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A province cannot remove the official status of the official language of the Kingdom. That's a joke. So I guess even if some new Greenlandic document states that Inuit is an "official language" in Greenland, and even if Inuit will be used to a larger extent than before by the local government (although Danish will continue to be widely used, especially in education), Danish must be considered an official language in the sense that it is the official language of the state (Denmark) that Greenland is part of. The Danish language's official status does not rely on the text in some Greenlandic document, as Danish is by Danish law considered the official language of all of Denmark. Denmark has more than one region with other official languages than Danish, but it isn't necessary to make a local law in South Denmark to make Danish official there (with German) either. News outlets are often very unprecise, for the time being other encyclopedias state that Danish is official and we shouldn't rush to conclusions. Jægermester ( talk) 19:59, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Jægermester has now been introducing the following changes todays in a row:
These changes do not follow the current consensus among editors - which is to use "prime minister" for "landsstyreformand" and Greenlandic parliament for "landsstyre". Greenland became semiautonomous in 1979 and is now as autonomous as other autonoumous areas of the world - and as User:Johannes Rohr has pointed out - the liberties of Greenland are probably even greater than most other autonomous areas. For example the Greenlandic Parliament can for example recall any area of responsibility form Denmark when they should so chose. The referendum also gives Greenland the right to status as a "country" within the kingdom of Denmark (rigsfælleskabet) in a way suímilar to how Canada is a country within the British Commonwealth. One of the points of the self rule referendum of 2008 was to remove Danish as an official language. Now Jægermester is right that such a referendum would not be valid unless the Danish Parliament approved it - but they did and so Danish is no longer an official language of the country Greenland. ·Maunus·ƛ· 15:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
judo, i disagree. an independant nation wouldnt need 100's of millions of dollars to survive econimicly. An independent nation would also handle its foriegn policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.60.57 ( talk • contribs) 0:354, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Article should be updated to reflect changes to ice loss. I just read an article stating that forests are now being planted in certain areas, as well as gardens. That one native got rid of half of his sled dogs. This seems like a very interesting and significant change. Anyone? Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 00:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
In Greenland only two small bush trees had survive the ice age. And they had make some brushwood in some spots. But the sheep and released reindeer had ruined the mostly. The forests are now being planted in certain areas, as well as gardens because they had introduced new species and fenced them against the animals. The climate of Greenland is completely unpredictable, as the trees had difficulty by recognize the seasons. Haabet 22:57, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I realise the translation of Kalaallit nunaat is sourced to a reliable source, but it is wrong nonetheless. In Greenlandic Kalaaleq means "Greenlander" and Inuk means "person". ·Maunus·ƛ· 03:54, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Kalaallit Nunaat -> Land of Kalaallit named by Greenlanders, Greenland -> Grønland in Danish named by Danish. Meaning Kalaaleq or many Kalaallit as we call oursevles. Uanga aamma kalaaliivunga, massakkut australiami inoqarpunga, jeg elsker grønland. ^^ -Unuku
So is there now any proof/disproof of the claim that Greenland consists of three islands underneath the ice shelf, as mentioned as a theory in the introduction? -- Roentgenium111 ( talk) 20:16, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I have added Template:Citation needed there :
Interpretation of ice core data suggests that between 800 and 1300 AD the regions around the fjords of southern Greenland experienced a mild climate, with trees{ {citation needed} }....
Teofilo talk 15:44, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline#Coastline_statistics Length of a coastline depends on the size of the ruler that is used to measure it. Just quoting a single number is therefore completely meaningless. I will remove it until someone can provide a reference for how the supposed measurement was made. -- Tdent ( talk) 21:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Currently the article reads:
Interpretation of ice core data suggests that between 800 and 1300 AD the regions around the fjords of southern Greenland experienced a mild climate, with trees[citation needed] and herbaceous plants growing and livestock being farmed.
This could be considered misleading, as there are _still_ trees in southern Greenland, in the Qinngua valley. Ordinary Person ( talk) 15:59, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
MattisManzel (
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10:33, 1 June 2010 (UTC):
I started the
Greenland-wiki running the
Oddmuse wiki software. The various inclusions into it might be helpful for you when researching for the article about Greenland in the wikipedia-en.
Are there any radio or TV stations? Newspapers, magazines, books, published for Greenlandic consumption? The literacy rate is stated to be 100%; what do they read? Chrisrus ( talk) 07:23, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Some of us read Wikipedia. -Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexgenaud ( talk • contribs) 07:28, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
"""In addition to these routes there are scheduled international flights between Narsarsuaq and Copenhagen."""
I believe Kangerlussuaq rather than Narsarsuaq is meant here. Kangerlussuaq is the largest airport and there are dozens of flights direct to Copenhagen all year round. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.83.8.110 ( talk) 07:02, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Does Greenland use
Western European Summer Time or any particular variant of this?
Martinevans123 (
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14:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Greenlantic winter time = UTC - 3 hours, summer time = UTC - 2 hours. (eab)
There are several time zones. Greenland is massive and, so far north, it spans many degrees of longitude. Here in Nuuk -0200 WGST (51 degrees W - similar to Rio de Janiero). But for example, -0300 ADT at Thule (69 degrees W). And +0000 EGST at Nerlerit Inaat (Constable Pynt - 22 degrees W) - Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexgenaud ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Should Greenland be a subcontinent of North America? Even though it's stated that it's on the same Tectonic Plate as North America, it looks like it's drifted apart from the arctic islands of Canada, and was once part of the islands, plus, it's a big island.
"Fishing by traditional methods has been increasingly replaced by the use of firearms and modern technology."
What does this mean? It sounds like fishermen are shooting fish with shotguns and lasers, which I doubt. Clarification would be helpful. Noah Tye ( talk) 02:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to divide up Greenland History, Economy and Geography into separate articles? Isn't it better to have all the information in one place, particularly since there's not a lot of information in each of those sub-articles? Landroo ( talk) 16:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
The introduction of the article translates "Kalaallit Nunaat" as "Land of the people". But Kalaallit are not "people" in general but specifically "Greenlanders" or "indigenous Greenlanders". -- pne (talk) 11:32, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Under the paragraph about mines and minerals, there is no mention of the mine in the Ilimaussaq intrusion in the southwest, which is expected to be one of the largest rare earth mines in the world (source: BBC Focus issue 227 april 2011). This should possibly be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.97.170 ( talk) 07:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to change the description from "country" to "province".
