Talk:Continental Europe

message: Is the term not rather a bit british-centric? Is it also used in North America? Can't imagined that "The continent" has the same meaning in North America as it has in Britain. Could someone elaborate that?
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:I'm from North America and if I heard someone say "the Continent" I would assume that they were talking about continental Europe.  Absent context, I've never heard someone use the phrase to refer to any other continent.  I don't think the phrase is as common here, though. - AdelaMae (talk - contribs) 03:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Living in England I can say that the terms "Continental Europe" and "the Continent" are certainly extremely Anglo-centric and are not widely used nowadays except among the over-50s. I am not sure if Malta, Cyprus (when those countries were under British occupation) and Gibraltar were ever considered to be "the Continent". I am also not sure what an English-speaker from Cyprus, Armenia or Georgia (the country) would consider to be "Continental Europe". The more modern equivalent is "mainland Europe"; there is a Wikipedia article of that name which redirects here. Anyway I suggest that the term "mainland Europe" is the more appropriate term when there is a need to refer to the contiguous part of Europe. Rugxulo 22:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

text: It's frequently used in Sweden rocks (Swedish: "kontinenten"). Nordic usage, of course.
In order to lengthen the article, I would like to make the proposal that we mention that mainland Europe has recently been becoming less divided from its islands as a result of the European Union.  The European Union has combined many of the countries' markets with the creation of the new currency, the Euro.  Because of the cooperative economy, easier transportation between European countries has followed.  This has been seen in lower travel fares and highlighted in the construction of the Chunnel between Great Britain and France and the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden.  These are just some quick examples off the top of my head, and with a little research, I think a lot more could be said about the centralization and cooperation among European nations and how this has effected the countries' views of spatial separation from each other. Tddwigg 23:48, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

text: See my comment of 11:23, 13 December 2008 below... AnonMoos (talk) 12:20, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: British-centric?

message: I totally agree, this is British 'slang', stated here as a fact. AFAIK people on 'the Continent' -as British say- never refer to themselves as "being on the Continent". This is just something the British use to psychologically distance themselves from Europe. I'm not a historian, but the Brits have had an aversion against the rest of Europe for a long time. The Brexit is another confirmation of this.JHBonarius (talk) 11:27, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: See my comment of 11:23, 13 December 2008 below... AnonMoos (talk) 12:20, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: 2017

message: Isn't the phrase "the Continent" where the concept of the continental breakfast comes from? Since a continental breakfast is made up of bread, butter, jam, croissant, coffee, etc. - essentially a french (or other mainland europe) breakfast...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramsayem (talk • contribs) 05:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.--Roentgenium111 (talk) 18:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Continental Breakfast

message: "Continental Europe"/"The continent" as used in Scandinavia definately does not include Sweden and Norway in Continental Europe. Saying that continental is everything but the British Isles seems very british-centric to me. -- 21:58, 30 November 2008 213.114.184.25
:However, the English-language Wikipedia is mainly oriented towards English speakers, so there's no problem with discussing the phrase's main meaning among English speakers first, before discussing other possible meanings. AnonMoos (talk) 11:26, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scandinavia 

message: Could someone please revise the map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continental_Europe.svg ? Instead of using two colors (Continental Europe, everything else), it makes sense to use three or four, where 
* #3 is parts of Europe that are not part of the continent (that would allow us to distinguish Iceland/Europe from Greenland/North America. It would also make islands like Cyprus, etc., more visible
* #4 is territories outside of Europe that are politically tied to continental Europe (the part of Russia that lies in Asia is currently illustrated to be part of Continental Europe)
samwaltz (talk) 15:51, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Revising the map

message: Wouldn't it be appropriate to mention the expression "peninsula of peninsulas" as a description of Europe? That Europe can be considered as a peninsula of Eurasia, and that the various peninsulas (Scandinavian, Iberian, Balkan, Italian, and even Great Britain when sea levels were low, as well as a few smaller peninsulas - I'm suggesting a list of European peninsulas) comprise much of Europe? TomS TDotO (talk) 14:26, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peninsula of peninsulas 

message: I'd be very interested in knowing if "continental Europe" is also used in Ireland... on the one hand, slang terminology seems to mirror British norms in most cases (see calling a Euro a "quid"), while on the other hand the pro-European zeal has been much greater there than in either Britain or Scandinavia. Any light that can be added to the article would be appreciated -- MichiganCharms (talk) 05:35, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland 

