Talk:Gran Canaria

message: As of the time this is written, I have started translating this article, since no one has come forward and it's up for deletion soon enough. No problem, I'm a translator, and so is my mom :)
Diego440 17:08, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: translation

message: Is Gran Canaria a country?
- Patelco
No in any way. --Bentaguayre 18:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  hey 

message: "rarely Grand Canary (archaic)" - isn't this so rare and archaic that it's not even worth including in the opening line?
: Britannica deems it worthy of inclusion: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037642/Gran-Canaria --85.181.226.141 (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "rarely Grand Canary (archaic)" 

message: I would object to including the whole section on 'Tourism', which would be more fitting to a travel guide, not an encyclopedia. I understand that the inhabitants of Gran Canaria are proud of their island and make money out of tourism, but I don't think an encyclopedia is the right place to publicize touristic attractions.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polifemo (talk • contribs) 11:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A section on 'Tourism'? 

message: There's quite a bit of info for disabled people on the homepage, which would be better at a sub page or am I wrong?
88.28.224.222 (talk) 11:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, one could question the whole encyclopedicity of information aimed at the disabled. Would be nice in like Wikitravel, but not maybe something I'd put in Wikipedia  hydrox (talk) 15:05, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info for disabled on the 'homepage' of Gran Canaria? 

message: Las Palmas de GC is not the largest city in the Canary Islands, is only the most populated.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.49.250.148 (talk) 16:03, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  City las palmas 

message: There is not much on volcanoes. Can someone add a section on it? 
Guanlongwucaii (talk) 07:46, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Not Much on Volcanoes

message: Despite its name Gran Canaria is not the largest island in the archipelago, which is Tenerife. Gran Canaria is the most populated island of province and the second most populated island of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife.Cifra de población referida al 01/01/2008 según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Check the wikipedia page in Spanish: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.148.88.210 (talk) 18:04, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  population and name of the island 

message: Gran Canaria is the second most populated island of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife.Cifra de población referida al 01/01/2008 según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.154.235.217 (talk) 14:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  poblation 

message: "This island is called a "Miniature Continent" due to the different climates and variety of landscapes found, with its long golden beaches and endless dunes of white sand, its green ravines and picturesque villages." Reads like a tourist brochure to me, which is supposed to put the beauty of the landscape in best-possible words. I even agree to everything described in the article; yet it does not belong into an encyclopedia. -andy 92.229.88.233 (talk) 16:22, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  At part, you guys sound like a brochure. 

message: Sorry, if my question is not for here, but I am soon going to Gran Canaria for 3 months and my question is about poisonous or otherwise dangerous animals living in the wild - like for example deadly snakes, scorpions, spiders, lizards, etc. Thanks in advance for any serious advice! -Dimitar  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.215.42.96 (talk) 18:36, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, Gran Canaria is one of the safest places on earth in this regard. The biggest "wild" animals you'll encounter will be rabbits, if you're lucky enough to see them. There are no poisonous or dangerous animals on the island. In fact, there are no snakes or scorpions, poisonous or not, and although there are lizards and spiders living in the countryside, they pose no danger to humans. --Virso2 (talk) 12:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

text: Please take your travel queries elsewhere. This page is for discussing the associated article, not its subject. There's little point apologising in advance and then asking anyway. Thanks. Acasson (talk) 17:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well you answered anyway! :) I think there's no problem with having this kind of thing appear occasionally on a talk page because it can sometimes lead to improvements in the articles. Jonnyboy5 (talk) 08:20, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dangerous Animals 

message: To whomever it was that changed the name throughout the article to "Grand Canary". The de facto name of the island in English nowadays is "Gran Canaria". Airlines use it, holiday firms use it, the BBC uses it... and it is therefore entirely correct for Wikipedia to use the Spanish name too.
Acasson (talk) 16:20, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the island in English 

message: Gran Canaria NOT is the most populated island of the archipelago. Not is the second most populated island of Spain after Mallorca. Gran Canaria is the SECOND most populated island of the archipelago (after Tenerife), and the THIRD most populated island of the Spain, after Tenerife and Mallorca.
*Tenerife - 906.854 inhabitants
*Mallorca - 862.397 inhabitants
*Gran Canaria - 845.676 inhabitants  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.37.85.151 (talk) 17:17, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gran Canaria NOT is the most populated island of the archipelago 

message: Wikipedia is my favorite source of information.  But there is a mistake in this article: 
It gives the coordinates of Gran Canaria as 27°58′S 15°36′W.  It should say 27°58′ NORTH, 15°36′W. 
Regards, 
Bernd Riechelmann
briechelx@gmail.com
166.137.209.145 (talk) 07:23, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: So fix it! That's what Wikipedia is all about (and it would have taken you less time to correct the error than to write this note). Acasson (talk) 10:33, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Likewise. And please don't bite newcomers.--130.34.156.239 (talk) 06:48, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong coordinates 

message: It would be nice to include a map showing the location of Gran Canaria on a larger scale. CuriousOliver (talk) 20:04, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larger Map would be nice 

message: http://www.cunningcanary.com/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.83.11 (talk) 13:02, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: As per the INE census, the population in 2014, of each of the most important islands of Spain is as follows: 
 
07 Balears, Illes
*07 Formentera	11,545
*07 Eivissa	140,271
*07 Mallorca	858,313
*07 Menorca	93,313
 
35 Palmas, Las
*35 Fuerteventura 106,930
*35 Gran Canaria	851,157
*35 Lanzarote	141,940 
38 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
*38 Gomera, La	20,721
*38 Hierro, El	10,675
*38 Palma, La	83,456
*38 Tenerife	889,936
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("Cifras Oficiales de Población de los Municipios Españoles: Revisión del Padrón Municipal. Resumen por Islas": http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2910)										
190.45.171.74 (talk) 18:56, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gran Canaria is not the most populated island of the archipielago of Canarias 

message: Why the flag isn't there? Flag of the Canary Islands has it, at least. 85.76.77.241 (talk) 22:03, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 

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