Talk:Danish overseas colonies

message: Are there any sources supporting the use of "Empire" about the Danish overseas territories? It does not strike me as the most common usage. If there aren't then the article should of course be moved to a more common name.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 14:27, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering the same thing myself. Here is one source I found that describes it as such. It states "18th century Denmark was an empire on a par with other contemporary European empires. Denmark partook in all the events that mark polities as empires." Adondai (talk) 08:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an opinion submitted to a journal by someone who isn't actually an accredited historian. There are a literally thousands of refereed articles submitted and accepted around the world every year, including maverick ideas and opinions. Wikipedia is reliant on reliable sources, not WP:FRINGE secondary pieces for academic discourse. If you have to comb around the web to find one such opinion, it's certainly not mainstream or WP:DUE in any shape or form. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:28, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello. While I must admit that I am not particularly knowledgable about the historical facts of this era in Danish history, I can add that the Danish colonies of the time was frequently referred to as just that:The Danish Colonies (Danish: De Danske Kolonier). Until the notion of the term "Empire" is settled perhaps the title should be just that? RhinoMind (talk) 14:25, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

text: @Adondai Certainly Denmark at the time was a Colonial power (Danish: Kolonimagt), but an Empire too? that seems far-fetched, just from the fact that the colonial possessions were rather small and did not encompass entire populations or anything of that nature. They were governed in cooperation and by acceptance of local rulers too. I am sure any scholar using the term Empire about The Danish Colonies, must have meant it in a most casual way. RhinoMind (talk) 14:33, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I just stumbled across this now and was struck by the odd title. It seems there's a consensus it should be moved or have I missed something here? Ping RhinoMind, Adondai, Iryna Harpy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yakikaki (talk • contribs) 19:50, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

text: If this article is named descriptively, then it fits with colonial empire. If it is named prescriptively, then it may not. -- 65.94.42.168 (talk) 00:04, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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message: Yes the map need a slight touch up still.
Jemtland in Sweden should be red. After Denmark and Norway split into two countries it was named øst-Trøndelag.
Jemtland still use the Norwegian seal in the flag. 
Also Skåne, the southernmost state in Sweden belonged to Denmark for a long time, the language spoken in the area is still based on Danish.
This area could also be made red for historical correctness.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.233.139.54 (talk) 10:42, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The current article seems to be WP:OR as it stands. There is no such thing as a 'Danish colonial empire' in English language scholarship, and the only place that pays lip-service to such an entity is Wikipedia. Firstly, find reliable sources for it being an 'empire' in the sense that the concept exists in English, then you can discuss updating maps which shouldn't actually be in an article which probably needs renaming. It's not up to editors to invent polities (and history), but to follow sources. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 20:24, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Well you may have a point there, but an article about Danish colonies as a whole seems in place. What should we call it, then?--Nø (talk) 20:51, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: To be honest, I'm not sure. I think it's worth checking around similar articles for the sake of uniformity across Wikipedia. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:02, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Danish colonies would be the obvious choice. That title already redirects to this article. TompaDompa (talk) 22:29, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  TompaDompa (talk) 22:47, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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