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I think this is because polygons that span the 180th meridian have some undefined behavior with geospatial libraries. GeoJSON in particular is a bit iffy about this, not sure if that is used here.
Wcedmisten ( talk) 22:09, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
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SamX: The section I removed in March in
Special:Diff/1143124233 appears to have been re-added to the article by an IP editor. But I see no reason why we need such a section; and with that context an edit summary saying Added very new information
seems to be trolling.
Walt Yoder (
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this article says Alaska is an exclave (correct) "slightly comparable to the country of Iran", or words to that effect.
No references or explanation are given.
I struggle to understand this. How is Iran an exclave and/or how is it similar to Alaska?
Okay, so reading down I see it is stated that *if* Alaska were a country, it'd be a similar size to Iran. Regardless of whether or not Alaska is a country (it's not), it's still a comparable size to Iran. But this is neither helpful nor encyclopaedic. If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
I imagine few people have a clear idea of the size of Iran,except insofar as it's huge. It's really a nonsensical comparison. And saying that Alaska is slightly comparable to Iran, without specifying one is talking about area, is ridiculous.
2A00:23EE:1C28:3BCE:59C8:D012:E395:8CF1 ( talk) 00:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
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I think this is because polygons that span the 180th meridian have some undefined behavior with geospatial libraries. GeoJSON in particular is a bit iffy about this, not sure if that is used here.
Wcedmisten ( talk) 22:09, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
@
SamX: The section I removed in March in
Special:Diff/1143124233 appears to have been re-added to the article by an IP editor. But I see no reason why we need such a section; and with that context an edit summary saying Added very new information
seems to be trolling.
Walt Yoder (
talk) 22:52, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
this article says Alaska is an exclave (correct) "slightly comparable to the country of Iran", or words to that effect.
No references or explanation are given.
I struggle to understand this. How is Iran an exclave and/or how is it similar to Alaska?
Okay, so reading down I see it is stated that *if* Alaska were a country, it'd be a similar size to Iran. Regardless of whether or not Alaska is a country (it's not), it's still a comparable size to Iran. But this is neither helpful nor encyclopaedic. If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
I imagine few people have a clear idea of the size of Iran,except insofar as it's huge. It's really a nonsensical comparison. And saying that Alaska is slightly comparable to Iran, without specifying one is talking about area, is ridiculous.
2A00:23EE:1C28:3BCE:59C8:D012:E395:8CF1 ( talk) 00:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)