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Is there any particular reason that the last section is "References" and not "External links"?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrian Sampson ( talk • contribs) 08:45, 13 Septeber 2004
This article needs a section on the geology and volcanology - maybe sometime ... :-) Vsmith 04:25, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
There also needs to be more on the current destruction of the ecosystem by fishermen, over-settlement, introduction of feral cats and goats, and lack of governmental & bureaucratic stability.
Why does the link to galapagos pinguin not work? Who can fix this please? Its OK, i have fixed it already!
I think we need to mention other stuff like government, economy, political status, cities, demographics, transportation, etc. This article is almost entirely about animals, plants, and all the different islands. There's virtually no information on on the other topics that a typical article on an inhabited island mentions. — Stevey7788 ( talk) 02:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree, the Galapagos, besides being an important ecological site are also a province of Ecuador. There needs to be much more information included about this aspect of the islands. Currently the issue of population increase has important repercussions both political and ecological. Government imposed limits on immigration for ecological reasons have helped to create high salaries in the islands based off of the tourist industry and intense demand of mainlanders to emigrate.
I think the page needs better pictures which I have from my trip to the Galapagos but I don't know how to submit them. Could someone tell me?
They don't have information on government and political status because there isn't enough people that live on the islands to hold a well established government as the United States has provided -- Soccermormon95 04:19, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I think we should merge the 2 topics together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuckyd ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
I've always been under the impression that the acute accent over the second a was the only proper spelling for "Galápagos". However, the article often simply uses "Galapagos". Is this acceptable? My guess is that editors have just found it simpler to type a than á. Unless somebody says otherwise, I'll go ahead a change everything to "Galápagos" when I get the chance. Imaginaryoctopus (talk) 14:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Is this correctly capitalised -or not?-- Light current 13:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Just watched the BBC's 2nd episode in the series Galapagos. It said that the first governor was a chap named Captain Nicholas Lawson who 'pronounce with certainty from which island any tortoise had been brought' from the shape of its shell. It seems he was the acting guv'ner while Villamil was away.[ acting governor] Anon user 21:58, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
This article has a different structure from another articles about inhabitated islands. See Canary Islands, whose section are:
The structure of Hawaii is:
I believe that we would have to make more emphasis in its population and its activities. -- Gimferrer 11:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
The above should be merged into a section on political geography, due to the fact that it is not feasible to compare the Galapagos Islands with other archipelago's, because of their small number of people, relative lack of an economy, etc. -- Pico del Teide 12:05, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Could someone please comment on the section about Darwin and mockingbirds from A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, ch. 25. I know this is not a scientific source, but according to it the following bit would be incorrect:
"Darwin noticed that mockingbirds differed between islands, and the governor of the prison colony on Charles Island told him that tortoises differed from island to island. Towards the end of the voyage Darwin speculated that these facts might 'undermine the stability of Species'".
At least this section should be confirmed by more sources than just one. -- Eleassar my talk 11:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
All I was doing was correcting a redundant entry. Im sorry I didnt follow your perceived procedure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.173.39.254 ( talk) 20:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't ever update pages, but this was changed:In 1959, approximately 1,000 to 2,000 people called the islands their home. In 1972 a census was done in the archipelago and a population of 3,488 was recorded. By the 1980s, this number had risen to more than 15,000 people, and 2006 estimates place the population around 30,000 people.
Five of the islands are inhabited: Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz.
