Talk:Geography of Europe

message: Turkey is not Europe and any references must be deleted from the article, please stop vandalizing the article.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.33.226.160 (talk) 21:55, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: East Thrace is part of Europe, Anatolia isn't. Turkey is therefore a country that spans the boundary between Europe and Asia. Sakkura (talk) 10:29, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turkey is not Europe 

message: There were many talk pages with users putting this page forward as an idea. As each of the other continents has it's own 'geography of' page, I thought I'd start one for Europe, borrowing from the exisitng geography section in the main Europe article, but which can be added to over time. Grunners 16:34, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Initial comments 

message: The vast majority (if not all) of the major articles in Wikipedia confirm that Cyprus is a geographically Asian island nation which is broadly culturally European.
Therefore, all geographical references to Cyprus being in Europe out to be removed.  To assert (as it seems happens in some quarters) that Cyprus is both in Europe and Asia in articles discussing physical geography is absurd.  There may be arguments (if so, please make them on the relevant pages for Asia and Europe) for saying that Cyprus is in Europe, but not both !  --jrleighton 07:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No doubt Cyprus is geophysically Asian, whereas geopolitically European. Which of the two is geographical?  noychoH 12:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Since this article is about physical geography, I'd say that Asia is the correct location for Cyprus. If you're going to include geopolitical considerations, then a good case could be made for also including Turkey and Russia in their entirety. Klausness (talk) 11:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cyprus 

message: Milan largest city in Italy?? Rome is far larger, it's one of the biggest comune in Europe and the biggest in Italy, as Rome's article report.
:: See here  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumbulski (talk • contribs) 16:51, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Largest city in Italy

message: Andorra's capital city is Andorra la Vella, does that count as sharing the same name?--Nauki 20:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capital names 

message: I noticed that someone has come along and changed all the instances of the words "British Isles" to "UK and Ireland" without consensus or even discussion of the subject. Please bear in mind that this is a contentious issue that has its own page (British Isles naming dispute), and a specific talk page (Talk:British Isles/name debate) already. Please look at these pages before making wholesale changes to this article, as these are likely to be reverted if there is no discussion. --carelesshx talk 13:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  British Isles 

message: Some of the mentioned islands are really archipelagoes with several islands, like Svalbard, where Spitsbergen is the largest island. Orcaborealis (talk) 19:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: True. The list desperately lacks consistency, even in the basic criteria for inclusion (if there even are any - since even Zealand was missing until today, I kind of doubt it). Sakkura (talk) 20:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islands or [[archipelago]]es? 

message: I think we need to set up some criteria for inclusion in the list of major islands.
I went through the list of major islands and found those islands and archipelagoes that have a population below 100,000 and an area of less than 1,000 km2. I suggest those be eliminated from the list, unless someone can come up with a good reason to keep them. This is a very arbitrary limit, so feel free to suggest another limit, or other criteria that might be relevant.
*Isle of Man (80,000 inhabitants, 572 km2)
*Rockall (uninhabited, less than 1 km2)
*Hiiumaa (11,087 inhabitants, 989 km2)
*Jan Mayen (nearly uninhabited, 373 km2)
Removing the above would bring the list down to 26 islands and archipelagoes. Removing double entries of archipelagoes and individual islands could further reduce it. There are also a number of islands not currently on the list that would merit inclusion under those criteria. Sakkura (talk) 14:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it's been a week, so I went ahead and removed those four. Sakkura (talk) 12:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Major islands, inclusion criteria

message: Shouldn't there be mentioned something about 40% of the netherlands lying under the sealevel? Wob-Wob (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lowlands: Netherlands 

message: This is a terrible sentence...
"The few generalizations that can be made about the relief of Europe make it less than surprising that the continent's many separate regions provided homes for many separate nations throughout history."
What is the intended meaning?
--Richard (talk) 05:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Generalizations that can be made about the relief of Europe 

message: The following sentence in the opening paragraph makes no sense: Geology justifies this tradition as reasonable because of the difference between the cultures of the traditional Europe and the traditional Asia. 
Geology has nothing to do with culture. Geology is the study of the earth in terms of rocks, minerals and physical processes affecting them. Cultures are covered in geography and other related fields such as sociology. Unless someone can make some sense of this sentence I will delete it.Khajidha (talk) 05:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening paragraph 

message: I don't think the Pennines should be included in the list of mountain ranges. The arcticle says "Some of Europe's major mountain ranges are", however the Pennines are far from 'Major'. If we include the Pennines we might as well also include the Black Mountains in Wales, the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland or the Harz mountains in Germany. Their inclusion seems Anglocentric to me and I'll be removing it from the list unless someone can come up with a reason for their inclusion.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.92.99 (talk) 22:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pennines 

message: Why aren't the rivers Kemi and Tornio listed? There are some shorter rivers currently on the list. Matti Nuortio, Oulu, Finland (talk) 23:52, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen the same problem and just added Douro, Guadiana and Guadalquivir, all more than 600 km long and not tributaries of any other river. There is no criteria whatsoever (min. length, min. basin surface, min. discharge, main rivers or also tributaries...) on what rivers should be on this list, so we must agree on something to keep the list short (between 30 and 50). I'd go for a list with the 50 largest basins, indicating only the main river in each basin. No tributaries. --Iagocasabiell (talk) 16:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rivers 

message: I have tried to change the wording in the lead to a more encyclopeadic phrase for the first sentence. However User:Alfie Gandon keeps reverting my change. The current first sentence is '
Europe is traditionally reckoned as one of seven continents' I changed it to 'Europe is traditionally stated to be one of the seven continents.' My change removes 'reckoned' a imprecise term that has more to do with numerical calculation or a best guess conclusion than the more precise and relevant to an encyclopeadia 'stated'. I also added the definite article 'the' because most sources state that there are seven continents I understand. Seems a no brainer to me. Please comment. Thanks. Robynthehode (talk) 19:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Your definition of 'reckoned' isn't the only one:  Alfie Gandon (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I would still disagree with using the term 'reckoned' for the reasons I stated. Your link doesn't change that fact. In fact the definition in your dictionary link states 'The action or process of calculating or estimating something' as the first listed definition and the second as ' A person's opinion or judgement'. Just too open to interpretation as to the meaning one is trying to convey to the reader. Why not just go with my change or something similar. Such a change will be less imprecise? My choice - 'Stated' - is clear reference to sources which is encyclopeadic. Robynthehode (talk) 20:33, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, and your wording's clumsy. Alfie Gandon (talk) 21:07, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: What is clumsy about my wording. You can't just say you disagree and make a statement of opinion without justifying your opinion. Robynthehode (talk) 21:14, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording in Lead 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I've been aware of this neat description for a long time.  To list some of them is appropriate but I don't think it helps to include some of the smaller ones - they have their place in their own articles and for example List_of_peninsulas#Europe - such things have a habit of growing beyond their original usefulness. cheers Geopersona (talk) 11:14, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peninsula of peninsulas