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So, as the talk page notes in several discussions above, the lede for this article is tricky because there is so much information and it is difficult to summarize concisely. I have just significantly rewritten/reorganized the lede because i thought it it did not read very smoothly; it was more like a list of facts than a summary. Furthermore, there aren't any body of water featured articles or any real templates I could find to base this off of. I have tried as far as possible to make these changes in accordance with WP:LEAD. It states that an article of this size should generally have a lede of about 4 paragraphs and focus on aspects in proportion to their importance. I arranged it thus:
I tried to remove any facts that might want citation. I also tried generally to remove any specific facts in favor of a very general overview. Any given fact in a summary takes you on that slippery slope of 'if we include this we have to include that.' Also broad characterizations make for smoother reading than lists of facts.
Anyway I figured, since the lede has been through several iterations I'd try to get a general outline for people to agree on in here so that we can avoid complete rewritings as much as possible, but I welcome any comments to this framework or edits. -- InspectorTiger ( talk) 21:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
It would appear that France is one of the littoral countries of the North Sea but it is not included in the first sentence. Eregli bob ( talk) 15:41, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
'If we have to mention France and the North Sea (sorry, but it just isn't a Northsea nation for me) then maybe the geopolitics behind it, and also explain away how places like Deal and Margate are considered lying on the English channel even though they lie somewhat to the north of northernmost (North Sea lying) bit of France. '''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.210.155 ( talk) 13:18, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
With regard to the map currently sitting in the 'economy' section, it would be useful to know what the black line running through various countries is - I'm presuming it's the drainage divide. If confirmed we should label it though perhaps for the purposes of the section one without that adornment might suffice. The drainga ebasin is dealt with elsewhere.
As regards the 'geology' section, I'm not convinced the existing map is helpful or relevant as the map covers much of Europe, N Africa and the Middle East and the N Sea is in one small corner.
Can anyone improve the article on either count? - my own abilities with images on WP are limited! cheers 11:06, 13 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geopersona ( talk • contribs) 11:06, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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I don't know, how to handle the knowledge, or better, where the right place to right is, but I don't think, it's unimportant. A more or less uncommon German name is "Blanker Hans" (means: "bare/naked Hans"). It's only known in north Germany, if it's known. Also it's used in the poem "Trutz Blanker Hans" (resist Blanker Hans), an poem about the town "Rungholdt", which was destroyed by a North Sea's storm. 79.194.208.144 ( talk) 15:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Historically was it called the German Sea. Like the "Irish Sea". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.224.32.142 ( talk) 13:44, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
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The article now states that "The British Isles had been protected from invasion by the North Sea waters until the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 CE". That's nonsense of course. There have been numerous invasions into Britain before those time, the latest before the Romans were by some Belgic tribes just 1 or 2 centuries earlier. Another major invasion that we now know of, is the one by the Beaker people. JRB-Europe ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:59, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
The size of the sea differs significantly between the opening paragraph and the Geography section. I'm virtually sure the former is wrong, as the island of Britain alone is 80,000 square miles. Samer ( talk) 17:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Four countries are in the North see drainage basin by Rhine river: Switzerland and Italy. Almost all Switzerland and Lago di Lei in Italy. I wrote this contribution but it was reversed. I hope you can check this. Liechtenstein and Austria are countries in the Rhine bassin as well. So I suggest to modify. What do you think? talk — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreAMICO ( talk • contribs) 13:31, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
I modified Basin countries because af definition of basin. Please check my changes comment added by AndreAMICO ( talk — Preceding undated comment added 10:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Oops, typo. Regards Keith-264 ( talk) 19:49, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
TylerBurden, regarding the inclusion of France as a country by which the North Sea is bounded: Your edit summary, when you reverted someone's addition of France, was "That's the English channel." As explained at English Channel, The International Hygrographic Organization considers the North Sea to extend to the lighthouse of Walde just east of Calais. So all of the French coastline east of that—a stretch that includes Dunkirk—is on the North Sea. That's about 28 miles/45 kilometers of French North Sea coast. Largoplazo ( talk) 23:52, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Tyler, you wrote in your edit summary that "Scandinavia includes Sweden, which does not connect its water borders to the North Sea". This is true, but it is also true for some of the other regions listed, e.g. Great Britain and Wales (Irish Sea), Norway and Finnmark (Barents Sea), Germany and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Baltic Sea), France and Corsica (Mediterranean Sea) etc. Stara Marusya ( talk) 21:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
The second sentence of the article says that the North Sea is an epeiric sea. The word "epeiric" is linked to an article that says that's a synonym for being an inland sea. The North Sea really obviously isn't an inland sea. I know the wiki game - we've all been there, someone's going to find some reference using the word epeiric in relation to the North Sea, and observe that a wikipedia article saying that means inland sea isn't reliable so we shouldn't change this article and meanwhile someone will find some other source that says or could be intepreted as meaning that epeiric is inland so the other article shouldn't change either but if there is anyone out there that is even marginally sane then at bare minimum this aricle shouldn't say it's epeiric while linking the term to an article that says that means it's an inland sea when it really clearly isn't. 46.31.205.228 ( talk) 14:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
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So, as the talk page notes in several discussions above, the lede for this article is tricky because there is so much information and it is difficult to summarize concisely. I have just significantly rewritten/reorganized the lede because i thought it it did not read very smoothly; it was more like a list of facts than a summary. Furthermore, there aren't any body of water featured articles or any real templates I could find to base this off of. I have tried as far as possible to make these changes in accordance with WP:LEAD. It states that an article of this size should generally have a lede of about 4 paragraphs and focus on aspects in proportion to their importance. I arranged it thus:
I tried to remove any facts that might want citation. I also tried generally to remove any specific facts in favor of a very general overview. Any given fact in a summary takes you on that slippery slope of 'if we include this we have to include that.' Also broad characterizations make for smoother reading than lists of facts.
