Talk:Geneva

message: How do we add the map showing the location of geneva, similar to that found at Berne and Zürich and Basel?  Sophrosune (talk) 15:56, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map Showing Location of Geneva 

message: The name 'Lac de Genève' has only ever been used in Geneva, and not elsewhere in Switzerland (as indicated on the page Lake Geneva). So I will probably remove the reference to this name, and let people look at the main article on the lake if they want more info. Schutz 08:02, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I forgot to mention that even in Geneva, this name is now rarely used. Schutz 08:03, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Lac de Genève crops up now and then but me and everyone I know calls it Lac Leman. Wyss 16:57, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

text: I removed the recent addition of the german name of Lake Geneva, because the complete area around Lake Geneva is frenchspeaking. Therefore, "Genfer See" is NOT a local name. However, through the link Lake Geneva, the reader can still find this information. --Neumeier 01:31, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of Lac Leman 

message: thumb|right|250px|The Flower Clock
Which image is better ? The second was on the article in the beginning.. then replaced with the first. I changed it back to a modified version of second ( the third image ) because I think it gives a better idea about how big the clock is in terms of size. Also, the first image's colour seems faded. Anyhow, what do others think ?  sikander 08:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *The third one seems fine. NauticaShades 05:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flower Clock 

message: Is the metropolitan population of Geneva really equivalent to nearly 2 million people? This would make Geneva one of the largest cities in Western Europe, and vastly bigger than Zürich. The link page goes to a site in German that doesn't appear to immediately address the issue. Geneva is easily viewed on arrival via plane during the day, provided cloud cover is not too thick, and the largest concentration of development is obviously and overwhelmingly concentrated in the Canton of Geneva, which hosts under half a million people. The total population of the ONLY neighbouring Swiss state (Canton) of Vaud is around 650,000, of which about 200,000 live in Lausanne city limits. Even if 400,000 Vaudois could be counted as part of the Metropolitan area of Geneva, which I imagine is not very likely, that still leaves almost a million people unaccounted for. Where do these million people live?? Annemasse? Ferney-Voltaire? Divonne-les-Bains?-Wikipedia sources suggest that the combined population of these three next largest towns around Geneva barely exceeds 40,000 people and the only other town of note within close reach to Geneva, Thonon-les-Bains (population about 30,000), is separated from the Geneva metropolitan area by substantial tracks of sparsely-populated countryside.  I, therefore, would tend to assume that the Geneva urban agglomeration figure has been inflated by at least 7-800,000 people. Any thoughts? --Dogma2000 09:28, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metropolitan Population of Geneva 

message: Why was Geneva picked for so many international organizations? Sfisher 16:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure, but one reason might be because it is in neutral Switzerland. NauticaShades 17:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably a lot of truth in that, but the Red Cross is there because that's where its founder, Henry Dunant, came from. Ireneshusband 10:54, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Besides tradition, critical mass of already present international organizations, political stability and swiss neutrality, there is also the quality of life and good international tranport links. Some of these reason (neutrality, stability, approximative geographic centre of Europe) were even more important during the first half of the 20th century, when League of Nations and other international organizations were created in Geneva, but also UPU in Bern, IOC in Lausanne, and BIS in Basel. --Neumeier 01:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

text: It all started with the Red Cross for the reasons above, then the League of Nations. The League very nearly went to Brussels, but Wilson and others pushed for Geneva because of religious reasons (Wilson's staunch protestantism) and not wanting the seat of the League to be in the center of the conflict the organization was supposed to prevent from ever occurring again. Hennings.iheid (talk) 17:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  International organizations 

message: One of my history lecturers said it was a minor fancy of his that John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola met on the road outside Geneva in passing - one going in the other leaving.
62.6.121.44 21:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Calvin and Loyola

message: In the education section of the article the "public school" system is described and one particular school is singled out as one of the oldest public schools.  Can someone clarify in the article whether this is talking about public schools in the American sense of state schools or the English sense of independent/private schools? alihaig 08:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Public Schools

message: This section is very poorly worded and hard to understand.  I'd rewrite it but I'm not even sure what they writer was trying to say.  Definitely needs cleaned up.
Hipsterdoofus 20:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Climate

message: Where is the neutrality dispute that the current version mentions about Calvin? If no dispute is in progress those should be removed. JLMarais (talk) 23:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The tags were there to protest some inappropriately critical statements about John Calvin.  I have boldly rewritten that section and removed the tags.  Calvin's tenure in Geneva was certainly controversial, and it is appropriate to discuss that controversy.  But Wikipedia should not make controversial statements as if they were fact.  Controversial statements should be attributed to a source and should be balanced. --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 16:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History Neutrality Dispute?

