Talk:List of World Map changes

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Where do we put the beginning of this? To the time of the first modern world maps?

Contents 1 Maps 2 Not all changes? 3 Geographical remaming 4 the changes 5 Deletion

[edit] Maps

This Belize and Rockall stuff, did this actually made any maps outdated? Did this cause the map of the world to change? I don't mean when Belize became independent, that was most certeanly shown on the new maps, but when it became self-governing? I don't think so. It is my opinion that these additions to the list should be removed.Mátyás 14:23, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not all changes?

I removed 2007: Romania and Bulgaria join EU, because only special maps showing, say, the member states of the EU, would have this data. Such special maps are plentiful and rarely known to the wider public, so I believe we should list only changes that were recorded on most political-topological maps. Following my bad example, you might have added when did some countries join NATO or the African Union or the UN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mátyás (talk • contribs) 11:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Geographical remaming

There is this nice list of name changes here. What do we do about it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mátyás (talk • contribs) 12:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] the changes

is there a real use behind this article? It is drasticly incomplete, and only goes to the discovery of the america's, completly ignoring anything before that point, and if it is country changes, where is the usa formation, the various territory aquirerations of it, they changed the world political map... --Jakezing (talk) 14:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

The article is filled with major holes and even if we added all the major border changes, ect, the article would be one of the largest, if not the largest, on wikipedia.--Jakezing (talk) 04:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Normally there are holes, it is a work in progress. And why is size a problem? With this logic, you could delete all the year pages, such as 1600. And discoveries before the one of the Americas are not here, because it is not clear what IS a discovery. I mean, the Australian Aborigines have arrived to Australia some 40000 years ago. Is that a discovery? And when the first humans arrived to America? In any case, I personally prefer to contribute to the post-1945 part of the article, because since then borders are sanctified in the UN. Even now there are many disputed territories, and in centuries before there was chaos.

My opinion is that this article contains encyclopedic data and as such it should be improved constantly, not deleted. If size becomes a problem, it can be cut into smaller pieces, according to eras and territorial units. P.S. Changes of the world map are not important? I disagree, these changes reflect the most important changes in world history. A list of all these changes can be of great use to historians, geographers, and those interested in geopolitics. Again on the pre-Columbian era: what is a map of the world in the ages of antiquity?Mátyás (talk) 12:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm gonna be a geography major so I also think this article would be important, but the article

is filled with holes, and mises some key details while minor ones such as the discovery of jamaica, something that would have happend anyways, are listed. Also, you say the australians as the disputed discover, wouldn't the columbus one be OR then as well? The vikings found america before spain did, and people from siberia crosed into the america's via the land bridge currently underwater. So therfor the article is R no matter what. --Jakezing (talk) 13:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

So, now you are saying that the article IS important, but because of the many holes and the lack of grading the changes by importance (which can never truly be objective) it should be deleted? I fail to see the logic. It is a list that will probably never be complete. It will forever remain full of holes for the simple reason that many facts are simply not known about early discoveries. And what is this America-mania of yours? Yes, a lot of data on America is not yet added to the list, but you honestly think that means the article is less relevant? And if you do think it should be here already, I agree, add it and help make this article more complete instead of wanting to delete it because of it being incomplete.Mátyás (talk) 08:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)