Note the last phrase.. also note that I'm fairly sure Santa Cruz is populated! though I don't know whether the others are or not. Hope someone can change this who knows if the list is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.174.64 ( talk) 16:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
The list is correct technically. There are 4 small towns on each Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz. Baltra is a military base and has people stationed at it. obv ( talk) 05:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Is this vandalism or is there actually such a thing:
Where is the section for Pinta island? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.243 ( talk) 01:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I am going to Galapagos diving in 2 weeks. I will be on the Deep Blue for 7 days including Darwin and Wolf, with some land trips too. I will be taking lots of pictures, mostly underwater, and will put them on the Commons. Any specific requests for info I can gather or pictures to take for this page? Jetlife2 ( talk) 23:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
There is contradiction between the statement "tortoise is a unique animal found only in the Galapagos Islands, yet there are no more than 200 in the 13 main islands" and the number at Galápagos tortoise (15,000). Avihu ( talk) 06:34, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea to have a list showing which (sub)species are present on the different islands. It's probably not going to be a comprehensive list, but at least for birds it could be done... It could look like the table at Galapagos_tortoise or alternatively list all species that are present on an island. (first column: island) Maybe it could go into Wildlife of the Galápagos Islands What do you think? bamse ( talk)
Since, as the Etymology section says, the older English names are still used, especially by people reading the quite extensive pre-1950 literature, why not have both names plus details in a tabular or list format? Surely many readers will expect this? See Hawaiian islands. Macdonald-ross ( talk) 18:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC) I love the galapagos turtles!!!!!!Meow 121.7.76.101 ( talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.64.117.109 ( talk) 02:33, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
In the map that shows at the top right of the page I can see that all the names are the Spanish names used in Ecuador, except for those of Darwin Island and Wolf Island, which are the Spanish names for Culpepper and Wenman. I think this must be changed so that there is coherence in this map ( RPaez ( talk) 17:35, 16 March 2010 (UTC))
In two edits ( [1] [2]), Digirami deleted a significant amount of material without an edit summary to indicate the fate of the removed text. I will ask at User talk:Digirami for comments here because if the removed text is pasted into another article, the edit summary on this article should have a link to the other article, and the other article must have an edit summary with a link to this article, in order to satisfy the WP:GFDL. In addition, people watching this page may want to know the plan. Johnuniq ( talk) 08:14, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Could somebody please help ID this species? Many thanks.
Anna Frodesiak (
talk)
12:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
The article, and related articles, may need to be updated due to removal from the World Heritage Site list. What is used instead of {{ Infobox World Heritage Site}}? However, the Galápagos Islands are still listed at UNESCO: [3], [4]. Should this article be removed from List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas?
Background: In these two edits Nonestadastra added that the World Heritage Committee has removed the Galápagos Islands from the World Heritage List ( source). I reverted this edit by Thom977 because it left the page in a broken state. I have left a message at WT:WikiProject World Heritage Sites#Galápagos Islands requesting help. Johnuniq ( talk) 01:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
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Information in the article contradicts itself in terms of the age of the oldest island. It says both:
"The oldest island is thought to have formed between 5 million and 10 million years ago." AND "Española is the oldest island at around 3.5 million years"
I don't have the info necessary to correct this, but I thought I'd note it incase anyone does have the accurate age of the oldest island. 121.44.125.243 ( talk) 22:47, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Just noticed this myself and did a little further reading; will update the article with information from http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/GalapagosWWW/GalapagosGeology.html Mbethke ( talk) 14:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
I removed several links to external sites promoting cruises or books; please see Links normally to be avoided for the reasons. -- CliffC ( talk) 17:49, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 18:45, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Galapagos Islands →
Galápagos Islands – Making the move request since the page was just moved without discussion by
Jimfbleak, since it's surprising there hasn't been a discussion of this before, and there ought to be a standard for all the related articles (
Isabela Island (Galápagos),
Galápagos tortoise,
Galapagos Land Iguana,
Galápagos Penguin, etc.). The version with the accent is very common in English usage, so is it name we should use per
the relevant article naming policy? —
innotata
15:44, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I can live either way with Wikipedia using diacritics for the english language encyclopedia, as I think most readers can figure out the article pretty easily with or without them. It just seems like more work trying to maintain them and making sure articles remain consistent. Just my 2 cents........ Pvmoutside ( talk) 14:12, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm confused by the varying number of what are referred to as "main" islands. In the Physical Geography section of the article, it says there are 15 main islands. In the Main Islands section of the article, there are 14 main islands listed, and at the bottom of the page I count 18 islands listed next to the category "Main Islands." I understand that the 14 were chosen due to their size (more than 1km square) but how were the other numbers arrived at? Is this just an error? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.58.96 ( talk) 16:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC) Sorry, forgot to sign it Claradutton ( talk) 19:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Why was the popular references removed?
