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Turkey is not Europe and any references must be deleted from the article, please stop vandalizing the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.33.226.160 ( talk) 21:55, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
There were many talk pages with users putting this page forward as an idea. As each of the other continents has it's own 'geography of' page, I thought I'd start one for Europe, borrowing from the exisitng geography section in the main Europe article, but which can be added to over time. Grunners 16:34, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The vast majority (if not all) of the major articles in Wikipedia confirm that Cyprus is a geographically Asian island nation which is broadly culturally European.
Therefore, all geographical references to Cyprus being in Europe out to be removed. To assert (as it seems happens in some quarters) that Cyprus is both in Europe and Asia in articles discussing physical geography is absurd. There may be arguments (if so, please make them on the relevant pages for Asia and Europe) for saying that Cyprus is in Europe, but not both ! --jrleighton 07:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Milan largest city in Italy?? Rome is far larger, it's one of the biggest comune in Europe and the biggest in Italy, as Rome's article report.
This list seems strange. Spain, for example, is said to border four countries. When I look at a map, I can only see three (Portugal, France, Andorra). Is bordering Gibraltar counted in, as well? If it is, why is the UK bordering only ONE country (presumably Ireland).-- 85.49.225.28 18:54, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
The UK technically borders France too, thanks to the Channel Tunnel 81.109.115.135 ( talk) 19:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Andorra's capital city is Andorra la Vella, does that count as sharing the same name?-- Nauki 20:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that someone has come along and changed all the instances of the words "British Isles" to "UK and Ireland" without consensus or even discussion of the subject. Please bear in mind that this is a contentious issue that has its own page ( British Isles naming dispute), and a specific talk page ( Talk:British Isles/name debate) already. Please look at these pages before making wholesale changes to this article, as these are likely to be reverted if there is no discussion. -- carelesshx talk 13:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Some of the mentioned islands are really archipelagoes with several islands, like Svalbard, where Spitsbergen is the largest island. Orcaborealis ( talk) 19:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC).
I think we need to set up some criteria for inclusion in the list of major islands. I went through the list of major islands and found those islands and archipelagoes that have a population below 100,000 and an area of less than 1,000 km2. I suggest those be eliminated from the list, unless someone can come up with a good reason to keep them. This is a very arbitrary limit, so feel free to suggest another limit, or other criteria that might be relevant.
Removing the above would bring the list down to 26 islands and archipelagoes. Removing double entries of archipelagoes and individual islands could further reduce it. There are also a number of islands not currently on the list that would merit inclusion under those criteria. Sakkura ( talk) 14:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be mentioned something about 40% of the netherlands lying under the sealevel? Wob-Wob ( talk) 14:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
This is a terrible sentence...
"The few generalizations that can be made about the relief of Europe make it less than surprising that the continent's many separate regions provided homes for many separate nations throughout history."
What is the intended meaning?
-- Richard ( talk) 05:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
The following sentence in the opening paragraph makes no sense: Geology justifies this tradition as reasonable because of the difference between the cultures of the traditional Europe and the traditional Asia. Geology has nothing to do with culture. Geology is the study of the earth in terms of rocks, minerals and physical processes affecting them. Cultures are covered in geography and other related fields such as sociology. Unless someone can make some sense of this sentence I will delete it. Khajidha ( talk) 05:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Should comment be made about Europe's unusually long coastline (relative to its land area)?
Should the British crown dependencies and the Faroe islands be included in this table? They aren't countries such as the rest of the ones on the table are, and adding those opens the door to a lot of controversy and other additions. Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 06:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
I don't think the Pennines should be included in the list of mountain ranges. The arcticle says "Some of Europe's major mountain ranges are", however the Pennines are far from 'Major'. If we include the Pennines we might as well also include the Black Mountains in Wales, the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland or the Harz mountains in Germany. Their inclusion seems Anglocentric to me and I'll be removing it from the list unless someone can come up with a reason for their inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.92.99 ( talk) 22:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Why aren't the rivers Kemi and Tornio listed? There are some shorter rivers currently on the list. Matti Nuortio, Oulu, Finland ( talk) 23:52, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
River Drava is also not contained in Europe's top 50 longest rivers, although its lenth is 749 km, referring to the relevant Wiki page: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%A1va — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.82.60.232 ( talk) 11:30, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
I have tried to change the wording in the lead to a more encyclopeadic phrase for the first sentence. However User:Alfie Gandon keeps reverting my change. The current first sentence is ' Europe is traditionally reckoned as one of seven continents' I changed it to 'Europe is traditionally stated to be one of the seven continents.' My change removes 'reckoned' a imprecise term that has more to do with numerical calculation or a best guess conclusion than the more precise and relevant to an encyclopeadia 'stated'. I also added the definite article 'the' because most sources state that there are seven continents I understand. Seems a no brainer to me. Please comment. Thanks. Robynthehode ( talk) 19:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
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I've been aware of this neat description for a long time. To list some of them is appropriate but I don't think it helps to include some of the smaller ones - they have their place in their own articles and for example List_of_peninsulas#Europe - such things have a habit of growing beyond their original usefulness. cheers Geopersona ( talk) 11:14, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
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Turkey is not Europe and any references must be deleted from the article, please stop vandalizing the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.33.226.160 ( talk) 21:55, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
There were many talk pages with users putting this page forward as an idea. As each of the other continents has it's own 'geography of' page, I thought I'd start one for Europe, borrowing from the exisitng geography section in the main Europe article, but which can be added to over time. Grunners 16:34, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The vast majority (if not all) of the major articles in Wikipedia confirm that Cyprus is a geographically Asian island nation which is broadly culturally European.
