Talk:Europe

Number of muslims in Europe

The article says 17.9% of European population is muslim, that would be around 135 million people. The source cited to support this information and also other articles on wikipedia itself (see ‘muslims in Europe’) clearly state that they are around 45 million, so around 6% 151.18.129.5 (talk) 09:57, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Mention climate change?

So far the article does not mention climate change once. How would people feel if I added an excerpt to climate change in Europe to this article, perhaps below the section on "climate"? I think an excerpt is better than new text because this is something that will continually change over time, and would then have to be updated in two places, not just one. Compare also with how it's done for the Africa article. Pinging User:Chidgk1 and User:RCraig09 for comment. EMsmile (talk) 11:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

• No strong opinion Though transclusions are often read clumsily when inserted, and tend to bloat the length of destination articles, this is article is a reasonable target for a transclusion. —RCraig09 (talk) 15:38, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

No excerpts, please – it's a total pain to have to go to some completely other page to edit the content of an article. Why not just write or copy over a sentence or two of content that is directly relevant to the continent of Europe and nowhere else (if there is any?). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:38, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Excerpts are a brilliant tool for any content that is likely to change over time, in the near future. So rather than updating the content in several places, it just needs to be updated in the source article (climate change in Europe in this case) and is automatically updated in any other article where the content is used. We use them a lot in WikiProject Climate Change as some of the figures are continually going up or down (think sea level rise, ocean acidification, global surface temperatures, CO2 in the atmosphere etc.). See e.g. the way excerpts are used at effects of climate change. So I don't think they are a "total pain", quite the contrary.

For this case here, we can still ponder if it's better to just copy two general sentences across, perhaps those that do not contain numbers. In any case, do folks agree that it would be fair to say something about climate change in Europe in the Europe article? EMsmile (talk) 22:13, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Europe's warming temperature and heatwaves probably merit some coverage in the Climate section. CMD (talk) 02:38, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Because later someone will likely update one of the articles but not the other which will get out of date Chidgk1 (talk) 14:10, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

• I've added the excerpt now (2 paragraphs) in a section on "climate change" as I didn't see strong opposition to it / no continuation of the discussion. I can't figure out why there is no paragraph break between the two paragraphs though. EMsmile (talk) 12:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Russia is not in Europe.

This article mentions that Russia is a part of Europe but last I checked , it was a part of Asia.If Russia used to be in Europe , then I would have excused this mistake but it was NEVER part of Europe.Any thoughts? 180.151.17.56 (talk) 12:41, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Russia is a transcontinental country and the part of Russia situated in Europe is literally called European Russia. Depending on the continent model you're using, it is wholly situated in Eurasia if the model doesn't regard Europe and Asia as separate continents. –Vipz (talk) 13:15, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

The last you checked where? Europe doesn't end at the Russian border. Moscow is in Europe. St. Petersburg is in Europe. And, if you look at Kaliningrad, the piece of Russia wedged between Lithuania and Poland, where do you think it is? Largoplazo (talk) 13:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Although Russia lies both in Asia and Europe, it is generally listed as a European country, at least politically, since it's capital Moscow lies in Europe. Rasnaboy (talk) 13:42, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Um Russia is culturally European as well. It is mostly populated by Slavs. And Russia is the largest country in Europe. Undashing (talk) 05:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Before 1600 all of Russia was in Europe so clearly a fully European country then, and still the majority of the population (~70%) lives in the European part. So Russian history and population support a predominantly European classification of Russia (although the area in Asia is larger, it is thinly populated). Arnoutf (talk) 15:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Someone doesn't know geography! Russia has always been part of Europe. They conquered Siberia in the 16th century. Undashing (talk) 05:46, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2024

There is error Cyprus is not included in the map but its included in the list of countries so either add Cyprus to the map or remove Cyprus from the list of countries 71.169.176.83 (talk) 22:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

I stopped counting maps at 14, would you mind posting the filename of the one you're referring to? - FlightTime (open channel) 22:39, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

They are the 2 maps on top the file names are https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_orthographic_Caucasus_Urals_boundary_(with_borders).svg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_orthographic_Caucasus_Urals_boundary.svg 71.169.176.83 (talk) 22:42, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

 Note: The list also contains countries such as Turkey and Kazakhstan. Both of which have some territory in Europe but are largely considered Asian. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 23:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

The article explains the different conceptions of "Europe", obviously these conceptions don't align perfectly. CMD (talk) 04:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Confusing explanation of etymology

The "Name" section reads confusedly, without a proper flow or connection between the various statements. The first paragraph seems to imply, without making the development of meaning clear, that "Europe" derives from "Evros", as a fact. The explanation then restarts with reference to "Europa", with no explanation of how, if at all, this is related to what was previously said. It's all a bit muddled. If there are various theories then the section needs to begin by saying this. There are various theories, which are ... etc. etc. Also, there is a typo "it self" for "itself". 2A00:23C8:7B0C:9A01:7CE5:FD55:FD59:E88 (talk) 22:45, 7 April 2024 (UTC)