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I suggest that the second paragraph be deleted as it absolute rubbish.
According to the Plate Tectonics theory, the subduction zone of the Australian plate beneath the Asian Plate, is reflected by the Sunda Trench and the line of volcanoes of Java, Bali, Lombok, etc., i.e.it trends E-W. In other words, the movement is parallel to the Wallace line - NOT across it.Sahul
There is NO evidence of a subduction zone along the Wallace line...
Duncan France (sorry, no tild on the keyboard I am presently using...)
(This was Duncan France, posting at 12:17, 21 September 2005 (UTC). Hairy Dude 16:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
The article explains what the Wallace line is well enough but doesn't explain why it exists very much. It briefly mentions that some birds refuse to cross even a small stretch of open water but that thats about all. But obviously there are many islands many probably seperated by more then 35km. I assume it has something to do with what plate tetonics and where the islands 'came' from but it's not explained particularly well. Nil Einne 10:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the whole reason the Wallace line exists is because it demarcates the part of southeast Asia that was never connected to the mainland, even when sea levels were much lower than now. That's why the older fauna persists east of the line, since fauna from mainland Asia never had a land bridge with which it could cross to islands like Timor, Sulawesi, New Guinea, or Australia. It seems to me this should be mentioned somehow, since the current article just makes it sound like the line is magical, that there's no historical reason for it. -anon., 11/21/2006
To make the article easier to understand for children (and other nonscientists) I suggest replacing the words ‘volant’ and ‘non-volant’ with ‘flying’ and ‘non-flying’ respectively. Is there any reason not to do this? -- Mathew5000 21:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm planning some edits here... Here i'll list any flaws i cann't correct now... for somebody who can.
-- 85.141.88.247 01:33, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
I know this article is about the Wallace Line, but the first and third maps (at the RHS) also show Lydekker's Line (as well as the Weber Line). However, Lydekker's Line west of Irian Jaya doesn't follow the same route! In the first map Lydekker's Line is east of Misool Island, while in the third it's west of Misool Island. Which is correct? (The first map is used in the page on Lydekker's Line, so that's no help!)
Prisoner of Zenda (
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12:21, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Why does Huxley Line redirect to this article, and the term "Huxley Line" appears in red in the map at the top right, but the term "Huxley Line" appears nowhere in the article's text? 173.88.246.138 ( talk) 11:25, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
I believe that it would be less controversial to change Alfred Russell Wallace to be referred to as British instead of Welsh in this article. He was born in Wales, but never considered himself Welsh and referred to himself as English. A fair summation of the issue is found here http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/FAQ.htm#Welsh. As we are not going to settle if he should be referred to as English or Welsh, British would therefore be the less controversial descriptor.
The typical Wiki policy for nationality is to use legal or administrative nationality, except in the UK in cases where the individual is clearly identified with one of the four countries. It's not necessarily based on birthplace. For example David Lloyd George was born in England but described as Welsh. Similarly so is Saunders Lewis, one of the founders of Plaid Cymru. Alfred Russell Wallace cannot be clearly identified with one of the four countries, he was born in Wales, considered himself English (not Welsh) and grew up in England, and often discussed his Scottish ancestry, so British should be used -- Jonith1 ( talk) 10:19, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 August 2022 and 16 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): LorenaPS ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by beanstash ( talk) 22:24, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
The text reads “Based on that, he re-drew Wallace’s boundary placing the Philippines to the west of the division and coined it as “Wallace’s Line”, although Wallace himself refused to include the Philippines to the west.”
The two first illustrations seem to suggest the opposite. The red Huxley line goes to the west of the Philippines but Wallace’s line is to the east of them. Is this an error in the labelling of the first image? Djewesbury ( talk) 15:01, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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I suggest that the second paragraph be deleted as it absolute rubbish.
According to the Plate Tectonics theory, the subduction zone of the Australian plate beneath the Asian Plate, is reflected by the Sunda Trench and the line of volcanoes of Java, Bali, Lombok, etc., i.e.it trends E-W. In other words, the movement is parallel to the Wallace line - NOT across it.Sahul
There is NO evidence of a subduction zone along the Wallace line...
Duncan France (sorry, no tild on the keyboard I am presently using...)
(This was Duncan France, posting at 12:17, 21 September 2005 (UTC). Hairy Dude 16:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
The article explains what the Wallace line is well enough but doesn't explain why it exists very much. It briefly mentions that some birds refuse to cross even a small stretch of open water but that thats about all. But obviously there are many islands many probably seperated by more then 35km. I assume it has something to do with what plate tetonics and where the islands 'came' from but it's not explained particularly well. Nil Einne 10:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the whole reason the Wallace line exists is because it demarcates the part of southeast Asia that was never connected to the mainland, even when sea levels were much lower than now. That's why the older fauna persists east of the line, since fauna from mainland Asia never had a land bridge with which it could cross to islands like Timor, Sulawesi, New Guinea, or Australia. It seems to me this should be mentioned somehow, since the current article just makes it sound like the line is magical, that there's no historical reason for it. -anon., 11/21/2006
To make the article easier to understand for children (and other nonscientists) I suggest replacing the words ‘volant’ and ‘non-volant’ with ‘flying’ and ‘non-flying’ respectively. Is there any reason not to do this? -- Mathew5000 21:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm planning some edits here... Here i'll list any flaws i cann't correct now... for somebody who can.
-- 85.141.88.247 01:33, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
I know this article is about the Wallace Line, but the first and third maps (at the RHS) also show Lydekker's Line (as well as the Weber Line). However, Lydekker's Line west of Irian Jaya doesn't follow the same route! In the first map Lydekker's Line is east of Misool Island, while in the third it's west of Misool Island. Which is correct? (The first map is used in the page on Lydekker's Line, so that's no help!)
Prisoner of Zenda (
talk)
12:21, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Why does Huxley Line redirect to this article, and the term "Huxley Line" appears in red in the map at the top right, but the term "Huxley Line" appears nowhere in the article's text? 173.88.246.138 ( talk) 11:25, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
I believe that it would be less controversial to change Alfred Russell Wallace to be referred to as British instead of Welsh in this article. He was born in Wales, but never considered himself Welsh and referred to himself as English. A fair summation of the issue is found here http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/FAQ.htm#Welsh. As we are not going to settle if he should be referred to as English or Welsh, British would therefore be the less controversial descriptor.
The typical Wiki policy for nationality is to use legal or administrative nationality, except in the UK in cases where the individual is clearly identified with one of the four countries. It's not necessarily based on birthplace. For example David Lloyd George was born in England but described as Welsh. Similarly so is Saunders Lewis, one of the founders of Plaid Cymru. Alfred Russell Wallace cannot be clearly identified with one of the four countries, he was born in Wales, considered himself English (not Welsh) and grew up in England, and often discussed his Scottish ancestry, so British should be used -- Jonith1 ( talk) 10:19, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 August 2022 and 16 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): LorenaPS ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by beanstash ( talk) 22:24, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
The text reads “Based on that, he re-drew Wallace’s boundary placing the Philippines to the west of the division and coined it as “Wallace’s Line”, although Wallace himself refused to include the Philippines to the west.”
The two first illustrations seem to suggest the opposite. The red Huxley line goes to the west of the Philippines but Wallace’s line is to the east of them. Is this an error in the labelling of the first image? Djewesbury ( talk) 15:01, 17 April 2023 (UTC)