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Does anyone know the name of the Swiss Sport which is similar to golf? I've seen it played but can't remember the name of it. One person hits a ball off a tee using what looks like a cork on the end of a fishing rod. A number of other people then wait in the distance with wooden bats and try to hit the ball before it hits the ground. Any Swiss people out there who know what this is ?
I think the fact that Switzerland didn't become a member of the UN until 2002 says a lot about the country not wanting to commit itself. One should consider changing the formulation "The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, as it is home to many international organizations."
The above line was written by User:212.254.98.175. I reverted your changes to Switzerland as most of the points, while not wrong, are already covered in the article or in sub-articles. For example Switzerland#Economy mentions the EU aspect, while the main article Economy of Switzerland lists its industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments. Furthermore I disagree that most speak English, from my recent first hand experience. Many young urban Swiss may speak English, but not the older Swiss and those outside the main centres. - Wikibob | Talk 01:31, 2004 Oct 11 (UTC)
I have moved the discussion on the spelling of Swiss cantons into an /Archive 2. The vote is called off. I didn't think it makes sense to vote since apparently not many seemed to be involved enough.
As a result of the discussion/vote I suggest we use the following spellings:
That is the official names in the main language spoken in the respective canton, except for Geneva and Lucerne where there is a very common English spelling (in accordance with the MoS.
Kokiri 18:23, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)
For all of those, do remember to create a redirect page which uses no accents or other characters which are not present on an English keyboard. Most native English speakers are unlikely to type a letter which isn't on their keyboard, even if it is possible to type it once you know how. What you've suggested seems to fit well with the way history articles are written, using the name of the place at the time and place of the events and referencing a later or earlier name if useful. Jamesday 03:17, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I have removed the following external link:
This, because it isn't really about Switzerland. This link should go into an article on Press Freedom, or, if there was a paragraph on that in the article on Switzerland. Kokiri 21:02, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
The following two links were recently added:
as I'm not convinced that they add much to the topic. -- User:Docu
Lake Geneva official name is "Lake Léman", should it bear its official name on the map? Because border line cuts lake in two between Switzerland and France, Lake Léman is more "politically correct".
I did not see on your map Lake Neuchâtel, which is the bigger lake in surface that is enterely in Switzerland!
Christian, from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Military_of_Switzerland#Discussion could use some work. .. User:Docu
European Free Trade Association |
Iceland | Liechtenstein | Norway | Switzerland |
Countries of the world | Europe | European Economic Area | Council of Europe |
The above frame in its current version suggest that Switzerland is part of the [EEA]. Instead of listing EEA, it might be more useful to list the EU directly afterall there are numerous bilateral agreements. If you want to list EFTA, we might as well include OSCE and not detail the countries, afterall EFTA isn't that important any more. -- User:Docu
There was a long debate at WikiProject countries. I think the result there ( Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Countries#Of_footers_and_Orcs) is now that the solution adopted here (adding the template only to the specialized page, e.g. {NATO} to "Military of .."), is being implemented elsewhere. -- User:Docu
I feel that the paragraph about wartime neutrality does not itself read in a very neutral fashion, and the bit about other countries and their neutrality does not, with all due respect, feel to me as if it belongs in this article, though it should perhaps be part of one elsewhere. But I'd be pleased to hear other views. Nevilley 19:46, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
It doesn't make sense. The USSR was a US ally in the war and how did Swiss munitions get to Japan? Rmhermen 22:09, Mar 24, 2004 (UTC)
Should the official name of the country, at one time set in Latin (to avoid debates which is the best version), be included in the table? BTW which other local versions are to be included? -- User:Docu
I have replaced the CIA map in the Geography section with my own upload. I'm aware that the new map is quite large, but it's got a few more details (that makes me wonder whether it is in the right place). For comments on the map itself, please use my talk page. Kokiri 16:36, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
It seems logical that the summary table repeats information included in the article, especially as there isn't much space to provide a lot of detail in the table. - User:Docu
There is a new series of pages that could be converted into (more extensive) stubs, it can be found with Municipalities_of_the_canton_of_Vaud. -- User:Docu
As far as I know, only German, French and Italian are considered official languages. Rhaeto-Rumantsch is a national language, as the other three as well. This can also be read in the following article, extracted from: http://www.swissworld.org/eng/index.html?siteSect=601&sid=4059003&rubricId=14010
"Language rights
Language rights are enshrined in the Swiss constitution. German, French, Italian and Rhaeto-Rumantsch all have the status of national languages, but only the first three are official languages. Nevertheless, Rumantsch is used in official communications with Rumantsch speakers, who in turn have the right to use their native language in addressing the central authorities."
Posted by marcelo_schlindwein@yahoo.com
OK, while I still feel it should not be included as an official language, I do understand the reasoning that supports it and I apologize for making edits without checking the talk page. — rebug ( talk) 15:06, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
About demographics/languages: I think it doesn't make sense to put percentages that don't add up to 100%. I suggest to add: "Others 9%"
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<<It should also be noted that English is a Swiss lingua franca, and, in fact, most, if not all Swiss, have some command of English. Many Swiss documents and websites are also available in English.>>
I don't agree with that. In the French-Switzerland, very few have good proficiency in English and many does not speak english at all. People in shops look at you very strangely when you try to speak english to them.. It seems to me that german-swiss are better at english. But that does not make english a lingua franca.
You had not red what I wrote. And it s like I think, It difficult to know what I said because if you don t speak an other language, the people will not talk to you like me...
I know many english people live in Switzerland and the people who came from US or England ( not the children who are born here ) but the older, don t like to learn french. But If they are children in Switzerland, job and Friend, in generally they will learn. I know some english speaker live in Switzerland since TWENTY years and they never learn french. Maybe that s not colonial, but just unpleasent. and I know that s not only in Switzerland.
