Talk:Black Sea

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rʨanaɢ (talk) 19:39, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: According to This book, the residence time for water in the Black sea ranges from about 4.8 to 625 years, depending on depth. I thought I read about that here once before. I like to saw logs! (talk) 08:42, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Residence time 

message: The Black sea is also connected to the Indian Ocean via the Suez canal and the red sea. It is more closer that way. 152.14.125.72 (talk) 01:49, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  European bias? 

message: I have found a new theory about the Black sea name. See Svetovid, the appearance section. Maybe is it worth mentioning on this page as well? Valugi (talk) 21:02, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Svetovid related etimology 

message: Currently 44°N 35°E is given as coordinates, while the geographic centre is located at
43° 17′ 49″ N, 34° 1′ 46″ E;  or 43.296944, 34.029444 in decimal degrees. 
I suggest to adjust this or at least mention it. 
Link : https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=%D0%A7%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5¶ms=43_17_49_N_34_1_46_E_scale:5000000_type:waterbody
:There is no need for this. See WP:OPCOORD. Bazonka (talk) 19:31, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates 

message: The map inserted on the top right side of the main page is mistakenly displaying the country officially known as F.Y.R.O.M. (Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) as "Macedonia". However, this name is not officially accepted, because it is seriously disputed by the neighboring Republic of Greece on the basis of Historical, Cultural and Geo-Political reasons. Until this dispute is settled the proper name should be used. All international organizations (United Nations Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, European Union, etc.) have adopted the acronym F.Y.R.O.M. for official use and certainly NOT just plain "Macedonia". The Greek Republic is very serious about that and wikipedia should abide with international law or risk finding itself at the wrong end of the judicial stick. Please remove this map and replace it with one that shows the proper name of this country.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.135.94.91 (talk) 17:17, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:FYROM. Wikipedia policy is to refer to the country as just Macedonia where there is no ambiguity. If you disagree with this, then the best place to discuss it would be Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Macedonia), although you aren't likely to change anything. Also please note Wikipedia:No legal threats. Bazonka (talk) 21:41, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of a politically biased map 

message: These few days the article is under anonymous user attack, it's clear that someone tries to make the same willful change from different IPs. I think the article needs protection from IPs.--g. balaxaZe★ 21:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: In the the name section, the four seas named after four colors are discussed.  I can't seem to confirm it on the net, but I distinctly remember the four colors were historically associated with the four cardinal directions.  Red was historically associated with the South, yellow for East, white for West, and Black for the North. So the White sea is the Mediterranean Sea, The Yellow Sea is the East China Sea, and the Red and Black Seas are still called the Red and Black Seas. Can anyone out there help confirm or deny this? 
Pb8bije6a7b6a3w (talk) 18:10, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  colors and directions 

message: According to UN and EU, Crimea is not a disputed territory, but a Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia. This act of Russia caused sanctions against Russia. Claiming that Crimea, or its parts, is disputed is wrong. It's not better than supporting ISIS claims, whatever they were.
Vlad Patryshev (talk) 01:22, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding the Status of Crimea and Crimean Cities 

message: Stumbled upon this; goes against every standard and guideline. Single sentence paragraphs? IWI  (chat) 21:57, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where to start?? 

message: Is there a more zoomed-out copyright-free map we could use as the first map? Something that shows more of the surrounding areas. I am from the other side of the world, and from that map i can't actually tell which sea this is about. Obviously in my case i'll scroll down, click a few links, try google maps etc. I'm just saying that isn't a very informative as a first image for someone unfamiliar with the region. Irtapil (talk) 13:49, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  zoomed out version of main map 

message: why  when the only place that puts the units of time so terribly out of order is on the other side of the world? (not the same other side as me, i'm Southern hemisphere.) Irtapil (talk) 15:06, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  why the American dates template? 

