Talk:Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

message: Someone posted the wrong flag for China.  I've changed it to the PRC flag (since Taiwan is already listed with the correct flag, there is no confusion between the two).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.132.127 (talk) 01:28, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong Chinese Flag

message: Splitting this from the main article 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, was a temporary practical measure needed to cope with the rapid rate of editing a very large article in the face of multiple edits per minute (with occasional vandalism sprees and reversions all happening simultaneously with legitimte new edits).
The split was done in accordance with a vote at Talk:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and was supported by a number of people who had previously opposed such a split in an earlier vote.
Please do not unsplit (at least not for the time being) without a vote at the parent page talk page.  If you are an admin, please help promptly block any vandals of this and the parent page.
-- Curps 08:24, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  First comment 

message: Table of on citizens of foreign countries dead or missing
*Perhaps this should be listed geographically rather than alphabetically, like the aid article. A summary table may be useful as well. --Joolz 10:48, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Implemented, since no objections noted. Zingi 14:17, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Countries that lost citizens travelling abroad

message: Seems odd to have countries that lost people, in the same table as countries where a 17cm "micro-tsunami" was detected by instruments. I think these would be better divided into two tables, "Countries directly affected", and "List of long-distance tsunami recording sites". There must have also been instrument detections of it in the Atlantic. - MPF 19:31, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it is off-putting.  Your idea seems like a good one.  BanyanTree 20:01, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you do it? - I'm not too hot on editing tables. A better idea for the header of the second bit would be useful too, maybe "Detection of the tsunami outside of the Indian Ocean". - MPF 20:18, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, and I divided the "lost citizens" section into three parts so editors don't have to deal with a mass of table code.  It looks a lot better, imo.  BanyanTree 20:48, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

text: The Pacific was the only ocean with a tsunami detection system, so I would be surprised if there were readily available measurements made in the Atlantic. BanyanTree 20:52, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Countries directly affected

message: I've changed some of the headings:
*'Countries suffering minor casualties and damage' to 'Countries suffering some casualties and damage', on the grounds that categorising 10 dead as 'minor' is a value judgement that I'd prefer we didn't make.
*'Countries suffering no direct casualties' to 'Countries suffering damage only' to reflect what that section is about; many other countries suffered no direct casualties.
-- Chris j wood 11:38, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fully agreed to your changes, since even one being killed should not be considered "minor" anymore. Besides that it being a value judgement we shouldn't make, it's also disrespectful to the deceased's family. --Godric 11:48, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)
For goodness sake, this is an encyclopaedia not a memorial book. Ten deaths compared to 100,000 is "minor" by any reasonable objective standard. The sensitivities of the deceased persons' families is not a relevant criterion for the content of an encyclopaedia. I will not revert the edits however. Adam 05:23, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed headings 

message: I thnk this could go now.  Changes will still occur due to more information becoming available, but not at a rapid rate inducated.  Rich Farmbrough 16:32, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove the "current event" template? 

message: I'm actually quite surprised that there isn't a specific article yet on Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Sweden in the style of Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Finland, for example. This event was (and is) quite a big thing in Sweden, both in terms of lives lost and the aftermath with "tsunamibanden" and other domestic issues. Anyone tempted? --Aatox 16:07, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also numbers for Swedish casualties are incorrect 543+17=571, eh?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.113.185.62 (talk) 21:32, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Sweden

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message: The diagram that outlines the affected countries marks South Africa, Malaysia, and Australia with "A", which is to point out "Countries with damge who also lost citizens abroad". In this context, "damge" appears to be a typo of "damage". I would also like to make the suggestion that this category be marked in a different manner, perhaps with blue diagonal lines, as outlining damage in the "A" category seems redundant when the severity of the damage is already indicated by the other categories. On top of that, the "A" indicating Malaysia can be misunderstood as indicating Indonesia at first glance, so diagonals would be more effective in outlining borders. I'd make this edit myself, but I don't know how I'd go about doing so. Binzhou5 (talk) 21:44, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram Outlining Affected Countries