message: I've twice reverted a hatnote place by Bovineboy2008 as inappropriate for a serious en Wikipedia article where this editor is trying to promote an unreleased non-notable, nonsense film in Mandarin language, The Continent (film). I expect better from an editor with autopatrolled, file mover, reviewer priveleges than to clutter and cheapen articles in this way. I cannot see any rationale here, only unconstructive trivia. --Rocknrollmancer (talk) 08:24, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that "The Continent" redirects here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Continent?redirect=no ).  It would be best to change "The Continent" to a disambiguation page... AnonMoos (talk) 05:37, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I would love for you to have come to me with your concerns. This is merely a navigation concern, not a promotional edit. It would be best if "The Continent" were to redirect to "Continent (disambiguation)" to avoid a specific hat for this film. However, that is a different discussion. I would be willing to compromise if we include a hat to the disambiguation page on this article, but until then, navigation is broken unless the hat is included. BOVINEBOY2008 02:15, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid I definitely agree with User:Rocknrollmancer about one thing -- there absolutely should NOT be a specific link to the film on this page, because the film and this article have nothing whatever in common.  If there's a hatnote link, it should be to Continent (disambiguation) -- NOT to the film page.  If you had done that from the beginning, there might not have been any problem. AnonMoos (talk) 01:12, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This is how hat templates work. And I'm sorry to see that some editors believe this page to be an exception. Are we opposed to including a hat to Continent (disambiguation)? BOVINEBOY2008 01:31, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I personally have no objection to either 1) changing The Continent to a disambiguation page, or 2) adding a hatnote link to Continent (disambiguation) to the top of this article.  However, adding a direct link to the Chinese film page to the top of this article seems to single that link out from a number of other possible links to give it unusual special prominence, which seems odd. AnonMoos (talk) 07:15, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

text: Thanks - I have been off Wikipedia unexpectedly due to a family crisis. I appreciate the comments.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 20:50, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  BRD - hatnote to a Mandarin-language trash film 

message: I've just read this article for the first time, and upon reading the second paragraph "the most common definition of Europe...", I looked to the illustrations on the right, and none of them matched! Surely the the most prominent illustration should align with the lede and show "the common definition of Europe"!!!Savlonn (talk) 19:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big problem with lede 

message: I consulted the article to find comments about the question whether countries in the Kaukasus are considered part of Europe. Georgians in particular may be offended by not being considered Europeans. Georgia has a Christian background.
I recall proud Georgians claiming that their country is the beginning of Europa rather than the end.
I also recall definitions that consider the Greater Caucasus part of Europe, deviding the countries in the Caucasus between Europa and Asia.
Note that Caucasus countries are part of several "European" organisations, such as the Council of Europe and the European Broadcasting Union.
Anyway, there are no consequences of being considered part of Europe.
Rbakels (talk) 11:58, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Mountains (Himalayas and Andes excepted) rarely provide as clear a dividing line as a body of water (river, lake, sea). Georgia is sort of Europe and sort of Asia, it depends on context. For the purposes of this article, it is on the Asian side of the imaginary line. In the real world, it doesn't matter. --Red King (talk) 18:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kaukasus 

message: The See also section lists Continental philosophy, I suppose as an example of "continental" being used as an adjective. I wonder whether it would be worthwhile listing every such example that has a Wikipedia article (e.g. Continental Freemasonry, Continental Reformed church) or otherwise removing continental philosophy from the See also section since Continental breakfast is already given as an example in the prose. Essentially, I think it makes sense to give just one example or to give all examples, but two is weird. What do people here think? Ypna (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples of "continental" as an adjective 

message: Apparently someone added the Crimean penonsula to Russia's territory........ 2A02:A420:13:4D57:2:1:7B2B:F1FB (talk) 22:50, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of Crimea in highlighted Russian part of the map 

message: The second paragraph in the lead has been removed twice.  removed it first with an edit summary of  despite the two sentences having three citations. I manually restored them with the edit summary of .  then removed it with the summary .
However, 37.29.207.8 has only stated an opinion & has not offered any citations to contradict the claims in the existing citations. This seems to be original research on 37.29.207.8's part. I am restoring the material & am asking these editors to discuss their claims here. I believe that Kaiser 2003 & Hyde-Price 2000 are reliable sources. 
I am posting the three citations here. I will work on adding missing parameters for the two book citations in the article.
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Peaceray (talk) 17:57, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you add the quotes where it is stated that the Carolingian Empire is the cultural notion of Europe in general? Giralda.Avenida (talk) 12:01, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion of "core Europe" & reliability of sources