Talk:Friesland

message: Bold textNO MENTION of the fact that this province flies the oldest flag still in use today. This is a varifiable claim and an improtant one
good article! 0-0 -)-(-H- (|-|) -O-)-(- 16:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Either find someone who speaks Dutch or try AltaVista. --Khoikhoi 02:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: Friesland was the first to acknowledge the independence of America's Thirteen Colonies from the United Kingdom.
I'm Frisian but have never heard of this, does anyone know the deal about it?
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I for one think its bull. Fact is that The Netherlands(in there then current form), Acknowleged it as a whole state.
And thats not the only bull in the article.
My 2 cents
:Not bull, John Adams went to the Netherlands just after the young nation was born. It was the Frisian province (Oostergo?) which was the first of the dutch provinces to vote in favour of acknowledging the United States. A Duck 22:06, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Friesland was the first to acknowledge the independence of America's Thirteen Colonies from the United Kingdom. 

message: Eugène van der Pijll wrote that the official name doesn't matter, excuse me?! The official name is Fryslân, that is the common name used in the European Union, every Dutch ministry (including forreign affairs!) and the province itself. The moderators are the best persons to decide which name is correct. Should be the regionally, nationally and international recognized names, Fryslân. 
I recognize this discussion from the Greek nationalists concerning the Macedonian articles.
Kind regards, Kening Aldgilles 10 apr 07, 20:22 CET
:Indeed, therefore I repeat my request to move to Fryslân. Fryslân boppe! --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 19:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Fryslân 

message: How about a Wikiproject dedicated to the Frisians? --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 07:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If this project will in fact start, I for one am willing to participate. A Duck 22:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps there should be a sub-project of the Netherlands project. I would suggest not just Frisians, but Friesland as well would be in the project. Graeme Bartlett 22:17, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

text: It will be a matter of how many people want to work on it.  I see you are keen, perhaps others can add their interest to this thread.  However there is still nothing stopping work on Frisian articles without a project.  If you get more than 4 volunteers I could try to make a new project.  I have not done this before, but I am trying out all different kinds of wikiactivities. Currently I am concentrating on Geology though, there are too many worthwhile projects around. Graeme Bartlett 23:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Good idea, except that there are only 4 with that template on their user page, perhaps you should encourage it's use, more useful that :category:ancestors of Pier Gerlofs Donia.  Perhaps you could find those with surnames that are Fiesian -stra and -sma type names, de Vries etc.  Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frisians project? 

message: This article is still in a very poor state, as it focuses almost exclusively on the Frisian language, as though nothing else ever happened in the province. Notwithstanding, I should like to add to the section comparing English and Frisian that Frisian syntax and vocabulary bear a closer resemblance to the neighbouring Low Saxon dialects of the Netherlands than to Standard Dutch. I've noticed this through personal observation, but I'll only add this info when I find a source confirming it. Ni'jluuseger (talk) 00:12, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Frisian and Low Saxon

message: Does any one know what the 'heart' shapes on the flag are, or represent?  They seem quite an unusual feature.  They also appear on the inter-Friesian flag, in the this article: West_Friesland_(region)
:Water lily leaves. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Hearts' on the flag? 

message: It might be interesting to note here that the name "Friesen" is a very common surname in the Dutch/Russian/Mexican Mennonite community.24.57.249.250 (talk) 13:14, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mennonites 

message: Legend has it from the Norse mythology of "Asgard" to 13th century navigational maps that in the North Atlantic lied a sunken continent by the name "Friesland", but it is uncertain the Frisian people were descendants of those islanders whom were displaced by the sinking of the continent thousands of years ago. + 71.102.11.193 (talk) 04:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A sunken land in the North Sea rather than the Atlantic Ocean would be more credible - Doggerland (the current Dogger Bank) was submerged about 6000 years ago.  Since the modern province of Noord Holland was known as Wes Friesia in medieval times, give a clue as to why Doggerland might have been called Friesland.  However I do not have any references (other than Wikipdia). Martinvl (talk) 08:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Do the sources from the other pages you have sight anything abour friesland? It would be a really cool addition to the page.Meatsgains (talk) 19:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: An article about the mythical island can be found under Frisland. Not sure if this belongs here. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 15:20, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

text: I see a hatnote already takes care of this. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 15:21, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Lost land of Friesland 

message: I have noticed that in chapter 6.1 it states that frisian is the only other official language in the netherlands.
However if i look at the official government website about recognized languages I see that it is not that simple as in the article 
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/erkende-talen/talen-in-nederland
21:33, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Well basically Frisian is only official as an administrative language in Friesland. It's not an official or administrative language in the rest of the Netherlands. Other administrative languages (Papiamento and English) exist in the Caribbean parts of the country. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 22:15, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chapter 6.1 Languages 

message: Here are some suggested improvements:
*Infobox should have more elements to it.
*Link and explanation about West Friesland (region)
*More prose about table contents.
*subSection about geology and natural disasters
*Expand the history
*reference the unreferenced parts.
*sections on organizations and famous people
*borders
*major natural features, bays rivers and lakes.
*Add canals and ports to transport
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:10, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see what we could possibly add to the infobox, but I agree that this article needs more prose to complement all the tables. De728631 (talk) 15:32, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This edit seems like a step back, bordering to vandalism: entire sections were removed without giving any rationale. – Editør (talk) 09:08, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted the major edit by Iseldiroedd, sacrificing a few edits that were made afterwards. If there is a problem, please discuss first before making bold changes. – Editør (talk) 09:17, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvements

message: The 2010 population density is incorrect:
646,305 people / 5749 square km = 112 people per square km, not 190, and
646,305 people / 2220 square miles = 291 people per square mile, not 490.
Errors this large may be indicators of other problems with calculation or consistency. It's a very interesting article with great potential. Thanks all for your hard work. Jackaroodave (talk) 20:46, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The population density is automatically calculated by the infobox: the population is divided by the land area. You are using the total area, i.e. the land plus water area, which consequently results in a lower density. – Editør (talk) 00:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population density 

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message: The list of Municipalities is very outdated. Current situation: https://www.fryslan.frl/document.php?m=7&fileid=56932&f=d93f7569f6e2ca8b7bb24c4ef0a9405f&attachment=0. Can someone with more time available than me update the list, including population, area etc? PDZ124169 (talk) 11:40, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Municipalities 

message: In the section Culture under Language: "Friesland is one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands to have its national language that is recognized as such, West Frisian." What does this mean? Wikifan153 (talk) 14:41, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing sentence