Talk:North

message: Is the difference between true and magnetic north's not variation?
---- Ifanner (talk) 20:43, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Declination? 

message: The previous disambiguation notice phrasing appeared too restrictive in my view. This article is not so long yet, that for instance metaphorical uses of the direction North wouldn't be best at home in this article. -- Cimon avaro; on a pogostick. 21:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  rephrasing disambig 

message: This article contains the word 'boreocentrism' but I was unable to find a dictionary definition of it in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, the Merriam Webster, or Google. Although I understand its meaning because of its Greek root and my knowledge of Greek, I think that we should replace/fix this word to help people who don't know Greek understand what is being said. NerdyNSK 18:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  boreocentrism 

message: I find the use of this term confusing in the definition of "magnetic north" in the definitions section. Most people don't know what it means and I don't think it has a place in a useful definition of the term "magnetic north." If there's any explanation in the link that accompanies it, I couldn't find it on a cursory skimming. Maybe just remove everything in the parentheses? Erickroh 16:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was so bad that i agree, in spite of my having written it. I took another shot at it. --Jerzy•t 08:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Retronyms"

message: As stated in the article, north is the direction that would be to one's right if you were standing on the equator and facing the rising sun.
This is incorrect.  If one were facing the rising sun, north would be to one's left.
However, if one were facing the setting sun, then north would be to one's right. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.95.130.36 (talk) 04:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looking North? 

message: It is a little surprising to see that there is no mention of how North would have naturally turned up as a fundamental direction (in comparison to all other directions viz.east,west, or south) from the perspective of a (typically northern hemisphere) dweller of the ancient times.
From the point of a (geodetically fixed) observer, the direction of sunrise or sunset is never consistent over a period of an year. It rather keeps slipping a little every day swinging between solstices.
But, how about the shadow of a stick or pole that is vertically placed on the ground? An analemma? Both its length and orientation keeps changing everyday/moment   too.
Nevertheless, there is one fundamental quantity that does not change! The direction that it points every day when it is the shortest! The shortest shadow itself is produced when it is exactly mid-noon. And if one plots the direction of these instances everyday noon, it will consistently point to a single direction that is "True North"! (For people at more southern latitudes, the shadow may 'travel' towards a diametrically opposite direction (south) for some number of days, usually at the extreme of northern solstice).
This gives a proper and genuine reason for ancient men to use North as the fundamental direction. Once that direction is decided, calculating exact East, West and South should be a simple exercise of geometry.
It will be interesting to connect this fact to the point discussed above about the possible etymology ( ner- under/below) where the shadow is at its lowest point at noon.
Some illustrative references: #1, #2,#3
May I request someone to re-write those sections appropriately and in a better style than mine, taking consideration of this fact? Thanks. ViswaPrabhaവിശ്വപ്രഭtalk 22:23, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: The "original"North and ancient wisdom

message: There are no citations given in this section. Even worse, the section ends with a long quotation that opens with quotation marks -- that never close!
I would add the closing quotation marks, but don't know the source, so that would be inappropriate. Can anyone else help with this, please? RobertLovesPi (talk) 23:12, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Roles of east and west as inherently subsidiary directions" -- This section needs help! 

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message: There where is ending of the (vizible or invizible) diameter of the Moon .. ) 
By .. 176.59.208.185 (talk) 10:16, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where the "North"