message: I have removed three entire sections of the article: "Monuments and landmarks", "Museums and Galleries", and "Parks", as they were all copied from various subpages of http://www.geneva.info/. There are non-infringing versions in the history, if someone wants to take the time to re-insert them. howcheng  {chat} 18:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violations 

message: For whatever reason the infobox is not converting the desnity correctly into square miles.  With the area and population of the city, the density is comfortably 30,000 persons per square mile, but I can't figure out how to fix it. --Criticalthinker (talk) 05:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect "density" figure in Infobox

message: Much of the article reads like a travel guide. See Wikipedia:NOT#TRAVEL. To be encyclopedic, a section like the one on cinemas (which I've removed, along with some others], should give the number of cinemas, their specialities, their histories and what makes them distinctive from other world cities — of course with the sources cited. Information like this can be obtained for the article from many good travel books.
Let's band together to make this the best article on any European city, but not a travel guide. Amitiés, GeorgeLouis (talk) 06:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Travel guide 

message: *http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wirtschaft/aktuell/die_luft_wird_duenner_1.677154.html
*http://booking.qatarairways.com/qribe-web/public/showIBE.do?L=en  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.40.193.11 (talk) 14:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Alexander von Humboldt 1,585.65 USD

message: Why is this article only a B-class article? I think it needs reassessing. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk |  Sign 21:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class 

message: It appears that the History section of this article was heavily dependent on an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia published in 1910. We should try to reduce this trend, particularly given that (a) Geneva is famous as a major center for Protestantism, and focusing heavily on the Catholic perspective detracts from having a neutral point of view in this article, and (b) there is nothing in the History section that discusses the last 100 years of the city's history. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'm willing to help translate the history section from the French Wikipedia; even better if I can get some assistance. The page is at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneve#Histoire . What do you say? Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 06:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I brought in the 20th Century history section from the French Wiki, leaving out some of the tendentious material and that without a Source. The other sections, I suppose, can be left for later or for more skillful editing. Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section 

message: And what about the Spanish 'Ginebra'? Spanish-speaking people tends to think that Geneva ('Ginebra' in Spanish) is Genoa ('Génova' in Spanish).  It's a common mistake.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.142.175.22 (talk) 09:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Ginebra' in Spanish 

message: This has to be a national capital to be on the "top" list. Not even Los Angeles or Istanbul are there! Here is the list: National Capitals Wallie (talk) 14:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Not a National Capital

message: There's still a reference to an older, 2007 Mercer study on Quality of Life. The 2009 study has been out for several weeks now: http://realestate.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=19711427#3  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexus forever (talk • contribs) 04:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality of life index 

message: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/28/switzerland.wto.violence/index.html?section=cnn_latest
violent protest 28 Nov 2009 against WTO in which cars were set fire to and windows were smashed
Stevv (talk) 22:23, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do you think this is Notable? 

message: Added on Nov 13, the sentence " In the heart of the International Geneva is located the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies an institution of advanced research and teaching which proposed MA and PhD programmes and prepare international actors to respond to the challenges of tomorrow's world." sounds a lot like the institute's recrutement flyer: http://graduateinstitute.ch/webdav/site/iheid/users/admin/public/central_dep/flyer_recrutement.pdf  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.194.8.73 (talk) 09:51, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shall the graduate institute be part of the header of this article ? 

message: Geneva is a Celtic name??? Verification? The French page says Geneva is originally Ligurian, which would make a lot more sense considering location and history!? 90.184.243.14 (talk) 22:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Etymology is not clear. This was the territory of the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe. But look at the etymology of Genoa, with which commentators say it is cognate. But I don't think the Celtic empire extended to Liguria. The Latin etymology (from "knee") is not convincing to me. Basically, no one seems to know. Perhaps you could enlarge on this in the article. Nick Michael (talk) 13:05, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I thought the origin was Saint Juniper - in Italian Ginepro. /p/ to /v/ is a common slip and then you have the male/female forms Ginevro/Ginevra. Ginevra is the Italian name for the city. But maybe the St. Juniper/Ginepro connection is only true for the Italian form? I suppose the English form Genava could very well have  Celtic roots in a way independent of the Italian/Ligurian form?   90.184.243.14 (talk) 03:21, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: (moved from my talk) Materialscientist (talk) 23:12, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Personal assessment declined. Brought here for public attention. Materialscientist (talk) 23:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geneva 

