Talk:Surtsey

message: — Sverdrup 12:43, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do we have room for this picture? 

message: I hate that I have to waste time on this, but you know, 3RR and all that...
User:81.179.99.161 insists that these three units be linked:
...which began 130 metres below sea level...
This one's fine: I guess it's possible that some readers might be unfamiliar with the meter, or so dumbfounded by the bizarre spelling that they need to click it.
...when the island reached its maximum size of 2.7 km².
These two are just wrong. 1 E3 m compares orders of magnitudes of length, not area. Same with kilometre. These links are more likely to confuse that help. —Keenan Pepper 02:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So why not correct them?  Why remove links using the dishonest edit summary of 'units'?  81.179.99.161 08:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because there's no reason they should be linked. Please read Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context. Also, quit saying the edit summary was "dishonest". It was brief, but not intended to deceive. People make edits with blank summaries all the time and no one accuses them of dishonesty. —Keenan Pepper 16:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If an edit summary does not correspond to what the edit is, I think that's dishonest.  As for context, I think when giving an area, a link to an article about area is certainly relevant.  81.179.99.161 19:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linking units 

message: An Anon requested more info on the volcano; I'm moving the request here for appearence reasons. RJFJR 22:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Volcano 

message: Missing information about people activity on island. Small house for science, helicopter pad and lighthouse.  --Chmee2 16:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  People on Island 

message: Am I the only one that has trouble with viewing the third reference and onwards?--KerotanLeave Me a Message Have  a nice day :) 22:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. A <ref> tag was not closed properly. Lupo 23:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  references?  

message: I have nominated Surtsey because it does not seem to meet the featured articled criteria 1.(c), 2.(c), and 4. It is quite short, and is not of comparable length to current FA's. It is very under-referenced, and some of them aren't in the  form at all, just in <ref> tags. I do not believe that this fits the FA criteria any longer. You are welcome to comment at the review. Dreamafter (talk) 22:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the sources are no longer working, like source 16. Gatemansgc (talk) 00:48, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:FAR]] nomination of [[Surtsey]] 

message: The article claims: "It is estimated that about 0.024 km³ of material has been lost due to erosion – this represents about a quarter of the original above sea level volume of the island", and the reference given just afterwards justifies only the first part of the sentence. Is there a reference for the second part ("this represents about a quarter of the original above sea level volume of the island")? Thanks, 18:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been referenced.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.34.175 (talk) 21:39, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference Needed 

message: Is there any point in having two sets of identical coordinates seperated by one line of text? I don't think the ones in the lead add anything and they just make it look cluttered to me. Richerman (talk) 01:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you're quite right - remove it, I'd say. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 02:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  coordinates 

message: What a nice little article.  My only recommendation:  The first picture in the "Future" section, captioned "The island of Surtsey in 1999", is the shot that gives the clearest picture of Surtsey, and probably belongs up in the intro section.  The volcano picture is prettier, of course.  Tempshill (talk) 23:24, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice article 

message: footbnote 16 (this) is a broken link. Could someone fix it? Totnesmartin (talk) 19:56, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Avenue (talk) 08:31, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers mate! Totnesmartin (talk) 10:52, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken link 

message: The coordinates need the following fix:
The co-ordinates are infact 63.4 West
* [TYPE HERE]
--217.33.147.2 (talk) 09:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's definitely not 63.4 West - that would be in Canada. If you mean 64.4 North, that would put it due west of Heimay, not southwest. The existing coordinates check out fine in Google Maps, Bing Maps, and Blue Marble Navigator. --Avenue (talk) 13:24, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
63° 18′ 10.8″ N, 20° 36′ 18″ W
should be:
 63° 18' 9.25"N,  20° 36' 11.87"W
—vicganon (talk) 00:44, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: . The article is about a rather large feature, and the coordinates are given with sufficient precision (thousandths of a degree, or to about the nearest 100 meters), indicating a point roughly at the island's center. Giving the coordinates to a precision of hundredths of a second (approximately to the nearest foot) is clearly overkill, and the exact point specified by your coordinates doesn't appear to be significant in any way (not the volcano's highest point or anything). See also WP:GEO#Precision guidelines. Deor (talk) 03:55, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

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message: If we can find a source for this, would be good to add to the article. A quick look at Google Maps shows it to be about 10 miles from other islands, and 20 miles from the mainland. This would be useful context when reading about life colonizing the island from other locations. –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:34, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  How far away is the closest land? 

message: britannica says the surtseyan eruption started in november of '63, is this page maybe wrong? Lio B (talk) 20:02, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @KingcCake, an IP changed the year in the lead in Sep 2022 and nobody else caught it. It's been fixed. Schazjmd (talk) 20:32, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  was it 1964 or 1963?