From the Danish Government's website:
"The Kingdom of Denmark also has 2 autonomous provinces – the Faroe Islands and Greenland."
Link: http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/About-Denmark/Denmark-In-Brief
In the Greenland Home Rule Act from 1978, Greenland is referred to as a "community";
"Greenland is a distinct community within the Kingdom of Denmark."
The act was also a decision made in conformity with the Greenland >Provincial< Council.
In the ACT ON GREENLAND SELF-GOVERNMENT from 2008, Greenland is referred to as a "people";
"Recognizing that the people of Greenland is a people pursuant to international law with the right of self-determination, the Act is based on a wish to foster equality and mutual respect in the partnership between Denmark and Greenland."
Never was Greenland referred to as a country in any of the two acts, but it is referred to as a "autonomous province" by the Danish Government, and thereby the Kingdom of Denmark, which Greenland is a part of. Org.aidepikiw ( talk) 13:29, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
http://uk.nanoq.gl/Emner/About/Facts.aspx But the first two are just direct translations from Danish and Greenlandish, as such some people sometimes try to use term which are more recognisable and familiar for foreigners, when talking about Greenland in English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.48.104.170 ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Is anybody in a position to add information about the flora (such as it is) and fauna of the country? Q·L· 1968 ☿ 05:31, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Having traveled some in Greenland and having met several Greenlanders, I find that statistic rather improbable. No source is cited presently in the article. Is there are any contemporary data on Greenlandic religious belief? I would guess that the non-religious are significantly more numerous, probably comparable with most Western European countries. { 66.62.230.2 ( talk) 03:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)}
That seems like a very unrealistic stat to me, ill see if i can find any census info in a few days. P0PP4B34R732 ( talk) 03:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I notice that Danish has been moved to the recognised regional language parameter of the infobox... which specific region of Greenland is Danish "recognised" in? I realise that Danish hasn't been an "official" language since 2009, but if we're going to demote Danish then we should call it a minority language rather than a regional language.
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Klaus Kleist is right that in Greenland there is a distinction between Towns (by) and settelments (bygd) (srry I don't remeber the corresponding Greenlandic terms).But we still need a good reference to show that Kangerlussuaq is the largest settlement. Also the article ought to explain the settlement/ton difference. WHat are the criteria and historical reasons some places are setllements and not towns - I assume it has to do with the colonial history. ·ʍaunus· snunɐw· 13:39, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Removed a sentence or two of excuse for the Danish monopoly on Greenlandic trade from the article, some things to the effect that the Danes made the Greenlanders pay too much for things in order to "protect" them from "outside" "exploitation". While I'm sure that is quite possibly what the Danish government said at the time, it both needs to be sourced and quite obviously isn't the whole truth. The article could use sourcing on that attitude and opposition to it, as well as the actual company names (Royal Greenland & al.) and the composition of the "Greenlandic" council that approved its continuation (i.e., at the time of the meeting, was it composed mostly or entirely of Danes? of local Danes or imported administrators from the mainland?) — LlywelynII 08:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
The article on Inuit could use information on how widespread Inuit bi- and trilingualism are in Greenland. Is it true that almost all of them can speak Danish and study English in school? or is that only true for the few 'major' towns? — LlywelynII 08:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Not sure why this seems so common, but this page also has an inappropriate {{ UK-English}} tag on the top. This 2002 edit established the use as American English, not British. — LlywelynII 08:31, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
According to Iceland, Greenland could move to use the Canadian dollar? [4] Is that accurate, or just Icelandic wishes? 70.24.251.208 ( talk) 12:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Turns out Greenland would not divide up into three islands if the ice melted. For the lowest channel to open between the inner depression and the sea (a double channel at the Qaasiutsap–Park border, so that the northern cape of Qaasiutsup would become an island), you'd need a sea rise of 47m. With the full expected rise of 68.3m from Antarctica fully melting (not that we'd expect that to happen), we'd get a 2nd, narrow channel at Ilulissat. For the 3nd channel, we'd need a 100-m rise, which is not possible. (Just playing around with NOAA data.) — kwami ( talk) 23:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
The long-range divides the domestic market into many small units that have high operating costs. -- er, what's a or the 'long-range', here? -- Wda ( talk) 22:41, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Lead paragraph 1 confusingly refers to Greenland as both a country and a territory. Suggest that vocab be standarized, but will leave it to others more knowledgeable. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 20:28, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Greenland (island) should be created because the country consists of not only this island but also a hundred of others. Infovarius ( talk) 20:04, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I moved the discussion to talk:Greenlandic language#Gemination and vowels. -- Mahmudmasri ( talk) 13:33, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
The section is incredibly technical and could possibly be very interesting if the complex wording can be translated. I tried, and just couldn't do it, but I'll do some research and try to get a basic understanding of the topic. Any glaciologists could be very helpful! AVAAGAA ↪ 15:18, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Antarctica and Australia are both more than twice the size of Greenland, both are islands.
14.2.32.116 ( talk) 02:57, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Original Text: Association football is the national sport of Greenland. The governing body, the Football Association of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaanni Arsaattartut Kattuffiat), is not yet a member of FIFA because of ongoing disagreements with Sepp Blatter and an inability to grow grass for regulation grass pitches.[citation needed] However, it is the 17th member of the N.F.-Board.
Suggestions: 1) Greenland is considered part of Denmark for the purposes of international football in the eyes of FIFA. To state there is a disagreement with Blatter is personalising the issue of the reason they are not recognized by FIFA: if this is truly so a reference is needed. A country may not have 2 national teams recognized by FIFA for international play. Greenland is however recognized by the IFU, and despite objections from China and FIFA played an historic match. 2) Grass is not required for FIFA matches. Artificial turf is allowable, the restriction being on it's colour. (See FIFA Laws of the Game, subsection: Field of Play). This is an erroneous supposition on the part of the author and I believe should be deleted as it is misleading.
To place both of these assertions in one sentence to me seems to be a biased statement, not one of fact or supported by citation. I will not suggest that it is consciously done, but nonetheless it should be recognized as an assertion of local or individual opinion rather than fact and either be removed or amended.