message: Is extremely long; I'm proposing shifting most of it into its own article. LibStar (talk) 13:33, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. The History section is long, and Geneva was an independent state right through to 1815 (albeit with periods of French domination, I think). Is there any active discussion towards doing this at present? AWhiteC (talk) 21:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough, is any one going to make the split? Op47 (talk) 14:08, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, me! Done! Hard work! Anybody want to check what I've done? Look out for the thing I forgot – there's always at least one. AWhiteC (talk) 23:28, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thankyou, it looks fine to me. Op47 (talk) 13:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: The "Heritage sites of national significance" section seems messy to me and out of place for an average article about a city. Looking forward to some better solution rather than deleting them all recklessly.Lerox-Donut (talk) 15:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heritage sites of national significance 

message: I suggest adding this image to the article's section "Cityscape." Thoughts? Griberg 23:20, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with Nick Michael. That would be a bit redundant with the picture in the Geography section. The current panorama in the cityscape section is not perfect but it is a more interesting view point because from there you can see how the buildings look like in Geneva. mgeo talk 12:46, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cityscape 

message: Hey i don't really know how to use Wikipedia, but can anyone help me with the subject mentioned above? I need it to complete my Geography project. Please and Thank You :)Debslf (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: What sort of help are you looking for?  Are you supposed to create an article on the subject of urbanization or write a report?  What sort of information are you looking for? Tobyc75 (talk) 11:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

text: I'm supposed to do a research paper about Geneva's urbanisation, like about the urbanisation over the years, causes of urbanisation, consequences of urbanisation and to suggest solutions to manage urbanisation in the city concerned, which in my case is Geneva, Switzerland. Debslf (talk) 01:57, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urbanisation in Geneva 

message: Hi,
just to let you guys know that as a native speaker from Lorraine (NE) I'd pronounce Genève with a schwa between the 'g' and the 'n' (so, more like French « je nève » if it existed). I gather it would be true of most people in Lorraine and, I would tend to think, of most French speakers in France. I don't know about Swiss speakers though. At least I guess it would deserve some room in the introduction but I'm not sure what the guidelines say.
Cheers, Denhetreil (talk) 21:28, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: The article on Geneva shouldn't lack a mention of J L Borges. I propose his inclusion in the list of notable people, thus:
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, who lived as a youth, died and was buried in Geneva, and considered it one of his "Homelands"Borges, Jorge Luis. "Obras Completas". Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1996, v. III, p. 497.
In case this type of mention is considered inappropriate, please let me know before I do include it in the article's text. (Of course I totally oppose the notion that "notable people" list should only include natives of a specific city, as was earlier proposed). Desiderius82 (talk) 14:45, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Borges

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 12:35, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Geneva]] 

message: Wikipedia is not a source to itself, ok. However, I fail to see how a citation would be required for an enumeration of businesses located in a city. 69.165.196.103 (talk) 04:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: An uncommented bare enumeration with internal wikipedia links doesn't need a citation (but would probably need a comment!). And as soon as the enumeration is completed with appreciative or depreciative comments ("long tradition", "major international producer"), and with additional information ("have their headquarters and main production facilities in Geneva"), a citation is needed. Sapphorain (talk) 07:57, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved citation tag to more appropriate location 69.165.196.103 (talk) 01:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent revert (as of 5 January 2017) 

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message: Hello,
Just wanting to inquire about the fortifications shown on the maps of 1850s? I have found a map of 1860 showing no fortifications (I cannot conceive of them only taking 10 years to dismantle) - there does not seem to be any traces of them I can see in the cityscape itself? Are they just a popular myth? 
There is also literature saying that the city did consider walls at one point.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughbadou (talk • contribs) 18:14, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No myth. There are a few walls still standing. If you google-image "Genève fortifications" you'll get a good idea of what they were really like, and one or two showing their (unfortunate) demolition. Nick Michael (talk) 21:01, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure why I’m trying to convince you. This is starting to feel like the Roswell UFO incident! As a last attempt perhaps you’d look at the chronological maps of Geneva here:
http://www.amiel.org/vie/cartographie/grandsformats.htm
As for the Ile Rousseau, it’s not a true island but an artificial one, part of the fortifications built between 1585-1588 in order to secure the entrance to the lake of Geneva. Nick Michael (talk) 21:13, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fortifications 

message: yours, Sean Yearwood, the black and white Jew and Targeted Individual  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.162.35 (talk) 03:23, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What of: FC. Davidstar Cabalvingrad Geneva? 