Now the people try to speak english, Why ? -> because why not.
that is not the question. I answer about " English like lingua franca "
English for " trade " (much better)
Politicien use word in english. yes, because the american develloped informatic, buizness, music, world of work. So the word is the one of the inventor.
why we use latin word for science, because the europeean use this language for science. It s not a question of english, it s a question of who are invented. If the chinese will invent somthing we use a chinese word, like kung fu.
Colonialism ? It s the eternal story of latin and pangermany. The Italian are just 5 % of the population and the german 70%in the country. the german is the first language are teaching in school after italien or french. I think the ticinese don t speak german between them. It s a question of trade because the people like you speak his language. that not an obligation but it s better and you can have more.
-- Manu181 10:33, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Isn't it confédération helvétique?
But in french it s "confédération helvétique"
-- Manu181 12:59, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
A londres depuis 2 mois pour apprendre l anglais mais je vis a Geneve.
But that s not the question
Confederation Helvetique, It s an official name and more use between people
-- Manu181 13:01, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
On ne pourrais pas en dire autant de toi ;-) ( pas la peine de me repondre comme ca )
* http://www.unige.ch/biblio/ses/plus/index.php?cat=167
It s the link of the university of geneva, they use confederation helvetique for the link to admin.ch
* http://www.ssa.ch/liens/organisations_instjuridiques.htm
And that is the official link of the intelectual propiety of Switzerland. They have write Confederation Helvetique. (Confédération Hélvétique Code suisse des obligations Copyright.ch Site d'information sur la propriété intellectuelle ... )
->in french because I don t speak a good english, I m learning ( good website for learn ), and I don t want to have ( more ) mistake.
look the first question:
Isn't it confédération helvétique? the answer is: no
I think the link is right ( sure ) but the answer is false,
friendly -- Manu181 20:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
The text of this page's article makes no mention of a head of government (the prime minister in, i think, all countries that have one; the same person as the head of state in many countries that have no PM.) Swiss Federal Council mentions the term head of gov't only in placing itself in Category:Heads of government. If the SFC is collective head of gov't as well as of state, the article should say so; if not, that article should forgo that category tag. -- Jerzy (t) 05:52, 2004 Aug 18 (UTC)
Switzerland is one of the world's oldest, surviving republics. This is very misleading. First of all, Switzerland is not officially a republic, but rather a federation, so if anything, the individual cantons would be among the world's oldest republics. More importantly, the 1291 business is more of a national myth than real history. In any case, there is no direct connection of the present state with republics that may or may not have existed in the 14th and 15th century. Switzerland as a sovereign state goes back to 1848 and as such is of the same age as most European nation states. If nobody objects, I will change the text to reflect this. dab 17:19, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I've started translating de:Bezirk (Schweiz) to produce this temporary article, and plan to put it into the article namespace, but not until more of the redlinks have also been translated. It'll take me some time... - Wikibob | Talk 20:49, 2004 Oct 3 (UTC)
Can anybody insert a better map of Switzerland, please? HE, November 2004
This chapter has statistics from 1999, even 1996! Can anybody replace them? Thanks. HE November 2004!
Corrected the Population and the Density
Source for the Population is the Federal Statistic Office of Switzerland: www.bfs.admin.ch
Also corrected the % amount of water surface to 4.2 %, wich I also got from the swiss Federal Statistic Office PDF-Document 4th page -- 212.254.248.201 01:39, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I moved the box to template:Switzerland infobox.-- Jerryseinfeld 19:43, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Enough already. Guys? How is this template issue worth an edit war? Rl 08:18, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
um, what is this even about? take a step back, people, ffs! dab (ᛏ) 20:54, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
it's not so much anti-Swiss as anti-Turkish. Since it is the Turks who have their reputation damaged by their government's continued denial of the Armenian genocide. While Switzerland, like any other civilized country, is simply recognizing the events as genocide, and also happens to have laws against holocaust denial (see here). It seems like many Turkish nationalists have a long road towards sanity ahead of them. Incidentially, while Perincek is facing charges, he is not imprisoned or anything, and as long as he doesn't show up in Switzerland again, it is unlikely he will have to take responsibility for breaking Swiss law. "FREE DOGU PERINCEK!" does seem a bit hysterical, in that context. dab (ᛏ) 12:49, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
In line with the other "main articles", wouldn't the one here be one about "Energy politics in Switzerland"? Besides, "Phase-out" is misleading as the following paragraph contradicts that.
Further, the inserted section is the full text copied-and-pasted from Nuclear_power_phase-out#Switzerland. Thus, it should be sufficient to link that section under "Miscellaneous topics". -- User:Docu
Does Switzerland have a media? If so what are its policies about confidential sources? --E.S. ( 4.167.56.96)
The section on politics says:
From 1959 to December 2003, the four major parties were represented in the Federal Council according to the "magic formula", proportional to their representation in federal parliament: 2 Christian Democrats (CVP/PDC), 2 from the Social Democrats (SPS/PSS), 2 Free Democrats (FDP/PRD), and 1 from the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC). This traditional distribution of seats, however, is not backed up by any law, and in the 2003 elections to the Federal Council the CVP/PDC lost their second seat to the SVP/UDC.
The way I remember it, the magic formula (Zauberformel) was no longer accurately represented due to a shift in votes from the CVP to the SVP. The December 2003 election of Christoph Blocher therefore assured that the actual representation matched vote percentages. The current paragraph makes it sound like the magic formula was no longer followed after 2003.
I think this is a good article. A few suggestions:
Under economics please record that those treaties with the EU were all ratified by referendum. It says Bern negotiated them in order to get around the people's reluctance to join the EU (true) but the people ratified those treaties with (as I recall) a majority in all cantons except Ticino. They are not so isolationist.
Maybe put in the link http://c2d.unige.ch/ which is the centre for research into direct democracy at the Uni of Geneva.