I hope this does not sound offensive, that is not my intent - this is my first time suggesting an edit. 50.70.16.104 ( talk) 19:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Seems suspicious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nivstein ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
The lead section says that Denmark maintained control of police and judiciary as part of the June 21, 2009 agreement. But in the body of the article, it says the opposite — that Greenland assumed self-government in those areas. Which is it? 76.169.117.161 ( talk) 05:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
The "Norse Settlement" section says:
But then the caption to the picture of the ruined church says:
I find this confusing and contradictory. 86.167.125.50 ( talk) 03:13, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
The final sentance of the lead states that "According to a 2011 consensus, Greenland holds the highest suicide rate in the world". However the two references given are from 2009 & 2010. -- LukeSurl t c 15:55, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Contrary to the assertion here of this article's language variation being established in 2002, it was actually established later, in 2003, here. I have therefore changed the tag. Inglok ( talk) 21:58, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
In general, disputes over which English variety to use in an article are strongly discouraged. Such debates waste time and engender controversy, mostly without accomplishing anything positive.
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18:43, 5 December 2013 (UTC)I know for a fact that Erik the Red was banished to Greenland claiming it for the Norse, and he went there long before the "native" Inuit people got there. Dunkleosteus77 ( talk) 22:52, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
The section should be split up and left aligned images are bad for reading imho. prokaryotes ( talk) 21:28, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
This article says "Apart from some runic inscriptions, no contemporary records or historiography survives from the Norse settlements." However, at the article Hvalsey Church it says "the Church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408". These two statements are not compatible (I assume that the marriage record was not a "runic inscription"). 109.145.19.117 ( talk) 20:39, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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This text is in the Biodiversity block: "the fishing industry is a major part of Greenland's economy, accounting for approximately the major of the country's total exports." What does that even mean? Is it the majority or isn't it? Jogar2 ( talk) 14:43, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
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According to the introduction, Greenland is the country with the highest percentage of energy produced from renewable sources: it quotes a 70% figure I've managed to find in a press release, attributed to Palle Christiansen, Greenland's Minister of Finance: http://www.nib.int/news_publications/cases_and_feature_stories/223/hydropower_creates_clean_energy_and_jobs_in_greenland
There are several issues regarding this.
First, according to Renewable_energy_in_Iceland, Greenland would at most be second in renewable energy sources, given the 75% figure attributed to Iceland. That quote can be reframed to something like "one of the countries with a higher use of renewable energy sources". Or maybe there are different categories being considered (maybe one takes into account transportation, while the other doesn't?).
Second, the fact that the only quote I managed to find is from a press release makes the figure... questionable. If the search were to be done in Danish, more references might be found, probably even the Minister's quote in a newspaper or some official document. I don't speak Danish, so this is as far as I'll go. There might also be some international organization which tracks this info and release yearly or regular updates, but I don't know where to start looking.
Third, given such a high ranking as a consumer of renewable energy, it is quite strange that the whole article makes no mention of that again. The only instance of "renewable", "energy" or "electricity" beyond the introduction is in the Economy section: "Electricity has traditionally been generated by oil or diesel power plants, even if there is a large surplus of potential hydropower. Because of rising oil prices, there is a programme to build hydro power plants. The first, and still the largest, is Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant." I think this subject should receive some attention in the article: what are these renewable sources? hydropower? wind? thermal? Are these figures expected to improve with planned infrastructure? Maybe not to the extent of creating a completely new article, as was done with Iceland, but at least provide some information. Other interesting information would be how Greenland ranks in per capita greenhouse gas emissions.
P.S.: this The Guardian article might be relevant: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/28/independent-greenland-could-not-afford-to-sign-up-to-paris-climate-deal According to it, a lot of the energy consumed by the country is still produced by fuel plants, and it might go higher, as plans for new mining plants would raise electricity requirements beyond what they currently produce. The per capita figure is, however, tricky, because of the low population density of the country.
Elideb ( talk) 11:40, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
The seventh paragraph in Greenland#Geography_and_climate starts with: in eastern Greenland, the largest sund/fjord system in the world.
It is pretty clear that something is missing but it is not at all clear what is missing. Perhaps editors more familiar with the subject matter can tell whether something was inadvertently removed in an edit or otherwise no how this paragraph should start.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 16:35, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
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The use of <blockquote> in section Geography and climate makes it appear strange (narrow strip of text), at least at somewhat high zoom levels in a web browser. Shouldn't it be changed? -- Mortense ( talk) 22:18, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
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This is one of the most beautiful articles that I've come across. The images are amazing and the prose is great. In any case, thanks to the editors for working so hard and making this enjoyable to read. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 03:16, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
Greenland is not the largest island in the worrld as it consist of three, four minor island with ice covering it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.52.206.106 ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
The "lake" you (using geoscope) see in the middle is just all the ice and snow covering all the four islands that you think is just one big island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.52.206.106 ( talk • contribs)
I did not want to delete this section, but I thought it had very little bearing to the general description of Greenland's geopgraphy and climate - it is very specific and detailed. Besides that, the section is poorly written and virtually unreadable.
I would recommend deleting this and instead adding a link to the main wikipedia article on Greenlands icesheet: /info/en/?search=Greenland_ice_sheet
2601:280:4B00:590D:5DBF:493D:D2C2:D198 ( talk) 02:10, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
what difference between colonisation and settlement? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.140.130.86 ( talk) 12:44, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Colony:
The
Thirteen Colonies are perfect examples of what a colony is. They were owned by England - "another country". The eight Norse sod buildings found at
L'Anse aux Meadows, the only confirmed Norse site in North America outside of Greenland, and described by
Parks Canada as a small encampment, was not a colony as it was not owned by "another country". England, France, and Spain are countries, the Norse were not a country. The meaning of "
settlement" is very ambiguous, but it is not the same as a colony.