The Gallapagos feature in a number of movies, where the islands themselves form an integral part of the story - such as in Master and Commander, and Sailor of the King
Numerous other articles have a section where they have something appearing in popular culture
Montalban ( talk) 13:08, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
The nature of being 'trivial' is in fact what is allowed in other articles.
The 'sources' part is not exactly accurate either because I had, for instance, Master and Commander as a link to the film - it's another article here in Wiki
In that film for instance the islands become a key part of the plot where the Doctor is in dispute with the captain because he has a chance to examine the islands taken away from him, but is later returned to them and discovers the french ship they had been looking for.
The other film; Sailor of the King - they again play an important part because it is the shape of one island that allows the german ship to remain hidden whilst being repaired - but also this shape allows Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown to use his rifle to pick-off people on the ship, thus in effect pinning-down an entire warship. Montalban ( talk) 05:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Brazil's mid fielder won the Galapagos Islands? That is what the second paragraph says????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:B278:1760:C474:700C:8CFD:E778 ( talk) 19:42, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
How far are the islands from Ecuador? The first paragraph says "906km west of continental Ecuador" but the Physical geography section says, in the space of two sentences, both "973km off the west coast of South America" and that the closest land mass "is Ecuador...926km to the east". Nerwal ( talk) 20:28, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Your Galapagos article is great. However, I have found what looks to be an error.
Using your map scale of 5 centimeters per 100 kilometers, the distance between Darwin and Espanola Islands is not 220 kilometers, but approximately 4000 kilometers.
I hope that this helps.
Sincerely,
James McRae Ottawa, Canada — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.28.57 ( talk) 16:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I removed this tag, which was first placed in 2010. There are now many inline references. Lou Sander ( talk) 12:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
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Spelling at the moment is a bit variable in this article ("colour" and "color", some "-ize" verb endings, some "-ise" changed recently). There are no obvious national ties, so we need to make a decision. Comments please. Peter coxhead ( talk) 09:51, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
European voyages, third paragraph: Until the early 19th century, the archipelago was often used as a hideout by mostly English pirates who pilfered Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from South America to Spain. I can`t believe that. The archipelago is on the wrong side of America to pilfer Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from South America to Spain.-- koppchen ( talk) 11:41, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Citations should be added after the first and second paragraphs of the "Environmental Threats" section. The nearest citation to these paragraphs doesn't seem to reflect the information provided in each paragraph.
This sentence occurs in the "Environmental Threats" section in the 4th paragraph,"This problem abounds in Cerro Azul volcano and Isabela, and in Santiago, pigs may be the cause of the disappearance of the land iguanas that were so abundant when Darwin visited." I would like to suggest that a citation be added after that sentence because the words "may be" lead me to believe that a conclusion may have been drawn without prior research. SummerBritton ( talk) 14:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
I suggest to add the area 27 km^2 for Baltra (taken from the spanish wiki) and place pinzon/pinta in the correct alphabetic order, pietro 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 06:14, 30 March 2020 (UTC) also the area 1.2 km^2 of Bartolome` island may be added (taken from the corresponding article of this wiki)
In addition, the area of Isabela is declared first 2250 sq.miles and then 1790. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 11:32, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
@
EdGl: Regarding
this edit summary, I don't really feel strongly about the inclusion of this information, but I want to point out that the sourcing is not the issue. The link provided is
WP:PRIMARY, sure. But it also satisfies the criteria of
WP:ABOUTSELF, meaning that it is acceptable in this case even though secondary sourcing is always preferable. And anyway, WP:PRIMARY itself says: Unless restricted by another policy, primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them.
I don't think there is an issue with using Google to say that Google published a Google Doodle.
