Talk:Bjørnøya

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[edit] To do

What's left to do (update as needed):

  • copyedit, check style and grammar
  • number of images (some say too few, some say too many). Gallery option seems unpopular for FA
  • move images to please the eye, make image sizes consistent
  • check copyrights for all images, obtain permission where necessary
  • move images to a category in commons and link them from there

Relevant images:

[edit] GA Nomination

It could use some work still, but even without that work this article is certainly pretty good.--P-Chan 05:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA delisted

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. Unfortunately, as of September 17, 2007, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAC. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GA/R.

  • Every statement that is challenged or likely to be challenged needs an inline citation.

Regards, Epbr123 20:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, fine. Which statements do you consider challenged or likely to be challenged? 91.64.31.91 08:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
    • "A coal mine with a small settlement named Tunheim on the northeastern coast existed from 1916 to 1925, but mining was given up as unprofitable. Due to the cold and dry climate, the remains of the settlement (including a half-destroyed jetty and a steam locomotive) are relatively well preserved."
    • "A Norwegian radio station (Bjørnøya Radio, callsign: LJB[4]) was established in Herwighamna on the north coast in 1919."
    • "The Norwegian Polar Institute conducts annual expeditions to Bjørnøya, mostly concerned with ornithological research."
    • "Water depths near the island and to the north and east do not much exceed 100 metres,"
    • "its surface area is 178 km²."
    • "the highest top being Miseryfjellet on the southeast coast at about 536 metres above sea level."
    • "The lowland is strewn with shallow freshwater lakes which cover some 19 km² in all."
    • "Bjørnøya's climate is maritime-polar with relatively mild temperatures during the winter. January is the coldest month, with a mean temperature of −8.1°C (base period 1961–1990). July and August are the warmest months, with mean temperatures of 4.4°C. There is not much precipitation, with an average of 371 mm per year in the northern lowland area. The weather can be quite stable during the summer months although fog is common, with a maximum at 20% of all days in July; it develops when warm air of Atlantic origin passes over cold water."
    • "Thus, the water temperature can be quite variable within a few dozen nautical miles of Bjørnøya, sometimes reaching 10°C in summer."
    • "The polar night lasts from 8 November to 3 February, and the period of midnight sun from 2 May until 11 August." Epbr123 05:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for not logging in earlier, the previous comment by 91.64.xxx.xxx was from me. I happen to have written most of the article. Most (or probably all) of the statements mentioned are based upon the sources named in the article, particularly the sailing directions and the history book. I wonder why anyone should consider them likely to be challenged.
If your concern is a perceived lack of inline citations, sorry to disappoint you but I consider the attempt to reference each and every statement extremist and a waste of time, particularly when applied to statements that nobody has ever questioned. If anybody bothers to stuff the article full with citations, let them, but I am not likely to participate in that type of activity, and if that means that the article is to be kicked off this or that list, well, have your fun with it. Kosebamse 13:08, 20 September 2007 (UTC)