Talk:Caroline Island

message: Seth, you did a great job putting this article—on a very remote part of the Pacific—together. I commend you - Marshman 04:56, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: comment

message: How do you have northwesterly trade winds?  Trades blow from the northeast above the equator and southeast below.  Either somebody's got their directions backwards or they're not talking about trades.   KarlM 06:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Karl: You're right; Kepler and Kepler report that, although Caroline lies in "a region primarily influenced by southeast trades," meteorological records incidate that winds measured on the island tend to originate from the northeast. (, p. 31) I've updated the article. Thanks! - Seth Ilys 21:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: backward trade winds

message: The article currently ends with these statements: "As Caroline Island only extends six meters above sea level, it is in danger as sea levels rise. The Kiribati government estimates that the island may be reclaimed by the sea as soon as 2025, and the United Nations has rated Caroline Island as among those most in danger from sea level rise." These assertions are exaggerated and inaccurate. According to the sea level rise article, the sea level is increasing at a rate of three millimeters per year. If the rate remains constant, Caroline Island will be "reclaimed by the sea" in two thousand years. The Kiribati government's claim that this will happen by 2025 is not supported by the data.
I realize that global warming and associated topics are controversial, but this particular point strikes me as a question of simple arithmetic. Wikipedia should not be presenting these claims as fact if the underlying math is fundamentally wrong. Pat Berry 17:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pat: You're right; the best estimates of sea level rise don't have Caroline dissapearing entirely underneath the sea within the next 20 years; however, both of those statements are sourced and are technically correct. However, they may be misleading. One of the dangers of even a small sea level rise is that it can have a profound impact upon island vegetation; a one meter rise could easily render Caroline Atoll barren, which may well be what the Kiribati government and the UN are referring to. I'll try to add additional clarifying statements as to what "reclaimed by the sea" may actually mean. Thanks! -- Seth Ilys 19:51, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Danger from sea level rise

message: I have changed the name of the article to Caroline Atoll because that is the more common name of the article. Caroline Island will be redirected to that page. --GoOdCoNtEnT 22:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How did you judge that "Caroline Atoll" was the "more common name"? In building the article, I encountered "Caroline Island," "Caroline Atoll," and "Millennium Island" with (by my assessment) roughly equal frequency. My selection was somewhat arbtirary, but based on my impression that the name "Caroline Island" has been in use for the longest period of time. -- Seth Ilys 22:47, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change 

message: Came here from WP:ISLANDS, where I've been working through our unassessed backlog. While this article has been rated FA by two other wikiprojects, those assessments were some time ago. I ran a quick Ckecklinks script and found two dead links, which unfortunately are referenced often within the article itself. This is why I rated it an A; The article is well-written and informative otherwise and just needs some minor updates. PaintedCarpet (talk) 04:04, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Edit. Instead of unilaterally changing the assessment myself, I am nominating it for FA reassessment. PaintedCarpet (talk) 21:16, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: FAR is on hold to give people here a chance to respond; it will proceed in a week or two if issues remain unaddressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:28, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The links that were identified as dead by Checklinks have all been repaired with archived versions. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:54, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: PaintedCarpet, did you have any further concerns? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:02, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead Links and assessment 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: This is a 2006 Featured article that does not meet FA standards, and does not appear to have been kept up to date.  
* "The atoll is currently designated as a wildlife sanctuary", MOS:CURRENT, cited to a 2002 source.  sorted - Amitchell125
* "rated as one of the most unspoiled Pacific atolls" ... cited to a 2006 source.  sorted - Amitchell125
* There is considerable uncited text.  sorted - Amitchell125
* There is a mixture of faulty WP:ENDASHes, WP:EMDASHes and hyphens.  sorted - Amitchell125
* And ... ? "In the 1990s, the island was leased to Urima Felix, a French Polynesian entrepreneur; he established a small homestead on one of the islets and reportedly had plans for development of the atoll."  sorted - Amitchell125
* "Caroline Island now is at the same time as the Hawaiian Islands" rephrase to avoid MOS:CURRENT  sorted - Amitchell125
* WP:GALLERY  sorted - Amitchell125
* Inline ISBNs, rather than citing the books with page nos.  sorted - Amitchell125
* Don't know what this wants to be ... fall into four major groupings: the South Nake Islets, the Central Leeward Islets, the Southern Leeward Islets, and the Windward Islets (see "map". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2009.).  sorted - Amitchell125
* A mixture of convert styles  sorted - Amitchell125
* A dated list of external links that may not still be relevant or meet WP:ELNO.  sorted - Amitchell125
This issues should be addressed so that a Featured article review is not needed.   SandyGeorgia (Talk)  19:53, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the article now, started on the references and links, plenty of work for others to help with! Amitchell125 (talk) 11:43, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured article review needed 

message: There seems to be a mixture of ways in which books are cited—some in the Footnotes section and some also in the section below that. I'd like to make the references more consistent by moving books and journals to the References section. Amitchell125 (talk) 11:22, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: "The atoll is known as the first place on Earth to receive sunlight each day during much of the year," can't be true. Places near the south- and north poles in UTC+12 have midnight sun large time of the year and recieve the sun much earlier than places near the equator. 185.166.204.183 (talk) 01:30, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  First place to receive sunlight? 

message: :File:Map of Millennium Island (Caroline Atoll), Kiribati.svg appears to be missing a legend explaining what the different shades of green/blue reference. Could this be added?  talk 17:35, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo legend