Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography

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Requested move at Talk:İskenderun#Requested move 22 April 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:İskenderun#Requested move 22 April 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 05:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Possible hoax?

Kalloor appears to be a WP:HOAX. Created August 31, 2005, not subatantially altered since. Only other inbound link is Shri Datta Venkata Sai Temple, itself made in 2009 and turning up no non-Wikipedia mirrors. It's possibly I'm missing something and these were just not translated properly from one of the many languages used in India. However, the lack of... anything on Kalloor, along with spurious claims of the apostle Thomas being killed there -- itself not supported by Thomas the Apostle. While Kalloor does appear to be a given name in India, the claims about the family name's origins are not backed up by any sources. As these also existed at the same time as the spurious claims of the city, it's very likely all of that is hoax too. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

There's a mention there of "Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor of the Catholic Church, from the Kalloor family in Pathanamthitta" and our Yoohanon Chrysostom is about a bishop whose full name is Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor and whose existence is confirmed by the three sources. That might of course be a little nugget lending veracity to inventions about Thomas - I don't know. I notice the long third source about the Pathanamthitta diocese[1] begins by mentioning Thomas founding the Christian community in India without tying that to Pathanamthitta or any mention of his death. NebY (talk) 23:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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-- 65.92.244.237 (talk) 21:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Not a lot of pages on particular symbols used on maps that I've seen here. There isn't really a standard set of symbols for all maps anyway, so while it might appear on a few here and there, there isn't necessarily going to have literature on it. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Philosophy of geography page needs some attention

The page "Philosophy of geography" is in desperate need of attention. Currently, the page only goes back to the 1930s, and only focuses on the Western tradition, mostly American. Obviously, there is a lot of room to expand. I started a discussion on its talk page, but think that it might get more attention here. If anyone is interested in flushing out some high level geographic theory, that could be a fun project to take on. Anyone with experience writing about critical geography could be particularly useful. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:15, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Macau#Requested move 24 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Macau#Requested move 24 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Remsense诉 14:27, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Western Desert (Egypt)#Requested move 17 June 2024

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Manual of Style

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#"Modern-day Israel" vs. "Palestine" when only for reader geographical reference, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Kinsio (talk ★ contribs) 15:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

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Discussion at River

There is a discussion about the proposed content of the River article at the talk page that may be of interest to this project. ForksForks (talk) 13:14, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Nushki District#Requested move 11 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Nushki District#Requested move 11 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:27, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Cobra_Crack#MOS:ITAL

Discussion on if climbing routes should be in italics on WP. If you have an opinion, please join. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:24, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Discussion has moved on to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Climbing#Suggesting_a_change_of_WP:WikiProject_Climbing/Article_recommendations. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:15, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Maritime (Togolese region)#Requested move 21 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Maritime (Togolese region)#Requested move 21 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Teahouse question

Some knowledgeable opinion requested at Wikipedia:Teahouse#Removing_Precise_Coordinates_from_Article_about_Private_Property/Sensitive_Ecological_Site. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:27, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Lists of municipalities

I'd like to let you know that Mattximus and I are working on improving lists of municipalities for provinces in Spain. We aim at getting all of them to featured list status, which has already been achieved for Albacete. Right now, we've got a couple more (Guadalajara and Toledo) as featured list candidates, where they would require suggestions for improvement. Comments are welcome there. I mention it here, should anyone be interested in having a look at them. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 09:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for England

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Discussion regarding linking historical geographical entities

We hope that an uninvolved party can assist in resolving the issue at Talk:A. K. Fazlul Huq#Messing up the infobox and Talk:Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy#Linking. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 17:29, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

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Does WikiProject Geography cover all town and village articles?

I've encountered many articles that fall under the scope of WP:WikiProject Cities (such as town, village, and city articles) that have also been added to WikiProject Geography (see Talk:Ferdows and Talk:Taheriyeh, towns and villages in Iran, and Talk:Lesnoye Ukolovo, a rural locality in Russia). However, the inclusion of these types of articles in WP:Geography is rare, and most town and city articles haven't been added to WP:Geography. My question is: do these articles actually belong at WP:Geography, or do they not? If they do, what criteria should be met for, say, a village article to be included in WP:Geography? And if they don't, then they could be removed from the project. Nythar (💬-🍀) 07:56, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

​​​Pinging a few active editors from the volunteers list. Nythar (💬-🍀) 05:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Cities is a subset of human geography. Any article which deals with a populated place should be included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities. Any article which deals primarily with the physical geography of a populated place should also be included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography. My two bits. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 01:34, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

That makes sense. I had been wondering why numerous articles were added to both WikiProjects because it didn't make sense to me why we'd include regular WP:Cities articles in WP:Geography; it seemed a bit excessive. Nythar (💬-🍀) 05:59, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

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Looking for reviews

guys I just added a lot of links to the Geography sidebar, Human geography and Geography topics templates, can some of you check to see if it is appropriate or should I continue adding links. I personally think all branches of geography should have these templates (not the human geography one for those outside it of course) and therefore should add their respective links to the templates Atakes Ris (talk) 12:18, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

side note: all my edits are based on pre-existing wikipedia articles (see Outline of geography and Category: Geography) and aims to remove the inconsistencies in the templates Atakes Ris (talk) 13:12, 15 October 2024 (UTC)