message: I removed the collage in the box because one of the its images may actually be in France. CERN is divided between the two countries. In addition, very few people can actually see this equipment, so we should use an image which is more emblematic of the city. The other mentions of CERN in the article are a bit overemphasized also. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:59, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  CERN 

message: Greetings fellow editors. I am here from GOCE to copy edit this rather fine looking article. If I do anything you don't like, or don't understand, feel free to flag it up here.
: Up where? And don't forget to sign your posts. I'm sure it was just an oversight. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I would not mind if it were deleted, but I suppose I would be outmessaged if I suggested such a thing. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:19, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to be bold as a copy editor, but not that bold . Although at 28 years old I was tempted. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:05, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

text: Browsing through your lengthy edits I very quickly came to two very big mistakes, and quite certainly there must be others as I didn't verify entries of people I am not familiar with. I am not interested in sorting out what is correct and what is not, so I reverted to the last sane version. Sapphorain (talk) 22:47, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

text: A large single edit containing a number of correct entries and also a number of incorrect ones is one single large bad edit as a whole. I would suggest you consult reliable sources before suppressing and modifying entries according to your own personal feelings or according to what you read in other wikipedia articles (wikipedia is not an acceptable source for itself). Regarding Nicolas Bouvier you might want to read , and regarding E. Fleg . Sapphorain (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

text: No way. As a quick check shows you also deleted Henri Dufaux, and much worse, Frank Martin, I think you are in no way reliable to correct your many mistakes. I will revert any attempt to reinstall your complete works. Sapphorain (talk) 21:44, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

text: You are pretending not to understand. After two quick searches through your bulky recent edits, I found a few big mistakes proving you are editing without checking sources and following your own feelings. You are not reliable. And I am not interested in loosing my time in order to find the probable other mistakes you did. Please leave this section of notable people as it is now. It is better as it is as anything you could modify in it. Sapphorain (talk) 23:09, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

text: If you persist in claiming that the deleted people in your list "are of limited notability and/or limited connection with Geneva", I can only repeat that you are yourself, although delightfully polite, of limited reliability and competence. Because at least 6 of them, Ernest Bloch, Henri Dufaux, Marcel Golay, Max Thurian, Cécile Biéler-Butticaz and Caroline Barbey-Boissier-Butini are Genevans (i.e. burghers of Geneva), and are all sufficiently famous to have their own entry in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Also, a commemorative plaque has been installed were Cécile Butticaz   used to live in Geneva. All others in this list are at least sufficiently notable to have their wikipedia page, and are either Genevans or have strong connections with Geneva. For the last time please do not remove any of them. For the last time because I don’t intend to keep on arguing with a person, however exquisitely polite, who is so stubbornly clinging to a false claim. Sapphorain (talk) 16:25, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy edit 

message: The Average Temp and Precipitation chart is only up to 1990. That's 28 years ago. Does anyone have access to a more recent chart? Gog the Mild (talk) 21:22, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I would not mind if it were deleted, but I suppose I would be outmessaged if I suggested such a thing. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:19, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to be bold as a copy editor, but not that bold . Although at 28 years old I was tempted. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:05, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Query

message: On a similar note, a lot of the Demographics section is out of date. Much is harking back to 2000! Surely we can do better? Gog the Mild (talk) 21:05, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Query 2

message: The Heritage sites of national significance section is virtually unreadable in its current format. IMO it is also unduly large for this type of article. Compare with Paris, which manages with a redirect and a short prose section. I would strongly recommend moving the contents of this section to one or more dedicated articles. (Again I would commend the way the three articles linked to Paris#Tourism#Monuments and attractions handle this.) 
I was tempted to blank the lot, but decided that was pushing my remit as a copy editor a bit far. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Recommendation

message: I would suggest that the Notable people section is little read. Again can I recommend a redirect. (With NO exceptions. If they are that important they will be mentioned in the article anyway on their own merits.) Picking a city at random, note how London handles this. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Browsing through your lengthy edits I very quickly came to two very big mistakes, and quite certainly there must be others as I didn't verify entries of people I am not familiar with. I am not interested in sorting out what is correct and what is not, so I reverted to the last sane version. Sapphorain (talk) 22:47, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