Here's a slightly harder one: set out Neidhart's thesis that the facultative referendum (that's the 50000 signatures within 100 days one) is the cause of the "Vernehmlassung" process whereby every interested party gets a say about a proposed law. The art of governing the country is to avoid a referendum. (Some say Switzerland doesn't have a government, only an administration.) This is responsible for laws passing with usually 80 to 100% of MPs in favour. Statistically 6% (not 7 as in some references) of laws do wind up with a referendum and of them half go into the WPB (around 70 laws over the last 120 years). The chance of a law actually suffering a referendum is proportional to the number of MPs voting for it: for example it turns out that if only(!) 67% of the lower house agree to the law it has (purely statistically) a 50% chance of going to referendum.
It seems pretty clear that it is the facultative referendum which is also the fundamental driver which causes all four major parties to get into cabinet. 150.203.2.85 11:10, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
I probably could've just edited it, but the invisible comment pushed me backward. Do you think it's fine to have Swiss a 'landlocked country'? I mean, it is, and it can be okay to put that info there. What are your thoughts? Gerald WL 15:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
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GDP by Purchasing Power Parity in the infobox is written with no large number. Surely it is not five hundred-eighty-four dollars. FernandoAguado ( talk) 07:15, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Lombard Language is important in southern switzerland culture, and still spoken by almost half of the population, especially in alpine valleys. It's not a "dialectal form" of Italian. It's a separate language, and it should be mentioned properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.171.99.123 ( talk) 20:58, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
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Change the value added tax rate from 33% to 7.7%, and add a source.
The article incorrectly states Swiss Value Added Tax is 33%. The true rate is 7.7%. Sources for this (the first is the official source but less clear): https://www.estv.admin.ch/estv/en/home/mehrwertsteuer/fachinformationen/was-ist-die-mehrwertsteuer.html https://www.ch.ch/en/vat-rates-switzerland/ Cincinnus ( talk) 07:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
First, who is the multi-trillion dollars of Switzerland's external debt OWNED to? Swiss romulus ( talk)
If I remember correctly, one source (titled "American funds buy-back Switzerland") [1] reveals that "one third of the amount cannot be appropriated to any country of origin" (because of the use of (offshore) shell companies for example?) and this amount was split evenly between the other identified country of "origins". Best, 99.203.25.119 ( talk) 14:01, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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In the article, there is no mention of Switzerland NOT being a landlocked country. Maybe it would be useful to mention why not? The Rhine is considered international waters until Basel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rin67630 ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
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change "is a country situated at the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern Europe" to "s a country situated at the confluence of Western and Central Europe"
Switzerland never has been considered as southern Europe culturally, nor geographically (latitudes, climate, fauna ...). Even though it's touching northern Italy (which is rather a transition zone by the way), there is no reason Switzerland would mention "Southern Europe" in the first line of its description. The phytogeography of southern Tessin (less than 5% of the Territory) is located in the transition zone to Southern Europe. That's actually the only common point between Switzerland ans Southern Europe.
Reference: Central Europe: /info/en/?search=Central_Europe (it's in) /info/en/?search=Central_Europe#/media/File:Grossgliederung_Europas-en.svg (it's in) Western Europe: /info/en/?search=Western_Europe (it was in, but most recent maps don't include it) Southern Europe: /info/en/?search=Southern_Europe (it's not even in the page) European climate: /info/en/?search=Southern_Europe#/media/File:Europe_Köppen_Map.png
You even talk about the "Western or Central europe" in the page: /info/en/?search=Geography_of_Switzerland#Western_or_Central_Europe? Switzerland is not southern Europe in any way. That statement could be misleading to non-european people, that's why I think it's important to correct it. Roumaru ( talk) 20:43, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
You have some typing errors in the second sentence of section 5 (economy). 31.54.65.124 ( talk) 00:47, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
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I was reverted for reinstating a long-standing material and sourced to WP:RS info about drug addiction in CH. Instead as a compromise I left the first paragraph and suggest to move the rest to health in Switzerland for details. Cheers, Swiss romulus ( talk) 06:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Be fair. Do the same! See: antiagnostic atheism, because you claim that openness to the possibility of magic is tautological to its rejection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:587:410d:3400:b418:d480:bab5:8a50 ( talk • contribs) 14:16, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
I notice that this article is semi-protected. Where is the rationale for that protection discussed?