Jerry Stockton ( talk) 15:47, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
I've noticed that when you cursor over a link for "Greenland," the resulting navigation popup begins with, "Greenland IS VERY BIG..." I'm guessing that somebody put it there as a joke, but who knows? Should it be there? And how do you edit text on a navigation popup? Thanks. Noble Oni ( talk) 04:46, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Greenland will be independent from Denmark in near future Nittin Das ( talk) 04:29, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not the constitution of a specific country; neither we support legalistic religious racism.
they have locked the page probably being monoreligionists — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4102:2600:5C90:70E9:13C6:2516 ( talk) 18:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
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please change ((constituent country)) to ((constituent state)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:4500:1760:2D45:1D4A:46D4:9F73 ( talk) 13:45, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
[[constituent state|constituent country]]
if we find sources describing it as such. Or [[autonomous administrative division|autonomous constituent country]]
like the
Faroe Islands article does, although I'm not sure which way is the most descriptive. –
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Can you please change the "Greenland map of Köppen climate classification.svg" to "Greenland map of Köppen climate classification.png"? There are two versions of this, but the shape of the png is less distorted than the svg. The svg looked too squished vertically. Entity Valkyrie ( talk) 01:21, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
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I've just removed this paragraph that was out of place in the section "Climate change" and was a copy-paste of a dubious pop-science magazine repeat of this ice core study: [1] The study may however be relevant to mention in Flora and fauna of Greenland. – Thjarkur (talk) 11:38, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
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"Fossil DNA Proves Greenland Once Had Lush Forests; Ice Sheet Is Surprisingly Stable". Science Daily. Science Daily. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
I was asked about this on my talk page and thought I should explain my edit here too. By inserting a sentence on Trump's idea into the end of the history section it makes it sound like this is the most significant thing that happened in Greenlandic history for the last 10 years. And it really is not, this is just some little idea that will go nowhere and affect nothing. At this stage it feels to me like WP:NOTNEWS applies, along with WP:UNDUE.
Here's another way to think about this: Should we add a sentence on this to the Donald Trump article? I think we probably shouldn't, this is such an insignificant part of Trump's career that it's probably not worth mentioning at this stage. But it's an even less significant part of Greenland's history.
It's true that this is an idea that has been pursued with more seriousness in the past and there would be nothing wrong with writing about that. There's probably even enough material for a separate article on Attempts by the United States to purchase Greenland and it would be fine to deal with Trump's version of this there. Haukur ( talk) 07:55, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
And now Kim Kielsen expresses interest in Greenland buying America. [5] I assume this important matter will be immediately added in a prominent place on the United States article. Haukur ( talk) 10:27, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Of course the Greenland page should feature this moment. More people will visit the Greenland Wikipedia page in the next 24 hours than have in the past 365 days. Wikipedia exists to provide people with the information they are looking for, not to decide what information is palatable for their pretty eyes. If you want to provide a gentle redirect to a more informative article about Danish-American diplomatic relations, then keep the text about the current incident short - but keep it, don't delete it. Malangali ( talk) 10:57, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Is there any evidence this is more than yet another Trump spews something crazy to get the media in a tizzy? I think this should be kept out until it is shown to be more than NOTNEWS. Springee ( talk) 14:24, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
In the article it states "Erik the Red's recruitment of others to settle in Greenland has been characterized recently as a land scam, the scam (and the name) portraying Greenland as better farm land than in Iceland" - i wish to dispute the accuracy of this. The quote that the citation leads to is "men would be more readily persuaded thither if the land had a good name." which in itself does not imply that it is a land scam. The argument behind it being a land scam is Greenland is currently covered in roughly 81% ice. I dispute this based on the fact that the western coast of Greenland was farmed during this time, which today is perrenially frozen. Thus, the land scam claim is basing this claim off todays climate in greenland rather than that of the the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tkellly ( talk • contribs) 11:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
The name of the country in the indigenous Greenlandic language is Kalaallit Nunaat ("land of the Kalaallit").[24] The Kalaallit are the indigenous Greenlandic Inuit people who inhabit the country's western region.
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Since there are more indigenous languages in Greenland it maybe should be called “Greenlandic languages” -- 80.210.75.105 ( talk) 23:30, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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insert an internal link to fjord under the "History" chapter "Norse settlement" subchapter 50.200.76.222 ( talk) 13:47, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
The source for Greenland’s HDI seems outdated, and was published 2012. ThisIsMyUserName4321 ( talk) 21:14, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
@ Koavf: please specify which of the external links you would like to get rid of. I'd keep at least the Overviews and data and Government links. – Finnusertop ( talk ⋅ contribs) 20:20, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
What is this: the article says "After the Norse settlements died off, Greenland came under the de facto control of various Inuit groups". Is the author locked in a view that there needs to be a dominating power? I suppose the Inuit just lived on as before, perhaps some of them settling where the Norse had lived. The Norse settlement(s) never had any control "on Greenland", and I strongly doubt some Inuit kingdom was established. -- LPfi ( talk) 17:03, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
" In 1973, Greenland joined the European Economic Community (EEC) with Denmark. However, in a referendum in 1982, a majority of the population voted for Greenland to withdraw from the EEC, which was effected in 1985 and then changed its status to an OCT (Overseas Countries and Territories) associated with the EEC (now the European Union (EU)). The associated relationship with the EU also means that all greenlandic nationals are EU citizens.[18]"
Can someone who understands this please rewrite it so that the rest of us can understand it? They left the EU so now they're EU citizens? Breaking up that 60-word sentence would likely help. Thanks.