Armadillo
pteryx
02:57, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
I propose to merge the Galápagos Province page with this page, in accordance with common practice established in Wikipedia:Semi-duplicate. 93.44.196.46 ( talk) 11:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
As mentioned above, this article is 93 Kb in length, which is at the point we should be considering splitting off subsidiary articles. One obvious candidate (I suggest) is the History section, which would make a good stand-alone article as "History of the Galapagos Islands". Thoughts? Moonraker12 ( talk) 19:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
Aside from how the Spanish pronunciation is almost entirely irrelevant in English and pronunciation info belongs at the Wiktionary entry and not here (both of which are completely valid points), the current IPA seems to be completely wrong. The /general pronunciation/ should skip ⟨ɣ⟩ and just use ⟨g⟩ in the same way most English IPA entries use /r/ when they really mean [ɹ]. The [precise pronunciation], meanwhile, should note that islas ends with a ⟨z⟩ and not an ⟨s⟩. The current unsourced hybrid seems to be made up.
Meanwhile, if we are keeping it, we should get the distracting mess out of the lead sentence and into a #Name/Names section with the English pronunciation noted. Of course, it still needs a cite. — LlywelynII 16:21, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Probably deserves something about being the first green airport in the world if that was honest and if someone can think of a way of discussing it without sounding like a shill. Similarly, the National Park staff's extensive activity and innovation, reintroducing reduced species, relocating colonies when they become so successful they begin to outstrip their resources, and using drones to completely exterminate rats from some of the islands. — LlywelynII 17:26, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
One way to reduce the bloat of the page is to remove the mostly unhelpful minigrafs of the islands to the other sections (for anything important) or to their separate pages (for anything not already there).
This page for the islands as islands badly needs a clear and sortable table that quickly introduces of all the islands under their official names, gives their most recent populations (if any), and gives their total area... and nothing else (except maybe which canton each falls under, if the unpopulated islands are also sorted, and whether or not they fall within the Galapagos National Park, if that's more than 2 or 3 of them). — LlywelynII 02:24, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
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Is there any particular reason that the last section is "References" and not "External links"?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrian Sampson ( talk • contribs) 08:45, 13 Septeber 2004
This article needs a section on the geology and volcanology - maybe sometime ... :-) Vsmith 04:25, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
There also needs to be more on the current destruction of the ecosystem by fishermen, over-settlement, introduction of feral cats and goats, and lack of governmental & bureaucratic stability.
Why does the link to galapagos pinguin not work? Who can fix this please? Its OK, i have fixed it already!
I think we need to mention other stuff like government, economy, political status, cities, demographics, transportation, etc. This article is almost entirely about animals, plants, and all the different islands. There's virtually no information on on the other topics that a typical article on an inhabited island mentions. — Stevey7788 ( talk) 02:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree, the Galapagos, besides being an important ecological site are also a province of Ecuador. There needs to be much more information included about this aspect of the islands. Currently the issue of population increase has important repercussions both political and ecological. Government imposed limits on immigration for ecological reasons have helped to create high salaries in the islands based off of the tourist industry and intense demand of mainlanders to emigrate.
I think the page needs better pictures which I have from my trip to the Galapagos but I don't know how to submit them. Could someone tell me?
They don't have information on government and political status because there isn't enough people that live on the islands to hold a well established government as the United States has provided -- Soccermormon95 04:19, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I think we should merge the 2 topics together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuckyd ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
I've always been under the impression that the acute accent over the second a was the only proper spelling for "Galápagos". However, the article often simply uses "Galapagos". Is this acceptable? My guess is that editors have just found it simpler to type a than á. Unless somebody says otherwise, I'll go ahead a change everything to "Galápagos" when I get the chance. Imaginaryoctopus (talk) 14:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Is this correctly capitalised -or not?-- Light current 13:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Just watched the BBC's 2nd episode in the series Galapagos. It said that the first governor was a chap named Captain Nicholas Lawson who 'pronounce with certainty from which island any tortoise had been brought' from the shape of its shell. It seems he was the acting guv'ner while Villamil was away.[ acting governor] Anon user 21:58, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
This article has a different structure from another articles about inhabitated islands. See Canary Islands, whose section are:
The structure of Hawaii is:
I believe that we would have to make more emphasis in its population and its activities. -- Gimferrer 11:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
The above should be merged into a section on political geography, due to the fact that it is not feasible to compare the Galapagos Islands with other archipelago's, because of their small number of people, relative lack of an economy, etc. -- Pico del Teide 12:05, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Could someone please comment on the section about Darwin and mockingbirds from A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, ch. 25. I know this is not a scientific source, but according to it the following bit would be incorrect:
"Darwin noticed that mockingbirds differed between islands, and the governor of the prison colony on Charles Island told him that tortoises differed from island to island. Towards the end of the voyage Darwin speculated that these facts might 'undermine the stability of Species'".