Thanks. 2601:200:104:9F00:580B:8670:2E4F:3AC0 ( talk) 09:30, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Romansch language is equal by law to the other three official languages and should be reflected as such — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:14f:4401:6380:d449:6e4f:9ee7:5e29 ( talk) 02:23, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
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Federal semi-direct democracy under a assembly-independent[5][6] directorial republic
Should read:
Federal semi-direct democracy under an assembly-independent[5][6] directorial republic
Poor English/typo Ahendric ( talk) 21:30, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
Why is Madame de Staël listed as a Swiss French-speaking writer in the article? She was French, nothing else, although of Swiss descent (which could perhaps make her a "French writer of Swiss descent", but definitely not just a "Swiss writer"). She was born in France, died in France, spent the vast majority of her life in France, and did almost everything she's famous for in France. She spent some of her time in exile in Switzerland, but she also spent time in Germany, England, Austria, Russia and Sweden, so there's absolutely no basis for claiming she was a "Swiss writer"! - Drachentöter001 ( talk) 16:28, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
This article and its offspring are lacking in information about the post WWII period (1946-1958). Efforts by the Allies to get Switzerland involved in reparations involving Nazi gold are not mentioned here but discussed in US National Archives Records of Foreign Service Posts: Switzerland. See [2]. The British and US conducted aerial photography missions over Switzerland with Swiss permission in 1946. See [3] And while Switzerland restricted border crossings by US Persons during the war, this video shows US troops sightseeing in Switzerland in 1946. See [4]. Certainly something could be said about Switzerland in the post-war period. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnoble805 ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
While it may be interesting to discuss why Switzerland avoided to use the term Hauptstadt, I do not think it is a good reason to make the distinction between de jure and de facto capital just for Switzerland. The constitutions of Canada and Australia use the term "seat of government", are Ottawa and Canberra also de facto capitals? The seat of the Swiss federal government is legally defined to be in Bern (article 58 of the Government and Administration Organisation Act). That "Switzerland has no capital" seems to be like a factoid paraded around as a "fun fact" when it is not that unusual. A better argument could be made for France, the seat of government not formally conferred by law to Paris, than for Switzerland to be without a de jure capital. As such, I would suggest to remove such artificial distinction from the infobox. 31.10.162.187 ( talk) 01:57, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
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{Add swizzy's to wikipedia page about switzerland} Georgia the country ( talk) 23:51, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
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23:55, 28 January 2022 (UTC)I know CH has very good infrastructure when it comes to tourism. Everything WORKS. Besides personnel is generally well trained and some chefs are graduates from top hosteling Schools (e.g. Lausanne "ecole hoteliere"). Swiss people are generally very hospitable. Cleanliness is also a plus factor for CH. Safety is generally good. All this should be mentioned in the economy section. May be there is a summary Index for tourism (besides the Tourism revenues rankings). On the minus side: cost of living which is already reported in the economy section. Cheers. Swiss romulus ( talk) 22:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.58.236.99 ( talk) 16:02, 21 September 2021 (UTC)32% of the population say they have experienced some form of discrimination or violence in the past 5 years (2021). [2]
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Is there a standardized spelling of these two cities that this article uses? Sources use both versions of each name, but I figure it would make sense to only use one spelling through the article. ― Tuna NoSurprisesPlease 16:22, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
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The description of Swiss sports describes Federer having a "record" 20 Grand Slam titles. This is no longer accurate as Rafael Nadal now has 21 titles. Zarkoperovic ( talk) 21:28, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
It seems this page is now blank. I can't edit it as it's semi-protected. Someone needs to fix the page or revert it to the previous version. Thank you
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I visited this page hoping to find a section on crime in Switzerland, and failed to do so. Later I found an already existing separate page "Crime in Switzerland" and I linked to it under Demographics. The change was reverted, even suggested it was vandalism. Why? Asgrrr ( talk) 18:01, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
This was a good, well written and informative/interesting article. I have some comments and questions.
1. The introduction talks about 8th GDP (PPP) but the box shows 9th.
2a. "Thus, while the rest of Europe saw revolutionary uprisings, the Swiss drew up a constitution which provided for a federal layout, much of it inspired by the American example."
What was the year?
2b. "This new constitution also brought a legal end to nobility in Switzerland."
What was the year?
3. "A new Swiss Constitution was adopted in 1999, but did not introduce notable changes to the federal structure."
This is in direct contradition to the previous "A new Swiss Constitution was adopted in 1999, but did not introduce notable changes to the federal structure."
4. "Swiss citizens are prohibited from serving in foreign armies, except for the Swiss Guards of the Vatican, or if they are dual citizens of a foreign country and reside there."
My understanding is that "there" means abroad: if you are a citizen of Switzerland and a resident of, let's say Belgium, you can serve in the military in Belgium.
5. "However, ammunition is no longer issued."
What does it mean?
6. "The foreign citizen population was 28.9% in 2015, about the same as in Australia."
This is a pointless comparison.
7. "Eight of ten best hotel schools in the world are located in Switzerland. In addition, there are various Universities of Applied Sciences."
This is not a good transition.
8. "Notable inventions include lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), diazepam (Valium), the scanning tunnelling microscope (Nobel prize) and Velcro."
What's the meaning of "Nobel prize" following "scanning tunnelling microscope"? It's inconsistent with the other things that are listed.
9. "A further referendum will be needed to approve 300 million francs to support Romania and Bulgaria and their recent admission."
This excerpt should be checked and a date should be added to it.
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Change, "In 2002 Switzerland become a full member of the United Nations," to, "In 2002 Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations." Raulisv ( talk) 12:16, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
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Made a GA in 2010 and last assessed back in 2013. This article has major sourcing problems with massive amounts of uncited material. This will need to be addressed for this article to remain a GA. Also its lead is way too long. MOS:LEAD dictates that a lead should be four paragraphs. This has seven. So that will also need to change. Onegreatjoke ( talk) 03:42, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
I concur that this article does not meet the good article criteria. In addition to the things said above, there are many instances of poor writing and short paragraphs. Steelkamp ( talk) 04:45, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Topic says it all.
A lot of you do not know your History of Helvetia.
Nor how it became Switzer-land after Nazi Germany invaded during World War 2.
Before this war, this land was known as Helvetia.
Stop posting misinformation, then locking the topic.
The land before world war 2 is known as Helvetia.
Catholic records prove this.
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Why Switzerland is called Helvetia?
Helvetia. The Old Swiss Confederacy of the early modern period was often called Helvetia or Republica Helvetiorum ("Republic of the Helvetians") in learned humanist Latin. The Latin name is ultimately derived from the name of the Helvetii, the Gaulish tribe living on the Swiss plateau in the Roman era.
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What country is known as Helvetia?
Switzerland in brief. Destination Switzerland, a Nations Online country profile of the Swiss Confederation. Helvetia, how the country was called in ancient times, but even today, the name is still in use. The country's official Latin name is Confoederatio Helvetica (CH).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Helvetia
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I see that in the ethnic group section in the first description there is the Swiss designation but I don't really think that we can call Swiss an ethnic group. Lmagoutas ( talk) 08:38, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
The "Ethnic Groups" section of the infobox currently only includes two distinctions: swiss nationality and non-swiss nationality. This distinction has nothing to do with ethnicity. Either a new section for citizenship/nationality should be made, or the contents of the "ethnic groups" section should be revised to reflect the actual ethnic makeup of Switzerland. Perhaps both can be done. NipponGinko ( talk) 03:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
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Does anyone know the name of the Swiss Sport which is similar to golf? I've seen it played but can't remember the name of it. One person hits a ball off a tee using what looks like a cork on the end of a fishing rod. A number of other people then wait in the distance with wooden bats and try to hit the ball before it hits the ground. Any Swiss people out there who know what this is ?