WikiAlto ( talk) 08:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
The Black Death hit Norway in 1349, not in the 15th century. I suggest correcting that in the opening paragraph. Elendil 03 ( talk) 10:30, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
There’s also a mention further into the paragraph. Maybe the reference to the Black Death should be removed instead. Elendil 03 ( talk) 10:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
The sentence in question is the following:
While one strategy aims at promoting Greenlandic in public life and education, developing its vocabulary and suitability for all complex contexts, there are opponents of this. [1]
I read the cited article and it's talking about English marginalizing Danish, not Greenlandic. Ourdearbenefactor ( talk) 20:27, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
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It’s a fairly major news event for the US president to have suggested purchasing the country, despite no practical way of carrying it out — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.143.152 ( talk) 14:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Why not? Just fork out the cash, and it’s yours. But if the Danes won’t sell, then that’s that. 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:F9D8:8A26:E223:4522 ( talk) 22:04, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Why on earth is an article about Greenland protected? What’s that about?? 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:F9D8:8A26:E223:4522 ( talk) 09:07, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
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A province cannot remove the official status of the official language of the Kingdom. That's a joke. So I guess even if some new Greenlandic document states that Inuit is an "official language" in Greenland, and even if Inuit will be used to a larger extent than before by the local government (although Danish will continue to be widely used, especially in education), Danish must be considered an official language in the sense that it is the official language of the state (Denmark) that Greenland is part of. The Danish language's official status does not rely on the text in some Greenlandic document, as Danish is by Danish law considered the official language of all of Denmark. Denmark has more than one region with other official languages than Danish, but it isn't necessary to make a local law in South Denmark to make Danish official there (with German) either. News outlets are often very unprecise, for the time being other encyclopedias state that Danish is official and we shouldn't rush to conclusions. Jægermester ( talk) 19:59, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Jægermester has now been introducing the following changes todays in a row:
These changes do not follow the current consensus among editors - which is to use "prime minister" for "landsstyreformand" and Greenlandic parliament for "landsstyre". Greenland became semiautonomous in 1979 and is now as autonomous as other autonoumous areas of the world - and as User:Johannes Rohr has pointed out - the liberties of Greenland are probably even greater than most other autonomous areas. For example the Greenlandic Parliament can for example recall any area of responsibility form Denmark when they should so chose. The referendum also gives Greenland the right to status as a "country" within the kingdom of Denmark (rigsfælleskabet) in a way suímilar to how Canada is a country within the British Commonwealth. One of the points of the self rule referendum of 2008 was to remove Danish as an official language. Now Jægermester is right that such a referendum would not be valid unless the Danish Parliament approved it - but they did and so Danish is no longer an official language of the country Greenland. ·Maunus·ƛ· 15:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
judo, i disagree. an independant nation wouldnt need 100's of millions of dollars to survive econimicly. An independent nation would also handle its foriegn policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.60.57 ( talk • contribs) 0:354, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Article should be updated to reflect changes to ice loss. I just read an article stating that forests are now being planted in certain areas, as well as gardens. That one native got rid of half of his sled dogs. This seems like a very interesting and significant change. Anyone? Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 00:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
In Greenland only two small bush trees had survive the ice age. And they had make some brushwood in some spots. But the sheep and released reindeer had ruined the mostly. The forests are now being planted in certain areas, as well as gardens because they had introduced new species and fenced them against the animals. The climate of Greenland is completely unpredictable, as the trees had difficulty by recognize the seasons. Haabet 22:57, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I realise the translation of Kalaallit nunaat is sourced to a reliable source, but it is wrong nonetheless. In Greenlandic Kalaaleq means "Greenlander" and Inuk means "person". ·Maunus·ƛ· 03:54, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Kalaallit Nunaat -> Land of Kalaallit named by Greenlanders, Greenland -> Grønland in Danish named by Danish. Meaning Kalaaleq or many Kalaallit as we call oursevles. Uanga aamma kalaaliivunga, massakkut australiami inoqarpunga, jeg elsker grønland. ^^ -Unuku
So is there now any proof/disproof of the claim that Greenland consists of three islands underneath the ice shelf, as mentioned as a theory in the introduction? -- Roentgenium111 ( talk) 20:16, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I have added Template:Citation needed there :
Interpretation of ice core data suggests that between 800 and 1300 AD the regions around the fjords of southern Greenland experienced a mild climate, with trees{ {citation needed} }....
Teofilo talk 15:44, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline#Coastline_statistics Length of a coastline depends on the size of the ruler that is used to measure it. Just quoting a single number is therefore completely meaningless. I will remove it until someone can provide a reference for how the supposed measurement was made. -- Tdent ( talk) 21:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Currently the article reads:
Interpretation of ice core data suggests that between 800 and 1300 AD the regions around the fjords of southern Greenland experienced a mild climate, with trees[citation needed] and herbaceous plants growing and livestock being farmed.
This could be considered misleading, as there are _still_ trees in southern Greenland, in the Qinngua valley. Ordinary Person ( talk) 15:59, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
MattisManzel (
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I started the
Greenland-wiki running the
Oddmuse wiki software. The various inclusions into it might be helpful for you when researching for the article about Greenland in the wikipedia-en.
Are there any radio or TV stations? Newspapers, magazines, books, published for Greenlandic consumption? The literacy rate is stated to be 100%; what do they read? Chrisrus ( talk) 07:23, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Some of us read Wikipedia. -Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexgenaud ( talk • contribs) 07:28, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
"""In addition to these routes there are scheduled international flights between Narsarsuaq and Copenhagen."""
I believe Kangerlussuaq rather than Narsarsuaq is meant here. Kangerlussuaq is the largest airport and there are dozens of flights direct to Copenhagen all year round. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.83.8.110 ( talk) 07:02, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Does Greenland use
Western European Summer Time or any particular variant of this?
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Greenlantic winter time = UTC - 3 hours, summer time = UTC - 2 hours. (eab)
There are several time zones. Greenland is massive and, so far north, it spans many degrees of longitude. Here in Nuuk -0200 WGST (51 degrees W - similar to Rio de Janiero). But for example, -0300 ADT at Thule (69 degrees W). And +0000 EGST at Nerlerit Inaat (Constable Pynt - 22 degrees W) - Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexgenaud ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Should Greenland be a subcontinent of North America? Even though it's stated that it's on the same Tectonic Plate as North America, it looks like it's drifted apart from the arctic islands of Canada, and was once part of the islands, plus, it's a big island.
"Fishing by traditional methods has been increasingly replaced by the use of firearms and modern technology."
What does this mean? It sounds like fishermen are shooting fish with shotguns and lasers, which I doubt. Clarification would be helpful. Noah Tye ( talk) 02:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to divide up Greenland History, Economy and Geography into separate articles? Isn't it better to have all the information in one place, particularly since there's not a lot of information in each of those sub-articles? Landroo ( talk) 16:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
The introduction of the article translates "Kalaallit Nunaat" as "Land of the people". But Kalaallit are not "people" in general but specifically "Greenlanders" or "indigenous Greenlanders". -- pne (talk) 11:32, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Under the paragraph about mines and minerals, there is no mention of the mine in the Ilimaussaq intrusion in the southwest, which is expected to be one of the largest rare earth mines in the world (source: BBC Focus issue 227 april 2011). This should possibly be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.97.170 ( talk) 07:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to change the description from "country" to "province".