message: At Ref desk discussion some users expressed concern over depiction of political status of Crimean cities.
As of now I have mentioned Russia* denotes contemporary disputed territories claimed by Ukraine but personally I do not have preferences which way to be depicted; rather after  studying history of Black sea female slavery Where in one neighboring region Crimean Khanate looted  women of neighboring region Circassia and sold them in distant Ottoman empire; in course of time one more neighboring region emerges as a big player expels and deports inhabitants of both Crimea and Circassia with humanitarian crisis; there after in 21 century too big player Russia and small big neighbor Ukraine fight for territories. What any uninvolved Wikipedians supposed to have opinion beyond being neutral? Please don't take my reason of neutrality negatively, Why I explain some how I find this point discussion encyclopedicaly  less important so those who can avoid this political discussion please help spend time for researching trade and slave history of this region or even tourism while those who are interested thrash out this subject.
Btw I do not want to close this discussion too early since it is good point of attraction and there after I can request people joining the discussion to join researching slave history of Black sea region and update Wikipedia further for the same. Thanks for joining the discussion. Bookku (talk) 13:21, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Crimean cities, how to describe contemporary political status?

message: Greetings,
A major article overhaul being proposed, by clubbing, splitting, trimming of some sections. I am quite okay if some one else works on overhaul and restructuring, That would save my time, If no one comes ahead I will do it my self. Suggestions too are most welcome. 
* I will be sending some discussion invitations from article history statistics, active users  who have contributed reasonable amount of content to the article or related articles previously, others too are welcome to join in.    
Bookku (talk) 10:49, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some article restructuring and overhaul  

message: Both the section '#Drainage basin' here and '#Basin countries' at Black Sea drainage basin say there are 25 countries in the basin and then they list only 24. What is the 25-th country, missing in the lists? --CiaPan (talk) 18:56, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Since we're on the subject, I notice that Greece is included in the list of countries that the Black Sea's drainage basin covers. This seems erroneous: most of the sources cited omit Greece (save a European Union programme, which might have wider criteria of inclusion), and the relevant maps show clearly that all of northeastern Greece is drained into the Aegean (along with all adjacent Bulgarian territory), either by the Maritsa and its tributaries or directly by smaller rivers further west. Northwestern Greece is likewise not drained into the Black Sea, as the Danube's drainage basin barely reaches Albania (where the vast majority of the waters end up in the Adriatic) and North Macedonia (most of which is drained by the Vardar system into the Aegean). Waltham, The Duke of 13:30, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drainage basin countries 

message: The Black Sea is connected to the ocean via the Mediterranean. The Caspian Sea is not connected to the ocean at all.
The fact that the Black Sea is connected to the ocean does not depend on whether Europe and Asia are considered a single continent. We have not seen a source claiming otherwise.
Britannica does refer to the Black Sea as "inland", as per source recently added by . Britannica also claims that the Caspian Sea is "world's the largest inland body of water" . So Britannica either contradicts itself, or their usage of "inland" in the Black Sea article is colloquial, not strictly meaning "disconnected from the ocean". Tropcho (talk) 08:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion about "inland" status depending on whether Europe and Asia are considered a single continent is misleading 

message: It is unfortunate that this article lacks a description of Black Sea salinity other that vague qualitative information and a single concentration given i poorly defined PSU. (Practical salinity unit but sometimes percent, sometimes per mille, sometimes defined for volume sometimes for weight an possibly following some simplified procedure to convert other quantities (e.g. conductivity or density) into salinity. 150.227.15.253 (talk) 15:57, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salinity 

message: Greetings,
Hi, I am User:Bookku, my expectations to get expanded Black sea related articles failed miserably. I am expecting and requesting at least some help in expanding the article Draft:List of erstwhile slave trading townships with regions surrounding Black sea. In next steps I wish to have a proper map showing erstwhile slave trading townships across black sea.
Thanks and warm regards
 Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 09:51, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please help me  

message: I think the number should say 2588 meters = 8491 feet.
Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256485436_Evaluation_of_the_Circulation_Patterns_in_the_Black_Sea_Using_Remotely_Sensed_and_in_Situ_Measurements also the online map at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.140.150.29 (talk) 17:45, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maximum Depth 

message: — Assignment last updated by MethanoJen (talk) 20:01, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Biogeochemical Cycles

message: :
The order of these was changed a few weeks ago, without stating a reason.  I don't know the rationale for either order; perhaps by population?  If it were up to me I'd make it clockwise from the Bosporus. —Tamfang (talk) 01:10, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Tamfang  I would support and looking forward to  'clockwise listing from the Bosporus' as you suggested.    Bookku    (talk) 05:21, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ranking of cities 

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