I think the fact that Switzerland didn't become a member of the UN until 2002 says a lot about the country not wanting to commit itself. One should consider changing the formulation "The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, as it is home to many international organizations."
The above line was written by User:212.254.98.175. I reverted your changes to Switzerland as most of the points, while not wrong, are already covered in the article or in sub-articles. For example Switzerland#Economy mentions the EU aspect, while the main article Economy of Switzerland lists its industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments. Furthermore I disagree that most speak English, from my recent first hand experience. Many young urban Swiss may speak English, but not the older Swiss and those outside the main centres. - Wikibob | Talk 01:31, 2004 Oct 11 (UTC)
I have moved the discussion on the spelling of Swiss cantons into an /Archive 2. The vote is called off. I didn't think it makes sense to vote since apparently not many seemed to be involved enough.
As a result of the discussion/vote I suggest we use the following spellings:
That is the official names in the main language spoken in the respective canton, except for Geneva and Lucerne where there is a very common English spelling (in accordance with the MoS.
Kokiri 18:23, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)
For all of those, do remember to create a redirect page which uses no accents or other characters which are not present on an English keyboard. Most native English speakers are unlikely to type a letter which isn't on their keyboard, even if it is possible to type it once you know how. What you've suggested seems to fit well with the way history articles are written, using the name of the place at the time and place of the events and referencing a later or earlier name if useful. Jamesday 03:17, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I have removed the following external link:
This, because it isn't really about Switzerland. This link should go into an article on Press Freedom, or, if there was a paragraph on that in the article on Switzerland. Kokiri 21:02, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
The following two links were recently added:
as I'm not convinced that they add much to the topic. -- User:Docu
Lake Geneva official name is "Lake Léman", should it bear its official name on the map? Because border line cuts lake in two between Switzerland and France, Lake Léman is more "politically correct".
I did not see on your map Lake Neuchâtel, which is the bigger lake in surface that is enterely in Switzerland!
Christian, from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Military_of_Switzerland#Discussion could use some work. .. User:Docu
European Free Trade Association |
Iceland | Liechtenstein | Norway | Switzerland |
Countries of the world | Europe | European Economic Area | Council of Europe |
The above frame in its current version suggest that Switzerland is part of the [EEA]. Instead of listing EEA, it might be more useful to list the EU directly afterall there are numerous bilateral agreements. If you want to list EFTA, we might as well include OSCE and not detail the countries, afterall EFTA isn't that important any more. -- User:Docu
There was a long debate at WikiProject countries. I think the result there ( Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Countries#Of_footers_and_Orcs) is now that the solution adopted here (adding the template only to the specialized page, e.g. {NATO} to "Military of .."), is being implemented elsewhere. -- User:Docu
I feel that the paragraph about wartime neutrality does not itself read in a very neutral fashion, and the bit about other countries and their neutrality does not, with all due respect, feel to me as if it belongs in this article, though it should perhaps be part of one elsewhere. But I'd be pleased to hear other views. Nevilley 19:46, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
It doesn't make sense. The USSR was a US ally in the war and how did Swiss munitions get to Japan? Rmhermen 22:09, Mar 24, 2004 (UTC)
Should the official name of the country, at one time set in Latin (to avoid debates which is the best version), be included in the table? BTW which other local versions are to be included? -- User:Docu
I have replaced the CIA map in the Geography section with my own upload. I'm aware that the new map is quite large, but it's got a few more details (that makes me wonder whether it is in the right place). For comments on the map itself, please use my talk page. Kokiri 16:36, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
It seems logical that the summary table repeats information included in the article, especially as there isn't much space to provide a lot of detail in the table. - User:Docu
There is a new series of pages that could be converted into (more extensive) stubs, it can be found with Municipalities_of_the_canton_of_Vaud. -- User:Docu
As far as I know, only German, French and Italian are considered official languages. Rhaeto-Rumantsch is a national language, as the other three as well. This can also be read in the following article, extracted from: http://www.swissworld.org/eng/index.html?siteSect=601&sid=4059003&rubricId=14010
"Language rights
Language rights are enshrined in the Swiss constitution. German, French, Italian and Rhaeto-Rumantsch all have the status of national languages, but only the first three are official languages. Nevertheless, Rumantsch is used in official communications with Rumantsch speakers, who in turn have the right to use their native language in addressing the central authorities."
Posted by marcelo_schlindwein@yahoo.com
OK, while I still feel it should not be included as an official language, I do understand the reasoning that supports it and I apologize for making edits without checking the talk page. — rebug ( talk) 15:06, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
About demographics/languages: I think it doesn't make sense to put percentages that don't add up to 100%. I suggest to add: "Others 9%"
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<<It should also be noted that English is a Swiss lingua franca, and, in fact, most, if not all Swiss, have some command of English. Many Swiss documents and websites are also available in English.>>
I don't agree with that. In the French-Switzerland, very few have good proficiency in English and many does not speak english at all. People in shops look at you very strangely when you try to speak english to them.. It seems to me that german-swiss are better at english. But that does not make english a lingua franca.
You had not red what I wrote. And it s like I think, It difficult to know what I said because if you don t speak an other language, the people will not talk to you like me...
I know many english people live in Switzerland and the people who came from US or England ( not the children who are born here ) but the older, don t like to learn french. But If they are children in Switzerland, job and Friend, in generally they will learn. I know some english speaker live in Switzerland since TWENTY years and they never learn french. Maybe that s not colonial, but just unpleasent. and I know that s not only in Switzerland.