At least this section should be confirmed by more sources than just one. -- Eleassar my talk 11:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
All I was doing was correcting a redundant entry. Im sorry I didnt follow your perceived procedure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.173.39.254 ( talk) 20:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't ever update pages, but this was changed:In 1959, approximately 1,000 to 2,000 people called the islands their home. In 1972 a census was done in the archipelago and a population of 3,488 was recorded. By the 1980s, this number had risen to more than 15,000 people, and 2006 estimates place the population around 30,000 people.
Five of the islands are inhabited: Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz.
Note the last phrase.. also note that I'm fairly sure Santa Cruz is populated! though I don't know whether the others are or not. Hope someone can change this who knows if the list is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.174.64 ( talk) 16:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
The list is correct technically. There are 4 small towns on each Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz. Baltra is a military base and has people stationed at it. obv ( talk) 05:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Is this vandalism or is there actually such a thing:
Where is the section for Pinta island? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.243 ( talk) 01:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I am going to Galapagos diving in 2 weeks. I will be on the Deep Blue for 7 days including Darwin and Wolf, with some land trips too. I will be taking lots of pictures, mostly underwater, and will put them on the Commons. Any specific requests for info I can gather or pictures to take for this page? Jetlife2 ( talk) 23:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
There is contradiction between the statement "tortoise is a unique animal found only in the Galapagos Islands, yet there are no more than 200 in the 13 main islands" and the number at Galápagos tortoise (15,000). Avihu ( talk) 06:34, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea to have a list showing which (sub)species are present on the different islands. It's probably not going to be a comprehensive list, but at least for birds it could be done... It could look like the table at Galapagos_tortoise or alternatively list all species that are present on an island. (first column: island) Maybe it could go into Wildlife of the Galápagos Islands What do you think? bamse ( talk)
Since, as the Etymology section says, the older English names are still used, especially by people reading the quite extensive pre-1950 literature, why not have both names plus details in a tabular or list format? Surely many readers will expect this? See Hawaiian islands. Macdonald-ross ( talk) 18:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC) I love the galapagos turtles!!!!!!Meow 121.7.76.101 ( talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.64.117.109 ( talk) 02:33, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
In the map that shows at the top right of the page I can see that all the names are the Spanish names used in Ecuador, except for those of Darwin Island and Wolf Island, which are the Spanish names for Culpepper and Wenman. I think this must be changed so that there is coherence in this map ( RPaez ( talk) 17:35, 16 March 2010 (UTC))
In two edits ( [1] [2]), Digirami deleted a significant amount of material without an edit summary to indicate the fate of the removed text. I will ask at User talk:Digirami for comments here because if the removed text is pasted into another article, the edit summary on this article should have a link to the other article, and the other article must have an edit summary with a link to this article, in order to satisfy the WP:GFDL. In addition, people watching this page may want to know the plan. Johnuniq ( talk) 08:14, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Could somebody please help ID this species? Many thanks.
Anna Frodesiak (
talk)
12:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
The article, and related articles, may need to be updated due to removal from the World Heritage Site list. What is used instead of {{ Infobox World Heritage Site}}? However, the Galápagos Islands are still listed at UNESCO: [3], [4]. Should this article be removed from List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas?