From the Danish Government's website:
"The Kingdom of Denmark also has 2 autonomous provinces – the Faroe Islands and Greenland."
Link: http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/About-Denmark/Denmark-In-Brief
In the Greenland Home Rule Act from 1978, Greenland is referred to as a "community";
"Greenland is a distinct community within the Kingdom of Denmark."
The act was also a decision made in conformity with the Greenland >Provincial< Council.
In the ACT ON GREENLAND SELF-GOVERNMENT from 2008, Greenland is referred to as a "people";
"Recognizing that the people of Greenland is a people pursuant to international law with the right of self-determination, the Act is based on a wish to foster equality and mutual respect in the partnership between Denmark and Greenland."
Never was Greenland referred to as a country in any of the two acts, but it is referred to as a "autonomous province" by the Danish Government, and thereby the Kingdom of Denmark, which Greenland is a part of. Org.aidepikiw ( talk) 13:29, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
http://uk.nanoq.gl/Emner/About/Facts.aspx But the first two are just direct translations from Danish and Greenlandish, as such some people sometimes try to use term which are more recognisable and familiar for foreigners, when talking about Greenland in English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.48.104.170 ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Is anybody in a position to add information about the flora (such as it is) and fauna of the country? Q·L· 1968 ☿ 05:31, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Having traveled some in Greenland and having met several Greenlanders, I find that statistic rather improbable. No source is cited presently in the article. Is there are any contemporary data on Greenlandic religious belief? I would guess that the non-religious are significantly more numerous, probably comparable with most Western European countries. { 66.62.230.2 ( talk) 03:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)}
That seems like a very unrealistic stat to me, ill see if i can find any census info in a few days. P0PP4B34R732 ( talk) 03:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I notice that Danish has been moved to the recognised regional language parameter of the infobox... which specific region of Greenland is Danish "recognised" in? I realise that Danish hasn't been an "official" language since 2009, but if we're going to demote Danish then we should call it a minority language rather than a regional language.
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Klaus Kleist is right that in Greenland there is a distinction between Towns (by) and settelments (bygd) (srry I don't remeber the corresponding Greenlandic terms).But we still need a good reference to show that Kangerlussuaq is the largest settlement. Also the article ought to explain the settlement/ton difference. WHat are the criteria and historical reasons some places are setllements and not towns - I assume it has to do with the colonial history. ·ʍaunus· snunɐw· 13:39, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Removed a sentence or two of excuse for the Danish monopoly on Greenlandic trade from the article, some things to the effect that the Danes made the Greenlanders pay too much for things in order to "protect" them from "outside" "exploitation". While I'm sure that is quite possibly what the Danish government said at the time, it both needs to be sourced and quite obviously isn't the whole truth. The article could use sourcing on that attitude and opposition to it, as well as the actual company names (Royal Greenland & al.) and the composition of the "Greenlandic" council that approved its continuation (i.e., at the time of the meeting, was it composed mostly or entirely of Danes? of local Danes or imported administrators from the mainland?) — LlywelynII 08:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
The article on Inuit could use information on how widespread Inuit bi- and trilingualism are in Greenland. Is it true that almost all of them can speak Danish and study English in school? or is that only true for the few 'major' towns? — LlywelynII 08:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Not sure why this seems so common, but this page also has an inappropriate {{ UK-English}} tag on the top. This 2002 edit established the use as American English, not British. — LlywelynII 08:31, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
According to Iceland, Greenland could move to use the Canadian dollar? [4] Is that accurate, or just Icelandic wishes? 70.24.251.208 ( talk) 12:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Turns out Greenland would not divide up into three islands if the ice melted. For the lowest channel to open between the inner depression and the sea (a double channel at the Qaasiutsap–Park border, so that the northern cape of Qaasiutsup would become an island), you'd need a sea rise of 47m. With the full expected rise of 68.3m from Antarctica fully melting (not that we'd expect that to happen), we'd get a 2nd, narrow channel at Ilulissat. For the 3nd channel, we'd need a 100-m rise, which is not possible. (Just playing around with NOAA data.) — kwami ( talk) 23:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
The long-range divides the domestic market into many small units that have high operating costs. -- er, what's a or the 'long-range', here? -- Wda ( talk) 22:41, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Lead paragraph 1 confusingly refers to Greenland as both a country and a territory. Suggest that vocab be standarized, but will leave it to others more knowledgeable. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 20:28, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Greenland (island) should be created because the country consists of not only this island but also a hundred of others. Infovarius ( talk) 20:04, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I moved the discussion to talk:Greenlandic language#Gemination and vowels. -- Mahmudmasri ( talk) 13:33, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
The section is incredibly technical and could possibly be very interesting if the complex wording can be translated. I tried, and just couldn't do it, but I'll do some research and try to get a basic understanding of the topic. Any glaciologists could be very helpful! AVAAGAA ↪ 15:18, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Antarctica and Australia are both more than twice the size of Greenland, both are islands.
14.2.32.116 ( talk) 02:57, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Original Text: Association football is the national sport of Greenland. The governing body, the Football Association of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaanni Arsaattartut Kattuffiat), is not yet a member of FIFA because of ongoing disagreements with Sepp Blatter and an inability to grow grass for regulation grass pitches.[citation needed] However, it is the 17th member of the N.F.-Board.
Suggestions: 1) Greenland is considered part of Denmark for the purposes of international football in the eyes of FIFA. To state there is a disagreement with Blatter is personalising the issue of the reason they are not recognized by FIFA: if this is truly so a reference is needed. A country may not have 2 national teams recognized by FIFA for international play. Greenland is however recognized by the IFU, and despite objections from China and FIFA played an historic match. 2) Grass is not required for FIFA matches. Artificial turf is allowable, the restriction being on it's colour. (See FIFA Laws of the Game, subsection: Field of Play). This is an erroneous supposition on the part of the author and I believe should be deleted as it is misleading.
To place both of these assertions in one sentence to me seems to be a biased statement, not one of fact or supported by citation. I will not suggest that it is consciously done, but nonetheless it should be recognized as an assertion of local or individual opinion rather than fact and either be removed or amended.