Now the people try to speak english, Why ? -> because why not.
that is not the question. I answer about " English like lingua franca "
English for " trade " (much better)
Politicien use word in english. yes, because the american develloped informatic, buizness, music, world of work. So the word is the one of the inventor.
why we use latin word for science, because the europeean use this language for science. It s not a question of english, it s a question of who are invented. If the chinese will invent somthing we use a chinese word, like kung fu.
Colonialism ? It s the eternal story of latin and pangermany. The Italian are just 5 % of the population and the german 70%in the country. the german is the first language are teaching in school after italien or french. I think the ticinese don t speak german between them. It s a question of trade because the people like you speak his language. that not an obligation but it s better and you can have more.
-- Manu181 10:33, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Isn't it confédération helvétique?
But in french it s "confédération helvétique"
-- Manu181 12:59, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
A londres depuis 2 mois pour apprendre l anglais mais je vis a Geneve.
But that s not the question
Confederation Helvetique, It s an official name and more use between people
-- Manu181 13:01, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
On ne pourrais pas en dire autant de toi ;-) ( pas la peine de me repondre comme ca )
* http://www.unige.ch/biblio/ses/plus/index.php?cat=167
It s the link of the university of geneva, they use confederation helvetique for the link to admin.ch
* http://www.ssa.ch/liens/organisations_instjuridiques.htm
And that is the official link of the intelectual propiety of Switzerland. They have write Confederation Helvetique. (Confédération Hélvétique Code suisse des obligations Copyright.ch Site d'information sur la propriété intellectuelle ... )
->in french because I don t speak a good english, I m learning ( good website for learn ), and I don t want to have ( more ) mistake.
look the first question:
Isn't it confédération helvétique? the answer is: no
I think the link is right ( sure ) but the answer is false,
friendly -- Manu181 20:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
The text of this page's article makes no mention of a head of government (the prime minister in, i think, all countries that have one; the same person as the head of state in many countries that have no PM.) Swiss Federal Council mentions the term head of gov't only in placing itself in Category:Heads of government. If the SFC is collective head of gov't as well as of state, the article should say so; if not, that article should forgo that category tag. -- Jerzy (t) 05:52, 2004 Aug 18 (UTC)
Switzerland is one of the world's oldest, surviving republics. This is very misleading. First of all, Switzerland is not officially a republic, but rather a federation, so if anything, the individual cantons would be among the world's oldest republics. More importantly, the 1291 business is more of a national myth than real history. In any case, there is no direct connection of the present state with republics that may or may not have existed in the 14th and 15th century. Switzerland as a sovereign state goes back to 1848 and as such is of the same age as most European nation states. If nobody objects, I will change the text to reflect this. dab 17:19, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I've started translating de:Bezirk (Schweiz) to produce this temporary article, and plan to put it into the article namespace, but not until more of the redlinks have also been translated. It'll take me some time... - Wikibob | Talk 20:49, 2004 Oct 3 (UTC)
Can anybody insert a better map of Switzerland, please? HE, November 2004
This chapter has statistics from 1999, even 1996! Can anybody replace them? Thanks. HE November 2004!
Corrected the Population and the Density
Source for the Population is the Federal Statistic Office of Switzerland: www.bfs.admin.ch
Also corrected the % amount of water surface to 4.2 %, wich I also got from the swiss Federal Statistic Office PDF-Document 4th page -- 212.254.248.201 01:39, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I moved the box to template:Switzerland infobox.-- Jerryseinfeld 19:43, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Enough already. Guys? How is this template issue worth an edit war? Rl 08:18, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
um, what is this even about? take a step back, people, ffs! dab (ᛏ) 20:54, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
it's not so much anti-Swiss as anti-Turkish. Since it is the Turks who have their reputation damaged by their government's continued denial of the Armenian genocide. While Switzerland, like any other civilized country, is simply recognizing the events as genocide, and also happens to have laws against holocaust denial (see here). It seems like many Turkish nationalists have a long road towards sanity ahead of them. Incidentially, while Perincek is facing charges, he is not imprisoned or anything, and as long as he doesn't show up in Switzerland again, it is unlikely he will have to take responsibility for breaking Swiss law. "FREE DOGU PERINCEK!" does seem a bit hysterical, in that context. dab (ᛏ) 12:49, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
In line with the other "main articles", wouldn't the one here be one about "Energy politics in Switzerland"? Besides, "Phase-out" is misleading as the following paragraph contradicts that.
Further, the inserted section is the full text copied-and-pasted from Nuclear_power_phase-out#Switzerland. Thus, it should be sufficient to link that section under "Miscellaneous topics". -- User:Docu
Does Switzerland have a media? If so what are its policies about confidential sources? --E.S. ( 4.167.56.96)
The section on politics says:
From 1959 to December 2003, the four major parties were represented in the Federal Council according to the "magic formula", proportional to their representation in federal parliament: 2 Christian Democrats (CVP/PDC), 2 from the Social Democrats (SPS/PSS), 2 Free Democrats (FDP/PRD), and 1 from the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC). This traditional distribution of seats, however, is not backed up by any law, and in the 2003 elections to the Federal Council the CVP/PDC lost their second seat to the SVP/UDC.
The way I remember it, the magic formula (Zauberformel) was no longer accurately represented due to a shift in votes from the CVP to the SVP. The December 2003 election of Christoph Blocher therefore assured that the actual representation matched vote percentages. The current paragraph makes it sound like the magic formula was no longer followed after 2003.
I think this is a good article. A few suggestions:
Under economics please record that those treaties with the EU were all ratified by referendum. It says Bern negotiated them in order to get around the people's reluctance to join the EU (true) but the people ratified those treaties with (as I recall) a majority in all cantons except Ticino. They are not so isolationist.
Maybe put in the link http://c2d.unige.ch/ which is the centre for research into direct democracy at the Uni of Geneva.