Background: In these two edits Nonestadastra added that the World Heritage Committee has removed the Galápagos Islands from the World Heritage List ( source). I reverted this edit by Thom977 because it left the page in a broken state. I have left a message at WT:WikiProject World Heritage Sites#Galápagos Islands requesting help. Johnuniq ( talk) 01:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I wish you can analyze and accept my facebook page: Inappropriate external link removed
as part of the external links for the Galápagos Islands page.
The content of my facebook page has the vision to give one holistic image of the Ecuador through videos, photos, links, and Forums, and as well, to eliminate language barriers in global communication.
I appreciate your help
Best Regards, Francisco Villacís Administrator -- Ecuadormycountry2010 ( talk) 14:29, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Information in the article contradicts itself in terms of the age of the oldest island. It says both:
"The oldest island is thought to have formed between 5 million and 10 million years ago." AND "Española is the oldest island at around 3.5 million years"
I don't have the info necessary to correct this, but I thought I'd note it incase anyone does have the accurate age of the oldest island. 121.44.125.243 ( talk) 22:47, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Just noticed this myself and did a little further reading; will update the article with information from http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/GalapagosWWW/GalapagosGeology.html Mbethke ( talk) 14:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
I removed several links to external sites promoting cruises or books; please see Links normally to be avoided for the reasons. -- CliffC ( talk) 17:49, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 18:45, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Galapagos Islands →
Galápagos Islands – Making the move request since the page was just moved without discussion by
Jimfbleak, since it's surprising there hasn't been a discussion of this before, and there ought to be a standard for all the related articles (
Isabela Island (Galápagos),
Galápagos tortoise,
Galapagos Land Iguana,
Galápagos Penguin, etc.). The version with the accent is very common in English usage, so is it name we should use per
the relevant article naming policy? —
innotata
15:44, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I can live either way with Wikipedia using diacritics for the english language encyclopedia, as I think most readers can figure out the article pretty easily with or without them. It just seems like more work trying to maintain them and making sure articles remain consistent. Just my 2 cents........ Pvmoutside ( talk) 14:12, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm confused by the varying number of what are referred to as "main" islands. In the Physical Geography section of the article, it says there are 15 main islands. In the Main Islands section of the article, there are 14 main islands listed, and at the bottom of the page I count 18 islands listed next to the category "Main Islands." I understand that the 14 were chosen due to their size (more than 1km square) but how were the other numbers arrived at? Is this just an error? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.58.96 ( talk) 16:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC) Sorry, forgot to sign it Claradutton ( talk) 19:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Why was the popular references removed?
The Gallapagos feature in a number of movies, where the islands themselves form an integral part of the story - such as in Master and Commander, and Sailor of the King
Numerous other articles have a section where they have something appearing in popular culture
Montalban ( talk) 13:08, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
The nature of being 'trivial' is in fact what is allowed in other articles.
The 'sources' part is not exactly accurate either because I had, for instance, Master and Commander as a link to the film - it's another article here in Wiki
In that film for instance the islands become a key part of the plot where the Doctor is in dispute with the captain because he has a chance to examine the islands taken away from him, but is later returned to them and discovers the french ship they had been looking for.
The other film; Sailor of the King - they again play an important part because it is the shape of one island that allows the german ship to remain hidden whilst being repaired - but also this shape allows Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown to use his rifle to pick-off people on the ship, thus in effect pinning-down an entire warship. Montalban ( talk) 05:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Brazil's mid fielder won the Galapagos Islands? That is what the second paragraph says????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:B278:1760:C474:700C:8CFD:E778 ( talk) 19:42, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
How far are the islands from Ecuador? The first paragraph says "906km west of continental Ecuador" but the Physical geography section says, in the space of two sentences, both "973km off the west coast of South America" and that the closest land mass "is Ecuador...926km to the east". Nerwal ( talk) 20:28, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Your Galapagos article is great. However, I have found what looks to be an error.
Using your map scale of 5 centimeters per 100 kilometers, the distance between Darwin and Espanola Islands is not 220 kilometers, but approximately 4000 kilometers.
I hope that this helps.