Therefore, all geographical references to Cyprus being in Europe out to be removed. To assert (as it seems happens in some quarters) that Cyprus is both in Europe and Asia in articles discussing physical geography is absurd. There may be arguments (if so, please make them on the relevant pages for Asia and Europe) for saying that Cyprus is in Europe, but not both ! --jrleighton 07:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Milan largest city in Italy?? Rome is far larger, it's one of the biggest comune in Europe and the biggest in Italy, as Rome's article report.
This list seems strange. Spain, for example, is said to border four countries. When I look at a map, I can only see three (Portugal, France, Andorra). Is bordering Gibraltar counted in, as well? If it is, why is the UK bordering only ONE country (presumably Ireland).-- 85.49.225.28 18:54, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
The UK technically borders France too, thanks to the Channel Tunnel 81.109.115.135 ( talk) 19:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Andorra's capital city is Andorra la Vella, does that count as sharing the same name?-- Nauki 20:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that someone has come along and changed all the instances of the words "British Isles" to "UK and Ireland" without consensus or even discussion of the subject. Please bear in mind that this is a contentious issue that has its own page ( British Isles naming dispute), and a specific talk page ( Talk:British Isles/name debate) already. Please look at these pages before making wholesale changes to this article, as these are likely to be reverted if there is no discussion. -- carelesshx talk 13:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Some of the mentioned islands are really archipelagoes with several islands, like Svalbard, where Spitsbergen is the largest island. Orcaborealis ( talk) 19:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC).
I think we need to set up some criteria for inclusion in the list of major islands. I went through the list of major islands and found those islands and archipelagoes that have a population below 100,000 and an area of less than 1,000 km2. I suggest those be eliminated from the list, unless someone can come up with a good reason to keep them. This is a very arbitrary limit, so feel free to suggest another limit, or other criteria that might be relevant.
Removing the above would bring the list down to 26 islands and archipelagoes. Removing double entries of archipelagoes and individual islands could further reduce it. There are also a number of islands not currently on the list that would merit inclusion under those criteria. Sakkura ( talk) 14:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be mentioned something about 40% of the netherlands lying under the sealevel? Wob-Wob ( talk) 14:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
This is a terrible sentence...
"The few generalizations that can be made about the relief of Europe make it less than surprising that the continent's many separate regions provided homes for many separate nations throughout history."
What is the intended meaning?
-- Richard ( talk) 05:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
The following sentence in the opening paragraph makes no sense: Geology justifies this tradition as reasonable because of the difference between the cultures of the traditional Europe and the traditional Asia. Geology has nothing to do with culture. Geology is the study of the earth in terms of rocks, minerals and physical processes affecting them. Cultures are covered in geography and other related fields such as sociology. Unless someone can make some sense of this sentence I will delete it. Khajidha ( talk) 05:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Should comment be made about Europe's unusually long coastline (relative to its land area)?
Should the British crown dependencies and the Faroe islands be included in this table? They aren't countries such as the rest of the ones on the table are, and adding those opens the door to a lot of controversy and other additions. Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 06:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
I don't think the Pennines should be included in the list of mountain ranges. The arcticle says "Some of Europe's major mountain ranges are", however the Pennines are far from 'Major'. If we include the Pennines we might as well also include the Black Mountains in Wales, the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland or the Harz mountains in Germany. Their inclusion seems Anglocentric to me and I'll be removing it from the list unless someone can come up with a reason for their inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.92.99 ( talk) 22:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Why aren't the rivers Kemi and Tornio listed? There are some shorter rivers currently on the list. Matti Nuortio, Oulu, Finland ( talk) 23:52, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
River Drava is also not contained in Europe's top 50 longest rivers, although its lenth is 749 km, referring to the relevant Wiki page: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%A1va — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.82.60.232 ( talk) 11:30, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
I have tried to change the wording in the lead to a more encyclopeadic phrase for the first sentence. However User:Alfie Gandon keeps reverting my change. The current first sentence is ' Europe is traditionally reckoned as one of seven continents' I changed it to 'Europe is traditionally stated to be one of the seven continents.' My change removes 'reckoned' a imprecise term that has more to do with numerical calculation or a best guess conclusion than the more precise and relevant to an encyclopeadia 'stated'. I also added the definite article 'the' because most sources state that there are seven continents I understand. Seems a no brainer to me. Please comment. Thanks. Robynthehode ( talk) 19:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
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I've been aware of this neat description for a long time. To list some of them is appropriate but I don't think it helps to include some of the smaller ones - they have their place in their own articles and for example List_of_peninsulas#Europe - such things have a habit of growing beyond their original usefulness. cheers Geopersona ( talk) 11:14, 25 April 2020 (UTC)