Here's a slightly harder one: set out Neidhart's thesis that the facultative referendum (that's the 50000 signatures within 100 days one) is the cause of the "Vernehmlassung" process whereby every interested party gets a say about a proposed law. The art of governing the country is to avoid a referendum. (Some say Switzerland doesn't have a government, only an administration.) This is responsible for laws passing with usually 80 to 100% of MPs in favour. Statistically 6% (not 7 as in some references) of laws do wind up with a referendum and of them half go into the WPB (around 70 laws over the last 120 years). The chance of a law actually suffering a referendum is proportional to the number of MPs voting for it: for example it turns out that if only(!) 67% of the lower house agree to the law it has (purely statistically) a 50% chance of going to referendum.
It seems pretty clear that it is the facultative referendum which is also the fundamental driver which causes all four major parties to get into cabinet. 150.203.2.85 11:10, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
I probably could've just edited it, but the invisible comment pushed me backward. Do you think it's fine to have Swiss a 'landlocked country'? I mean, it is, and it can be okay to put that info there. What are your thoughts? Gerald WL 15:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
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GDP by Purchasing Power Parity in the infobox is written with no large number. Surely it is not five hundred-eighty-four dollars. FernandoAguado ( talk) 07:15, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Lombard Language is important in southern switzerland culture, and still spoken by almost half of the population, especially in alpine valleys. It's not a "dialectal form" of Italian. It's a separate language, and it should be mentioned properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.171.99.123 ( talk) 20:58, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
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Change the value added tax rate from 33% to 7.7%, and add a source.
The article incorrectly states Swiss Value Added Tax is 33%. The true rate is 7.7%. Sources for this (the first is the official source but less clear): https://www.estv.admin.ch/estv/en/home/mehrwertsteuer/fachinformationen/was-ist-die-mehrwertsteuer.html https://www.ch.ch/en/vat-rates-switzerland/ Cincinnus ( talk) 07:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
First, who is the multi-trillion dollars of Switzerland's external debt OWNED to? Swiss romulus ( talk)
If I remember correctly, one source (titled "American funds buy-back Switzerland") [1] reveals that "one third of the amount cannot be appropriated to any country of origin" (because of the use of (offshore) shell companies for example?) and this amount was split evenly between the other identified country of "origins". Best, 99.203.25.119 ( talk) 14:01, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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In the article, there is no mention of Switzerland NOT being a landlocked country. Maybe it would be useful to mention why not? The Rhine is considered international waters until Basel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rin67630 ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
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change "is a country situated at the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern Europe" to "s a country situated at the confluence of Western and Central Europe"
Switzerland never has been considered as southern Europe culturally, nor geographically (latitudes, climate, fauna ...). Even though it's touching northern Italy (which is rather a transition zone by the way), there is no reason Switzerland would mention "Southern Europe" in the first line of its description. The phytogeography of southern Tessin (less than 5% of the Territory) is located in the transition zone to Southern Europe. That's actually the only common point between Switzerland ans Southern Europe.
Reference: Central Europe: /info/en/?search=Central_Europe (it's in) /info/en/?search=Central_Europe#/media/File:Grossgliederung_Europas-en.svg (it's in) Western Europe: /info/en/?search=Western_Europe (it was in, but most recent maps don't include it) Southern Europe: /info/en/?search=Southern_Europe (it's not even in the page) European climate: /info/en/?search=Southern_Europe#/media/File:Europe_Köppen_Map.png
You even talk about the "Western or Central europe" in the page: /info/en/?search=Geography_of_Switzerland#Western_or_Central_Europe? Switzerland is not southern Europe in any way. That statement could be misleading to non-european people, that's why I think it's important to correct it. Roumaru ( talk) 20:43, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
You have some typing errors in the second sentence of section 5 (economy). 31.54.65.124 ( talk) 00:47, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I was reverted for reinstating a long-standing material and sourced to WP:RS info about drug addiction in CH. Instead as a compromise I left the first paragraph and suggest to move the rest to health in Switzerland for details. Cheers, Swiss romulus ( talk) 06:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Be fair. Do the same! See: antiagnostic atheism, because you claim that openness to the possibility of magic is tautological to its rejection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:587:410d:3400:b418:d480:bab5:8a50 ( talk • contribs) 14:16, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
I notice that this article is semi-protected. Where is the rationale for that protection discussed?