Sincerely,
James McRae Ottawa, Canada — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.28.57 ( talk) 16:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I removed this tag, which was first placed in 2010. There are now many inline references. Lou Sander ( talk) 12:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
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Spelling at the moment is a bit variable in this article ("colour" and "color", some "-ize" verb endings, some "-ise" changed recently). There are no obvious national ties, so we need to make a decision. Comments please. Peter coxhead ( talk) 09:51, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
European voyages, third paragraph: Until the early 19th century, the archipelago was often used as a hideout by mostly English pirates who pilfered Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from South America to Spain. I can`t believe that. The archipelago is on the wrong side of America to pilfer Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from South America to Spain.-- koppchen ( talk) 11:41, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Citations should be added after the first and second paragraphs of the "Environmental Threats" section. The nearest citation to these paragraphs doesn't seem to reflect the information provided in each paragraph.
This sentence occurs in the "Environmental Threats" section in the 4th paragraph,"This problem abounds in Cerro Azul volcano and Isabela, and in Santiago, pigs may be the cause of the disappearance of the land iguanas that were so abundant when Darwin visited." I would like to suggest that a citation be added after that sentence because the words "may be" lead me to believe that a conclusion may have been drawn without prior research. SummerBritton ( talk) 14:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
I suggest to add the area 27 km^2 for Baltra (taken from the spanish wiki) and place pinzon/pinta in the correct alphabetic order, pietro 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 06:14, 30 March 2020 (UTC) also the area 1.2 km^2 of Bartolome` island may be added (taken from the corresponding article of this wiki)
In addition, the area of Isabela is declared first 2250 sq.miles and then 1790. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 11:32, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
@
EdGl: Regarding
this edit summary, I don't really feel strongly about the inclusion of this information, but I want to point out that the sourcing is not the issue. The link provided is
WP:PRIMARY, sure. But it also satisfies the criteria of
WP:ABOUTSELF, meaning that it is acceptable in this case even though secondary sourcing is always preferable. And anyway, WP:PRIMARY itself says: Unless restricted by another policy, primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them.
I don't think there is an issue with using Google to say that Google published a Google Doodle.
Armadillo
pteryx
02:57, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
I propose to merge the Galápagos Province page with this page, in accordance with common practice established in Wikipedia:Semi-duplicate. 93.44.196.46 ( talk) 11:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
As mentioned above, this article is 93 Kb in length, which is at the point we should be considering splitting off subsidiary articles. One obvious candidate (I suggest) is the History section, which would make a good stand-alone article as "History of the Galapagos Islands". Thoughts? Moonraker12 ( talk) 19:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
Aside from how the Spanish pronunciation is almost entirely irrelevant in English and pronunciation info belongs at the Wiktionary entry and not here (both of which are completely valid points), the current IPA seems to be completely wrong. The /general pronunciation/ should skip ⟨ɣ⟩ and just use ⟨g⟩ in the same way most English IPA entries use /r/ when they really mean [ɹ]. The [precise pronunciation], meanwhile, should note that islas ends with a ⟨z⟩ and not an ⟨s⟩. The current unsourced hybrid seems to be made up.
Meanwhile, if we are keeping it, we should get the distracting mess out of the lead sentence and into a #Name/Names section with the English pronunciation noted. Of course, it still needs a cite. — LlywelynII 16:21, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Probably deserves something about being the first green airport in the world if that was honest and if someone can think of a way of discussing it without sounding like a shill. Similarly, the National Park staff's extensive activity and innovation, reintroducing reduced species, relocating colonies when they become so successful they begin to outstrip their resources, and using drones to completely exterminate rats from some of the islands. — LlywelynII 17:26, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
One way to reduce the bloat of the page is to remove the mostly unhelpful minigrafs of the islands to the other sections (for anything important) or to their separate pages (for anything not already there).
This page for the islands as islands badly needs a clear and sortable table that quickly introduces of all the islands under their official names, gives their most recent populations (if any), and gives their total area... and nothing else (except maybe which canton each falls under, if the unpopulated islands are also sorted, and whether or not they fall within the Galapagos National Park, if that's more than 2 or 3 of them). — LlywelynII 02:24, 7 May 2023 (UTC)