I hope this does not sound offensive, that is not my intent - this is my first time suggesting an edit. 50.70.16.104 ( talk) 19:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Seems suspicious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nivstein ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
The lead section says that Denmark maintained control of police and judiciary as part of the June 21, 2009 agreement. But in the body of the article, it says the opposite — that Greenland assumed self-government in those areas. Which is it? 76.169.117.161 ( talk) 05:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
The "Norse Settlement" section says:
But then the caption to the picture of the ruined church says:
I find this confusing and contradictory. 86.167.125.50 ( talk) 03:13, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
The final sentance of the lead states that "According to a 2011 consensus, Greenland holds the highest suicide rate in the world". However the two references given are from 2009 & 2010. -- LukeSurl t c 15:55, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Contrary to the assertion here of this article's language variation being established in 2002, it was actually established later, in 2003, here. I have therefore changed the tag. Inglok ( talk) 21:58, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
In general, disputes over which English variety to use in an article are strongly discouraged. Such debates waste time and engender controversy, mostly without accomplishing anything positive.
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18:43, 5 December 2013 (UTC)I know for a fact that Erik the Red was banished to Greenland claiming it for the Norse, and he went there long before the "native" Inuit people got there. Dunkleosteus77 ( talk) 22:52, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
The section should be split up and left aligned images are bad for reading imho. prokaryotes ( talk) 21:28, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
This article says "Apart from some runic inscriptions, no contemporary records or historiography survives from the Norse settlements." However, at the article Hvalsey Church it says "the Church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408". These two statements are not compatible (I assume that the marriage record was not a "runic inscription"). 109.145.19.117 ( talk) 20:39, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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This text is in the Biodiversity block: "the fishing industry is a major part of Greenland's economy, accounting for approximately the major of the country's total exports." What does that even mean? Is it the majority or isn't it? Jogar2 ( talk) 14:43, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
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According to the introduction, Greenland is the country with the highest percentage of energy produced from renewable sources: it quotes a 70% figure I've managed to find in a press release, attributed to Palle Christiansen, Greenland's Minister of Finance: http://www.nib.int/news_publications/cases_and_feature_stories/223/hydropower_creates_clean_energy_and_jobs_in_greenland
There are several issues regarding this.
First, according to Renewable_energy_in_Iceland, Greenland would at most be second in renewable energy sources, given the 75% figure attributed to Iceland. That quote can be reframed to something like "one of the countries with a higher use of renewable energy sources". Or maybe there are different categories being considered (maybe one takes into account transportation, while the other doesn't?).
Second, the fact that the only quote I managed to find is from a press release makes the figure... questionable. If the search were to be done in Danish, more references might be found, probably even the Minister's quote in a newspaper or some official document. I don't speak Danish, so this is as far as I'll go. There might also be some international organization which tracks this info and release yearly or regular updates, but I don't know where to start looking.
Third, given such a high ranking as a consumer of renewable energy, it is quite strange that the whole article makes no mention of that again. The only instance of "renewable", "energy" or "electricity" beyond the introduction is in the Economy section: "Electricity has traditionally been generated by oil or diesel power plants, even if there is a large surplus of potential hydropower. Because of rising oil prices, there is a programme to build hydro power plants. The first, and still the largest, is Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant." I think this subject should receive some attention in the article: what are these renewable sources? hydropower? wind? thermal? Are these figures expected to improve with planned infrastructure? Maybe not to the extent of creating a completely new article, as was done with Iceland, but at least provide some information. Other interesting information would be how Greenland ranks in per capita greenhouse gas emissions.
P.S.: this The Guardian article might be relevant: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/28/independent-greenland-could-not-afford-to-sign-up-to-paris-climate-deal According to it, a lot of the energy consumed by the country is still produced by fuel plants, and it might go higher, as plans for new mining plants would raise electricity requirements beyond what they currently produce. The per capita figure is, however, tricky, because of the low population density of the country.
Elideb ( talk) 11:40, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
The seventh paragraph in Greenland#Geography_and_climate starts with: in eastern Greenland, the largest sund/fjord system in the world.
It is pretty clear that something is missing but it is not at all clear what is missing. Perhaps editors more familiar with the subject matter can tell whether something was inadvertently removed in an edit or otherwise no how this paragraph should start.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 16:35, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
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The use of <blockquote> in section Geography and climate makes it appear strange (narrow strip of text), at least at somewhat high zoom levels in a web browser. Shouldn't it be changed? -- Mortense ( talk) 22:18, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
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This is one of the most beautiful articles that I've come across. The images are amazing and the prose is great. In any case, thanks to the editors for working so hard and making this enjoyable to read. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 03:16, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
Greenland is not the largest island in the worrld as it consist of three, four minor island with ice covering it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.52.206.106 ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
The "lake" you (using geoscope) see in the middle is just all the ice and snow covering all the four islands that you think is just one big island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.52.206.106 ( talk • contribs)
I did not want to delete this section, but I thought it had very little bearing to the general description of Greenland's geopgraphy and climate - it is very specific and detailed. Besides that, the section is poorly written and virtually unreadable.
I would recommend deleting this and instead adding a link to the main wikipedia article on Greenlands icesheet: /info/en/?search=Greenland_ice_sheet
2601:280:4B00:590D:5DBF:493D:D2C2:D198 ( talk) 02:10, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
what difference between colonisation and settlement? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.140.130.86 ( talk) 12:44, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Colony:
The
Thirteen Colonies are perfect examples of what a colony is. They were owned by England - "another country". The eight Norse sod buildings found at
L'Anse aux Meadows, the only confirmed Norse site in North America outside of Greenland, and described by
Parks Canada as a small encampment, was not a colony as it was not owned by "another country". England, France, and Spain are countries, the Norse were not a country. The meaning of "
settlement" is very ambiguous, but it is not the same as a colony.
