Talk:Baffin Island

message: this is the WORST landmass in the world. why don't the canadians kick it out of the country? --B. Phillips 09:19, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: * I don't understand your question.  What purpose would it serve to remove Baffin Island from Canada?  Em3rald 01:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

text: It's said to make magnificent hunting ground, and no doubt very scenic.
I heard there were nordic stone carvings on the island, from around 1000 a.d. ... is this true?
Following looks erroneous: "Japanese settlement of Baffin 10,000,000 people"
Scientists have found what they call hints of the earth's original recipe in an outcrop of rocks along a remote coast of Baffin Island.
The chemical composition of the Arctic rocks hasn't changed in 4.5 billion years, which makes it about the same age as the earth itself. from www.theglobeandmail.com  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.121.163.199 (talk) 19:06, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
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message: it seems that many animals on mainland nunavut don't exist on baffin island. is there a reason for this? can we add an explanation in the article? also where does the inuit name for the island derive from or what does it mean?--Sonjaaa (talk) 15:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The name according to the Inuktitut Living Dictionary it translates to "Baffin Island" which would mean that the Qikiqtaaluk Region is the Baffin Island Region but it used to be the Baffin Region. It turns out that "qikiqtaq" means island so it's possible that the name is in some way related to that but I'm guessing. The only major animal that seems to be missing from the island is the muskox but there are sveral smaller ones not listed that can be found at List of land mammals of Nunavut. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:04, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: fauna

message: Shouldn't it be the Baffin Island Wolf? SilverserenC 20:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arctic Wolf? 

message: Citation is needed for this claim. Evidence disputing this claim can be found in TIME Magazine article Another Ice Age? (June 24, 1974): Areas of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, for example, were once totally free of any snow in summer; now they are covered year round..  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xificurk (talk • contribs) 22:28, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barnes Ice Cap retreating since at least the early 1960s? 

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This isn't a very good map.  I think it should be removed.  Thoughts? Kennonv (talk) 05:17, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Which would you replace it with? CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 07:02, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

text: What I see is a trivial statement. Yes, the 70° lat & long (and 69, 71, 72 ...) and a good map is a valid ref for that. Question is -- so what? How is that notable and what reliable ref discusses it? Removed as trivia. If a source can be found discussing the factoid and stating its importance, feel free to add such. Vsmith (talk) 02:59, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Map

message: Need some geology info added.  There's a couple of diamond mines on the island (like Chidliak owned by Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.) Jhansonxi (talk) 14:09, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geology 

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thread_title:  Malware Link Removal 

message: The Demographics section refers to the "Indians" Should this not be Native Americans? or is there actually a bunch of people from India living there?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:56A:76B1:4E00:51D9:ADE7:44A4:2363 (talk) 04:19, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No. We use what the census says. If you follow the link it goes to First Nations, the term used in Canada. On the other hand Native Americans is a redirect to Native Americans in the United States. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 18:41, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics

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message: Should the Nunatsiaq News, a weekly newspaper, be considered a reliable source when it comes to rewriting the early history of North America? They are cited for much of the information that Europeans might have been present on Baffin Island hundreds of years before the Norse arrived in Greenland in about 985. Jerry Stockton (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I co-sign this concern. 2607:FEA8:BFA0:BD0:6958:16F0:B5DC:A055 (talk) 21:16, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nunatsiaq News 

message: There's exactly one sentence about the Indigenous inhabitants about the island, and the rest is theoretical, largely circumstantial wanking about Vikings. Seriously??? 2607:FEA8:BFA0:BD0:6958:16F0:B5DC:A055 (talk) 21:15, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "History" 

message: "it is located at 68°N 70°W"
More like 65-73°N 65-88°W. As if an 500,000 km² island would be in one tiny coordinate. 46.132.29.186 (talk) 02:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure if you noticed or not but the coordinates are sourced. At the same time most people will understand that the island covers more than just a single coordinate. The way that  works means that it is restricted to a single coordinate. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 05:15, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  location?