Thanks. 2601:200:104:9F00:580B:8670:2E4F:3AC0 ( talk) 09:30, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Romansch language is equal by law to the other three official languages and should be reflected as such — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:14f:4401:6380:d449:6e4f:9ee7:5e29 ( talk) 02:23, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
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Federal semi-direct democracy under a assembly-independent[5][6] directorial republic
Should read:
Federal semi-direct democracy under an assembly-independent[5][6] directorial republic
Poor English/typo Ahendric ( talk) 21:30, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
Why is Madame de Staël listed as a Swiss French-speaking writer in the article? She was French, nothing else, although of Swiss descent (which could perhaps make her a "French writer of Swiss descent", but definitely not just a "Swiss writer"). She was born in France, died in France, spent the vast majority of her life in France, and did almost everything she's famous for in France. She spent some of her time in exile in Switzerland, but she also spent time in Germany, England, Austria, Russia and Sweden, so there's absolutely no basis for claiming she was a "Swiss writer"! - Drachentöter001 ( talk) 16:28, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
This article and its offspring are lacking in information about the post WWII period (1946-1958). Efforts by the Allies to get Switzerland involved in reparations involving Nazi gold are not mentioned here but discussed in US National Archives Records of Foreign Service Posts: Switzerland. See [2]. The British and US conducted aerial photography missions over Switzerland with Swiss permission in 1946. See [3] And while Switzerland restricted border crossings by US Persons during the war, this video shows US troops sightseeing in Switzerland in 1946. See [4]. Certainly something could be said about Switzerland in the post-war period. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnoble805 ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
While it may be interesting to discuss why Switzerland avoided to use the term Hauptstadt, I do not think it is a good reason to make the distinction between de jure and de facto capital just for Switzerland. The constitutions of Canada and Australia use the term "seat of government", are Ottawa and Canberra also de facto capitals? The seat of the Swiss federal government is legally defined to be in Bern (article 58 of the Government and Administration Organisation Act). That "Switzerland has no capital" seems to be like a factoid paraded around as a "fun fact" when it is not that unusual. A better argument could be made for France, the seat of government not formally conferred by law to Paris, than for Switzerland to be without a de jure capital. As such, I would suggest to remove such artificial distinction from the infobox. 31.10.162.187 ( talk) 01:57, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
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{Add swizzy's to wikipedia page about switzerland} Georgia the country ( talk) 23:51, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
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23:55, 28 January 2022 (UTC)I know CH has very good infrastructure when it comes to tourism. Everything WORKS. Besides personnel is generally well trained and some chefs are graduates from top hosteling Schools (e.g. Lausanne "ecole hoteliere"). Swiss people are generally very hospitable. Cleanliness is also a plus factor for CH. Safety is generally good. All this should be mentioned in the economy section. May be there is a summary Index for tourism (besides the Tourism revenues rankings). On the minus side: cost of living which is already reported in the economy section. Cheers. Swiss romulus ( talk) 22:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.58.236.99 ( talk) 16:02, 21 September 2021 (UTC)32% of the population say they have experienced some form of discrimination or violence in the past 5 years (2021). [2]
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Is there a standardized spelling of these two cities that this article uses? Sources use both versions of each name, but I figure it would make sense to only use one spelling through the article. ― Tuna NoSurprisesPlease 16:22, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
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The description of Swiss sports describes Federer having a "record" 20 Grand Slam titles. This is no longer accurate as Rafael Nadal now has 21 titles. Zarkoperovic ( talk) 21:28, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
It seems this page is now blank. I can't edit it as it's semi-protected. Someone needs to fix the page or revert it to the previous version. Thank you
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I visited this page hoping to find a section on crime in Switzerland, and failed to do so. Later I found an already existing separate page "Crime in Switzerland" and I linked to it under Demographics. The change was reverted, even suggested it was vandalism. Why? Asgrrr ( talk) 18:01, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
This was a good, well written and informative/interesting article. I have some comments and questions.
1. The introduction talks about 8th GDP (PPP) but the box shows 9th.
2a. "Thus, while the rest of Europe saw revolutionary uprisings, the Swiss drew up a constitution which provided for a federal layout, much of it inspired by the American example."
What was the year?
2b. "This new constitution also brought a legal end to nobility in Switzerland."
What was the year?
3. "A new Swiss Constitution was adopted in 1999, but did not introduce notable changes to the federal structure."
This is in direct contradition to the previous "A new Swiss Constitution was adopted in 1999, but did not introduce notable changes to the federal structure."
4. "Swiss citizens are prohibited from serving in foreign armies, except for the Swiss Guards of the Vatican, or if they are dual citizens of a foreign country and reside there."
My understanding is that "there" means abroad: if you are a citizen of Switzerland and a resident of, let's say Belgium, you can serve in the military in Belgium.
5. "However, ammunition is no longer issued."
What does it mean?
6. "The foreign citizen population was 28.9% in 2015, about the same as in Australia."
This is a pointless comparison.
7. "Eight of ten best hotel schools in the world are located in Switzerland. In addition, there are various Universities of Applied Sciences."
This is not a good transition.
8. "Notable inventions include lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), diazepam (Valium), the scanning tunnelling microscope (Nobel prize) and Velcro."
What's the meaning of "Nobel prize" following "scanning tunnelling microscope"? It's inconsistent with the other things that are listed.
9. "A further referendum will be needed to approve 300 million francs to support Romania and Bulgaria and their recent admission."
This excerpt should be checked and a date should be added to it.
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Change, "In 2002 Switzerland become a full member of the United Nations," to, "In 2002 Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations." Raulisv ( talk) 12:16, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Made a GA in 2010 and last assessed back in 2013. This article has major sourcing problems with massive amounts of uncited material. This will need to be addressed for this article to remain a GA. Also its lead is way too long. MOS:LEAD dictates that a lead should be four paragraphs. This has seven. So that will also need to change. Onegreatjoke ( talk) 03:42, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
I concur that this article does not meet the good article criteria. In addition to the things said above, there are many instances of poor writing and short paragraphs. Steelkamp ( talk) 04:45, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Topic says it all.
A lot of you do not know your History of Helvetia.
Nor how it became Switzer-land after Nazi Germany invaded during World War 2.
Before this war, this land was known as Helvetia.
Stop posting misinformation, then locking the topic.
The land before world war 2 is known as Helvetia.
Catholic records prove this.
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Why Switzerland is called Helvetia?
Helvetia. The Old Swiss Confederacy of the early modern period was often called Helvetia or Republica Helvetiorum ("Republic of the Helvetians") in learned humanist Latin. The Latin name is ultimately derived from the name of the Helvetii, the Gaulish tribe living on the Swiss plateau in the Roman era.
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What country is known as Helvetia?
Switzerland in brief. Destination Switzerland, a Nations Online country profile of the Swiss Confederation. Helvetia, how the country was called in ancient times, but even today, the name is still in use. The country's official Latin name is Confoederatio Helvetica (CH).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Helvetia
2601:547:C881:D7B0:0:0:0:B05E ( talk) 19:35, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
I see that in the ethnic group section in the first description there is the Swiss designation but I don't really think that we can call Swiss an ethnic group. Lmagoutas ( talk) 08:38, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
The "Ethnic Groups" section of the infobox currently only includes two distinctions: swiss nationality and non-swiss nationality. This distinction has nothing to do with ethnicity. Either a new section for citizenship/nationality should be made, or the contents of the "ethnic groups" section should be revised to reflect the actual ethnic makeup of Switzerland. Perhaps both can be done. NipponGinko ( talk) 03:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)