text: A large single edit containing a number of correct entries and also a number of incorrect ones is one single large bad edit as a whole. I would suggest you consult reliable sources before suppressing and modifying entries according to your own personal feelings or according to what you read in other wikipedia articles (wikipedia is not an acceptable source for itself). Regarding Nicolas Bouvier you might want to read , and regarding E. Fleg . Sapphorain (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

text: No way. As a quick check shows you also deleted Henri Dufaux, and much worse, Frank Martin, I think you are in no way reliable to correct your many mistakes. I will revert any attempt to reinstall your complete works. Sapphorain (talk) 21:44, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

text: You are pretending not to understand. After two quick searches through your bulky recent edits, I found a few big mistakes proving you are editing without checking sources and following your own feelings. You are not reliable. And I am not interested in loosing my time in order to find the probable other mistakes you did. Please leave this section of notable people as it is now. It is better as it is as anything you could modify in it. Sapphorain (talk) 23:09, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

text: If you persist in claiming that the deleted people in your list "are of limited notability and/or limited connection with Geneva", I can only repeat that you are yourself, although delightfully polite, of limited reliability and competence. Because at least 6 of them, Ernest Bloch, Henri Dufaux, Marcel Golay, Max Thurian, Cécile Biéler-Butticaz and Caroline Barbey-Boissier-Butini are Genevans (i.e. burghers of Geneva), and are all sufficiently famous to have their own entry in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Also, a commemorative plaque has been installed were Cécile Butticaz   used to live in Geneva. All others in this list are at least sufficiently notable to have their wikipedia page, and are either Genevans or have strong connections with Geneva. For the last time please do not remove any of them. For the last time because I don’t intend to keep on arguing with a person, however exquisitely polite, who is so stubbornly clinging to a false claim. Sapphorain (talk) 16:25, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Recommendation 3

message: Regarding the ZIPs covered by the city please check it out here. -- ZH8000 (talk) 19:43, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is very messy an unclear. Please provide a clear source using words and sentences. Sapphorain (talk) 20:23, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

text: (And there is no point in arguing here in the discussion, until a clear source is provided in the page itself).Sapphorain (talk) 20:25, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, you can't get it more official since this is a official publication by the Swiss Federation and undisputable. It is even written law. Again, it is your task to prove you are right accordig WP:BRD. So please stop playing the stubborn child, please. -- ZH8000 (talk) 20:55, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Your task is to provide a valid source. A source must be included in the page, not in the discussion about the page. Sapphorain (talk) 21:18, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  ZIP 

message: The League of Nations seems to have first convened in this 1860s building, but I cannot find a single contemporary mention of it. Was it torn down? Was it included in the Palais des Nations, where there seems to be a conference room or alike by that name? Thanks. Arminden (talk) 16:27, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The building in which the League of Nations first convened in Geneva (from November 1920) is the Palais Wilson, which is an 1870s building. To my knowledge it has never been called (nor has contained a) "Reformation Hall". But before it convened in Geneva, the League of Nations had a brief activity in London (from January 10, 1920). So maybe the building you are looking for is in London? Sapphorain (talk) 13:34, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the Reformation Hall still standing? 

message: A discussion is taking place as to whether :Portal:Geneva is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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thread_title:  Nomination of [[:Portal:Geneva]] for deletion 

message: Regarding this edit, the WP:Edit summary of "Well, then," was confusing, so I reverted the change. Best wishes, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:10, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit summary 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion 

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thread_title:  Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion 

message: I doubt that photos of Swisstopo's maps are legal copies.
In https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/home/meta/terms-and-conditions.html under Copyright it says that "Copyright and any other rights relating to texts, illustrations, photos or any other data available on the websites of swisstopo are the exclusive property of Swisstopo or of any other expressly mentioned owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder.".
The referred free use only relates to geological data and their services, not the reproductions of maps/pictures.
-- ZH8000 (talk) 16:00, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Swisstopo maps are under a free license. See National Maps of Switzerland. These are already used in many places. Yann (talk) 10:14, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, all these examples have been published by Federal Office of Topography themselves. So, no evidence at all. -- ZH8000 (talk) 13:48, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi ZH8000, have you read the terms of use specifically applying to geoservices and geodata? It says: "The free geodata and geoservices of swisstopo may be used, distributed and made accessible. Furthermore, they may be enriched and processed and also used commercially." So, in our case, the file in question is an automatically generated pdf map by the geoportal, it is as free to use as tiff map sheets or simple screen captures. Zach (Talk) 13:01, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal objection about added map photo