Talk:Galápagos Islands

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[edit] Old comments

Some information from this wiki were taken from www.darwinadventure.com

Is there any particular reason that the last section is "References" and not "External links"?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrian Sampson (talk • contribs) 08:45, 13 Septeber 2004

References were presumably used for information when writing the article - external links are just links to additional info of interest. Vsmith 04:25, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

This article needs a section on the geology and volcanology - maybe sometime ... :-) Vsmith 04:25, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

There also needs to be more on the current destruction of the ecosystem by fishermen, over-settlement, introduction of feral cats and goats, and lack of governmental & bureaucratic stability.

Why does the link to galapagos pinguin not work? Who can fix this please? Its OK, i have fixed it already! wow all of u guys are major nerds. its actually very sad.


[edit] Other topics

I think we need to mention other stuff like government, economy, political status, cities, demographics, transportation, etc. This article is almost entirely about animals, plants, and all the different islands. There's virtually no information on on the other topics that a typical article on an inhabited island mentions. — Stevey7788 (talk) 02:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree, the Galapagos, besides being an important ecological site are also a province of Ecuador. There needs to be much more information included about this aspect of the islands. Currently the issue of population increase has important repercussions both political and ecological. Government imposed limits on immigration for ecological reasons have helped to create high salaries in the islands based off of the tourist industry and intense demand of mainlanders to emigrate.

I think the page needs better pictures which I have from my trip to the Galapagos but I don't know how to submit them. Could someone tell me?

They don't have information on government and political status because there isn't enough people that live on the islands to hold a well established government as the United States has provided --Soccermormon95 04:19, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that sounds good and your information and pictures will be most welcome – I've left some info at User talk:Soccermormon95 . Don't hesitate to sign your posts on talk pages. ... dave souza, talk 04:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accent mark

I've always been under the impression that the acute accent over the second a was the only proper spelling for "Galápagos". However, the article often simply uses "Galapagos". Is this acceptable? My guess is that editors have just found it simpler to type a than á. Unless somebody says otherwise, I'll go ahead a change everything to "Galápagos" when I get the chance. Imaginaryoctopus(talk) 14:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title capitalisation

Is this correctly capitalised -or not?--Light current 13:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Are you referring to G-alápagos I-slands? As far as I can remember, everything I've ever read about them has both words capitalized, and I see no reason why they shouldn't be. Imaginaryoctopus(talk) 19:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Governor of Galapagos during Darwin's visit

Just watched the BBC's 2nd episode in the series Galapagos. It said that the first governor was a chap named Captain Nicholas Lawson who 'pronounce with certainty from which island any tortoise had been brought' from the shape of its shell. It seems he was the acting guv'ner while Villamil was away.[acting governor] Anon user 21:58, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Structure

This article has a different structure from another articles about inhabitated islands. See Canary Islands, whose section are:

  • Etymology
  • History
  • Physical geography
  • Political geography
  • Economy

The structure of Hawaii is:

  • Geography
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Education
  • Economy
  • Transportation
  • Miscellaneous topics

I believe that we would have to make more emphasis in its population and its activities. --Gimferrer 11:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Darwin

Could someone please comment on the section about Darwin and mockingbirds from A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, ch. 25. I know this is not a scientific source, but according to it the following bit would be incorrect:

"Darwin noticed that mockingbirds differed between islands, and the governor of the prison colony on Charles Island told him that tortoises differed from island to island. Towards the end of the voyage Darwin speculated that these facts might 'undermine the stability of Species'".

At least this section should be confirmed by more sources than just one. --Eleassar my talk 11:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redundant Entry Baltra (South Seymour)

All I was doing was correcting a redundant entry. Im sorry I didnt follow your perceived procedure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.173.39.254 (talk) 20:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

You're right, sorry. Not to deflect blame from myself, but in the future, if you describe what you're doing in the edit summary, people like me aren't as likely to make the mistake of interpreting it as vandalism. I'll go remove the warning from your talk page. --barneca (talk) 20:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population

I don't ever update pages, but this was changed:In 1959, approximately 1,000 to 2,000 people called the islands their home. In 1972 a census was done in the archipelago and a population of 3,488 was recorded. By the 1980s, this number had risen to more than 15,000 people, and 2006 estimates place the population around 30,000 people.

Five of the islands are inhabited: Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz.

Note the last phrase.. also note that I'm fairly sure Santa Cruz is populated! though I don't know whether the others are or not. Hope someone can change this who knows if the list is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.174.64 (talk) 16:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The list is correct technically. There are 4 small towns on each Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz. Baltra is a military base and has people stationed at it. obv (talk) 05:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nazca boobies

Is this vandalism or is there actually such a thing:

Gulls, sea lions, whales, marine turtles, Red-footed and Nazca boobies can be seen ReluctantPhilosopher (talk) 16:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
See Nazca Booby. It's real. --barneca (talk) 17:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Ah! My vocabulary just got more enriched !! ReluctantPhilosopher (talk) 09:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)