Jerry Stockton ( talk) 15:47, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
I've noticed that when you cursor over a link for "Greenland," the resulting navigation popup begins with, "Greenland IS VERY BIG..." I'm guessing that somebody put it there as a joke, but who knows? Should it be there? And how do you edit text on a navigation popup? Thanks. Noble Oni ( talk) 04:46, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Greenland will be independent from Denmark in near future Nittin Das ( talk) 04:29, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not the constitution of a specific country; neither we support legalistic religious racism.
they have locked the page probably being monoreligionists — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4102:2600:5C90:70E9:13C6:2516 ( talk) 18:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
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please change ((constituent country)) to ((constituent state)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:4500:1760:2D45:1D4A:46D4:9F73 ( talk) 13:45, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
[[constituent state|constituent country]]
if we find sources describing it as such. Or [[autonomous administrative division|autonomous constituent country]]
like the
Faroe Islands article does, although I'm not sure which way is the most descriptive. –
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Can you please change the "Greenland map of Köppen climate classification.svg" to "Greenland map of Köppen climate classification.png"? There are two versions of this, but the shape of the png is less distorted than the svg. The svg looked too squished vertically. Entity Valkyrie ( talk) 01:21, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Grünland. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. signed, Rosguill talk 19:02, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
I've just removed this paragraph that was out of place in the section "Climate change" and was a copy-paste of a dubious pop-science magazine repeat of this ice core study: [1] The study may however be relevant to mention in Flora and fauna of Greenland. – Thjarkur (talk) 11:38, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
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link) Study summarized in: University of Copenhagen.
"Fossil DNA Proves Greenland Once Had Lush Forests; Ice Sheet Is Surprisingly Stable". Science Daily. Science Daily. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
I was asked about this on my talk page and thought I should explain my edit here too. By inserting a sentence on Trump's idea into the end of the history section it makes it sound like this is the most significant thing that happened in Greenlandic history for the last 10 years. And it really is not, this is just some little idea that will go nowhere and affect nothing. At this stage it feels to me like WP:NOTNEWS applies, along with WP:UNDUE.
Here's another way to think about this: Should we add a sentence on this to the Donald Trump article? I think we probably shouldn't, this is such an insignificant part of Trump's career that it's probably not worth mentioning at this stage. But it's an even less significant part of Greenland's history.
It's true that this is an idea that has been pursued with more seriousness in the past and there would be nothing wrong with writing about that. There's probably even enough material for a separate article on Attempts by the United States to purchase Greenland and it would be fine to deal with Trump's version of this there. Haukur ( talk) 07:55, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
And now Kim Kielsen expresses interest in Greenland buying America. [5] I assume this important matter will be immediately added in a prominent place on the United States article. Haukur ( talk) 10:27, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Of course the Greenland page should feature this moment. More people will visit the Greenland Wikipedia page in the next 24 hours than have in the past 365 days. Wikipedia exists to provide people with the information they are looking for, not to decide what information is palatable for their pretty eyes. If you want to provide a gentle redirect to a more informative article about Danish-American diplomatic relations, then keep the text about the current incident short - but keep it, don't delete it. Malangali ( talk) 10:57, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Is there any evidence this is more than yet another Trump spews something crazy to get the media in a tizzy? I think this should be kept out until it is shown to be more than NOTNEWS. Springee ( talk) 14:24, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
In the article it states "Erik the Red's recruitment of others to settle in Greenland has been characterized recently as a land scam, the scam (and the name) portraying Greenland as better farm land than in Iceland" - i wish to dispute the accuracy of this. The quote that the citation leads to is "men would be more readily persuaded thither if the land had a good name." which in itself does not imply that it is a land scam. The argument behind it being a land scam is Greenland is currently covered in roughly 81% ice. I dispute this based on the fact that the western coast of Greenland was farmed during this time, which today is perrenially frozen. Thus, the land scam claim is basing this claim off todays climate in greenland rather than that of the the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tkellly ( talk • contribs) 11:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
The name of the country in the indigenous Greenlandic language is Kalaallit Nunaat ("land of the Kalaallit").[24] The Kalaallit are the indigenous Greenlandic Inuit people who inhabit the country's western region.
Can the mention of the Greenlandic language as indigenous be removed? See
this discussion.--
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Since there are more indigenous languages in Greenland it maybe should be called “Greenlandic languages” -- 80.210.75.105 ( talk) 23:30, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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insert an internal link to fjord under the "History" chapter "Norse settlement" subchapter 50.200.76.222 ( talk) 13:47, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
The source for Greenland’s HDI seems outdated, and was published 2012. ThisIsMyUserName4321 ( talk) 21:14, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
@ Koavf: please specify which of the external links you would like to get rid of. I'd keep at least the Overviews and data and Government links. – Finnusertop ( talk ⋅ contribs) 20:20, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
What is this: the article says "After the Norse settlements died off, Greenland came under the de facto control of various Inuit groups". Is the author locked in a view that there needs to be a dominating power? I suppose the Inuit just lived on as before, perhaps some of them settling where the Norse had lived. The Norse settlement(s) never had any control "on Greenland", and I strongly doubt some Inuit kingdom was established. -- LPfi ( talk) 17:03, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
" In 1973, Greenland joined the European Economic Community (EEC) with Denmark. However, in a referendum in 1982, a majority of the population voted for Greenland to withdraw from the EEC, which was effected in 1985 and then changed its status to an OCT (Overseas Countries and Territories) associated with the EEC (now the European Union (EU)). The associated relationship with the EU also means that all greenlandic nationals are EU citizens.[18]"
Can someone who understands this please rewrite it so that the rest of us can understand it? They left the EU so now they're EU citizens? Breaking up that 60-word sentence would likely help. Thanks.
WikiAlto ( talk) 08:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
The Black Death hit Norway in 1349, not in the 15th century. I suggest correcting that in the opening paragraph. Elendil 03 ( talk) 10:30, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
There’s also a mention further into the paragraph. Maybe the reference to the Black Death should be removed instead. Elendil 03 ( talk) 10:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
The sentence in question is the following:
While one strategy aims at promoting Greenlandic in public life and education, developing its vocabulary and suitability for all complex contexts, there are opponents of this. [1]
I read the cited article and it's talking about English marginalizing Danish, not Greenlandic. Ourdearbenefactor ( talk) 20:27, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
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It’s a fairly major news event for the US president to have suggested purchasing the country, despite no practical way of carrying it out — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.143.152 ( talk) 14:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Why not? Just fork out the cash, and it’s yours. But if the Danes won’t sell, then that’s that. 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:F9D8:8A26:E223:4522 ( talk) 22:04, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Why on earth is an article about Greenland protected? What’s that about?? 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:F9D8:8A26:E223:4522 ( talk) 09:07, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
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