islands are continental, on a fragment rifted from mainland Asia ang occasionally connected to Borneo on the Sunda shelf. The rest of the Philippines are oceanic islands on the Philippine mobile belt, with both the Sunda plate and the Philippine plaate subducting beneath it on the Manila trench in the West and the Philippine trench in the East.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.94.177.225 (talk) 09:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you provide sources for that? 120.16.127.229 (talk) 03:01, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philippines