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Location maps available for infoboxes of European countries

On the WikiProject Countries talk page, the section Location Maps for European countries had shown new maps created by David Liuzzo, that are available for the countries of the European continent, and for countries of the European Union exist in two versions. From November 16, 2006 till January 31, 2007, a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. Please note that since January 1, 2007 all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of February 4, 2007 the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.
As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before February 5, 2007 a survey started that will be closed soon at February 20, 2007 23:59:59. It should establish two things:

whether the new style maps may be applied as soon as some might become available for countries outside the European continent (or such to depend on future discussions),
which new version (with of without indicating the entire European Union by a separate shade) should be applied for which countries.

Please read the discussion (also in other sections α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ) and in particular the arguments offered by the forementioned poll, while realizing some comments to have been made prior to updating the maps, and all prior to modifying the licences, before carefully reading the presentation of the currently open survey. You are invited to only then finally make up your mind and vote for only one option.
There mustnot be 'oppose' votes; if none of the options would be appreciated, you could vote for the option you might with some effort find least difficult to live with - rather like elections only allowing to vote for one of several candidates. Obviously, you are most welcome to leave a brief argumentation with your vote. Kind regards. — SomeHuman 00:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Why No Mention of US Role in Iceland's Bankruptcy?

This article is incomplete. Why is there no mention of the huge role that Wall Street and other firms played in Iceland's bankruptcy in 2008? The Icelanders didn't learn how to do this on their own. It received huge publicity in the US because of the underhanded behavior of the US firms that helped build a speculative economy for the Icelanders that came crashing down? Who wrote this article and left all of that information out? Stevenmitchell (talk) 04:57, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

:There was no bankruptcy of Iceland in 2008. The commercial banks failed because they made risky financial bets in Europe; particularly in the UK and the Netherlands; and then also domestically by lending to connected individuals without securing collateral. The subprime mortgage situation in the US may have set off the global recession which then exposed the weaknesses of the balance sheets of the Icelandic banks but Wall Street was not to blame for Iceland's financial woes in those years. Nobody needs to be taught how to mismanage a bank, it was just the common case of bankers thinking that the good times would go on forever. --Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson (talk) 14:28, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 March 2025

I want to update the population numbers on the page based on the same refrencese that are already in the article.

For example the population of Reykjavík is now 138.722 accordning to statice.is Zagzagiel (talk) 13:38, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{done}} Valorrr (talk) 04:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Outdated citation when referring to Iceland's most popular news sites

The last line in the first paragraph of the “Media” section talks about the most popular news sites. While the source is(or at least, was) correct, the citation is referencing an article that is 20 years old at the time of writing. This also seems to be a general problem with the article as a whole, where many claims have sources that are quite old? Andromedy (talk) 01:49, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

island.is removal

https://island.is is not actual domain anymore. It redirects to commercial site. Please remove that. Thesmth (talk) 20:35, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{done}} Tony Holkham (Talk) 20:45, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

:island.is is the official central portal for all government services. It is run by a government ministry and not a 'commercial site'.

:Although I agree it is not necessarily relevant in the article, neither are most of the links in the 'External Links' section. Drumstick21 (talk) 23:52, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

::The link appeared to go nowhere. Tony Holkham (Talk) 00:04, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

::I see why it didn't work. The spelling was wrong. The ext link I deleted was iceland.is. Tony Holkham (Talk) 00:06, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 June 2025

Change "although it is closest to Greenland (290 kilometres; 155 nautical miles), an island of North America" to "although it is closest to Greenland (290 kilometres; 155 nautical miles), an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark".

As per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland Lexicon211 (talk) 03:59, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

:{{not done}}: As the sentence in question relates to the physical geography of Iceland, it is more appropriate to mention Greenland's physical location in North America than to reference its political status. Day Creature (talk) 05:26, 17 June 2025 (UTC)