File talk:British Isles Venn Diagram.png

message: That little circle in the bottom right labelled "British Isles" ought to be "Channel Islands"! Blisco 18:20, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now fixed. Blisco 09:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ideally I think that there should be two separate smaller circles included as well for "Jersey" and "Guernsey"... although it might be best to have a completely separate diagram for the Channel Islands, so as to also show Alderney and Sark without over-balancing the main diagram?  Silverhelm 11:50, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Channel Islands

message: See Talk:British Isles (terminology). -- AnonMoos 21:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Further minor changes (July 15)

message: Great Britain is shown as a geographical entity that encompasses the political England and Wales.
This isn't true since the text of the article says the geographical G.B. is the largest island so it excludes the Isle of Wight which is part of the political England, Anglesey which is part of the political Wales, etc.
-- Ralph Corderoy 10:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, that approach would be to pursue theoretical abstract metaphysical geography far beyond practicality... AnonMoos 11:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it shows that the "Venn" diagram is way out of its depth in trying to represent the complexity that is the British Isles and it should be deleted.  See my other comment above.  Is it OK for anyone to remove it? -- Ralph Corderoy 16:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you ignore the fact that two of the islands are much bigger than all the others, then there's a problem.  If you don't ignore the fact that two of the islands are much bigger than all the others, then there's not much of a problem.  The diagram does reasonably well what it was designed to do.  Unfortunately, it wasn't intended to be used for the purposes of deciding the status of the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Hebrides, Orkneys, or Shetlands. AnonMoos 19:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Great Britain

message: It won't look so elegant, but "Isle of Man" should also be in blue!  Silverhelm 11:52, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isle of Man 

message: Just reading up - isn't the title "Venn" diagram inappropriate here?
The British Isles terminology article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_%28terminology%29) refers to this type of drawing as an Euler diagram.  Which, based on this definition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_diagram - seems more appropriate.
I learn something new every day over here at Wikipedia ....
: It an Euler diagram.  Pronounced "oiler".  He was the most famous person to live in the 18th century and everyone still talks about him daily today, so it wouldn't hurt to learn to pronounce his name. Michael Hardy (talk) 04:41, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Euler 

message: What is the purpose of the circle around England and Wales? It isn't even labeled. --Yath 20:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As has been mentioned several times here and/or at Talk:British Isles (terminology), the ellipse around England and Wales indicates that England and Wales taken together form a significant legal and historical unit. AnonMoos 00:33, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah. Not having a label, it deviates from the convention followed by the rest of the diagram. Given that it's so prone to confusion, a better design might be a good idea. Come to think of it, there's no obvious reason for "British Isles" to be in parentheses, nor for "Channel Islands" and "Isle of Man" to be in their own circles. --Yath 01:47, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  England/Wales circle? 

message: "Great Britain" is a political entity see Kingdom of Great Britain. Windyjarhead 05:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For entities which are both geographically-defined and politically-defined, geography takes precedence. AnonMoos 18:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Great Britain Circle