Anyway I figured, since the lede has been through several iterations I'd try to get a general outline for people to agree on in here so that we can avoid complete rewritings as much as possible, but I welcome any comments to this framework or edits. -- InspectorTiger ( talk) 21:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
It would appear that France is one of the littoral countries of the North Sea but it is not included in the first sentence. Eregli bob ( talk) 15:41, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
'If we have to mention France and the North Sea (sorry, but it just isn't a Northsea nation for me) then maybe the geopolitics behind it, and also explain away how places like Deal and Margate are considered lying on the English channel even though they lie somewhat to the north of northernmost (North Sea lying) bit of France. '''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.210.155 ( talk) 13:18, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
With regard to the map currently sitting in the 'economy' section, it would be useful to know what the black line running through various countries is - I'm presuming it's the drainage divide. If confirmed we should label it though perhaps for the purposes of the section one without that adornment might suffice. The drainga ebasin is dealt with elsewhere.
As regards the 'geology' section, I'm not convinced the existing map is helpful or relevant as the map covers much of Europe, N Africa and the Middle East and the N Sea is in one small corner.
Can anyone improve the article on either count? - my own abilities with images on WP are limited! cheers 11:06, 13 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geopersona ( talk • contribs) 11:06, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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I don't know, how to handle the knowledge, or better, where the right place to right is, but I don't think, it's unimportant. A more or less uncommon German name is "Blanker Hans" (means: "bare/naked Hans"). It's only known in north Germany, if it's known. Also it's used in the poem "Trutz Blanker Hans" (resist Blanker Hans), an poem about the town "Rungholdt", which was destroyed by a North Sea's storm. 79.194.208.144 ( talk) 15:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Historically was it called the German Sea. Like the "Irish Sea". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.224.32.142 ( talk) 13:44, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
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The article now states that "The British Isles had been protected from invasion by the North Sea waters until the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 CE". That's nonsense of course. There have been numerous invasions into Britain before those time, the latest before the Romans were by some Belgic tribes just 1 or 2 centuries earlier. Another major invasion that we now know of, is the one by the Beaker people. JRB-Europe ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:59, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
The size of the sea differs significantly between the opening paragraph and the Geography section. I'm virtually sure the former is wrong, as the island of Britain alone is 80,000 square miles. Samer ( talk) 17:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Four countries are in the North see drainage basin by Rhine river: Switzerland and Italy. Almost all Switzerland and Lago di Lei in Italy. I wrote this contribution but it was reversed. I hope you can check this. Liechtenstein and Austria are countries in the Rhine bassin as well. So I suggest to modify. What do you think? talk — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreAMICO ( talk • contribs) 13:31, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
I modified Basin countries because af definition of basin. Please check my changes comment added by AndreAMICO ( talk — Preceding undated comment added 10:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Oops, typo. Regards Keith-264 ( talk) 19:49, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
TylerBurden, regarding the inclusion of France as a country by which the North Sea is bounded: Your edit summary, when you reverted someone's addition of France, was "That's the English channel." As explained at English Channel, The International Hygrographic Organization considers the North Sea to extend to the lighthouse of Walde just east of Calais. So all of the French coastline east of that—a stretch that includes Dunkirk—is on the North Sea. That's about 28 miles/45 kilometers of French North Sea coast. Largoplazo ( talk) 23:52, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Tyler, you wrote in your edit summary that "Scandinavia includes Sweden, which does not connect its water borders to the North Sea". This is true, but it is also true for some of the other regions listed, e.g. Great Britain and Wales (Irish Sea), Norway and Finnmark (Barents Sea), Germany and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Baltic Sea), France and Corsica (Mediterranean Sea) etc. Stara Marusya ( talk) 21:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
The second sentence of the article says that the North Sea is an epeiric sea. The word "epeiric" is linked to an article that says that's a synonym for being an inland sea. The North Sea really obviously isn't an inland sea. I know the wiki game - we've all been there, someone's going to find some reference using the word epeiric in relation to the North Sea, and observe that a wikipedia article saying that means inland sea isn't reliable so we shouldn't change this article and meanwhile someone will find some other source that says or could be intepreted as meaning that epeiric is inland so the other article shouldn't change either but if there is anyone out there that is even marginally sane then at bare minimum this aricle shouldn't say it's epeiric while linking the term to an article that says that means it's an inland sea when it really clearly isn't. 46.31.205.228 ( talk) 14:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)