Editing Talk:United Kingdom (section)

== An Island Country? ==

The United Kingdom is referred to an “island country” on Wikipedia but if you ask people who live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, they will disagree with this statement. [[Special:Contributions/2604:3D08:1E7E:CAC0:7D3B:15C7:241E:2595|2604:3D08:1E7E:CAC0:7D3B:15C7:241E:2595]] ([[User talk:2604:3D08:1E7E:CAC0:7D3B:15C7:241E:2595|talk]]) 16:10, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
:This page simply calls it a 'country'. [[User:GoodDay|GoodDay]] ([[User talk:GoodDay|talk]]) 16:18, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
::I wonder if the IP is referring to the fact that the article is a member of [[:Category:Island countries]]. [[User:Cordless Larry|Cordless Larry]] ([[User talk:Cordless Larry|talk]]) 16:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
:::The UK should be removed from that category, as well as the [[Republic of Ireland]]. Indeed ''only'' countries that cover only one island (rather than parts of an island), should be removed from that category. [[User:GoodDay|GoodDay]] ([[User talk:GoodDay|talk]]) 16:30, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
::::Although our [[Island country]] article defines such countries as "a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands" (unsourced), with the UK and Ireland listed. [[User:Cordless Larry|Cordless Larry]] ([[User talk:Cordless Larry|talk]]) 20:51, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
:::::I think the UK fits in that category...although not Guernsey, Svalbard and load of others.[[User:Halbared|Halbared]] ([[User talk:Halbared|talk]]) 21:37, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
::::::@[[User:Halbared|Halbared]] No the reason why the United Kingdom doesn't count as an island nation is because the united kingdom is made of two big islands great britain and ireland (a tiny chunk of it) [[User:Depotadore|Depotadore]] ([[User talk:Depotadore|talk]]) 14:06, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::I think that would be a very narrow definition of "island nation" and not one most people would subscribe to. Trinidad and Tobago, for example, I think most people would agree is an island nation despite having two main islands. Same for the Bahamas and numerous other examples. [[User:Waggers|<b style="color:#98F">W</b><b style="color:#97E">a</b><b style="color:#86D">g</b><b style="color:#75C">ge</b><b  style="color:#83C">r</b><b  style="color:#728">s</b>]][[User talk:Waggers|<small  style="color:#080">''TALK''</small>]] 13:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::Yeah but i'm saying the United Kingdom isn't a island nation because it's a nation with two islands Great Britain and Ireland (Island) which is split in the far north eastern corner with the Republic of Ireland [[User:Depotadore|Depotadore]] ([[User talk:Depotadore|talk]]) 15:09, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::Actually, the UK is made up of [[List of islands of the United Kingdom|thousands of islands]] - as many as 6,000 I think. Sounds like a pretty island-y country to me. [[User:DeCausa|DeCausa]] ([[User talk:DeCausa|talk]]) 17:11, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::{{ec}}The category definition says "This includes countries that consist of an island, an archipelago, or part of an island." Must be somewhat picky to say that it doesn't include "part of an archipelago"! [[User:DeCausa|DeCausa]] ([[User talk:DeCausa|talk]]) 21:40, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
::::::I agree. I think the common understanding is that if a country ''isn't'' an island country, the bulk of its territory is part of a mainland continental landmass instead. That's not true of the UK or Ireland, they are definitely island countries as far as the bulk of their territory is concerned. Somebody might want to mention Gibraltar being part of mainland Europe but I think it's fair to say overseas territories aren't considered in this sort of definition, and is why I've been careful to mention "the bulk of their territory" a few times. [[User:Waggers|<b style="color:#98F">W</b><b style="color:#97E">a</b><b style="color:#86D">g</b><b style="color:#75C">ge</b><b  style="color:#83C">r</b><b  style="color:#728">s</b>]][[User talk:Waggers|<small  style="color:#080">''TALK''</small>]] 07:24, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::The United Kingdom is an island country located off the north coast of mainland Europe. [[User:Mcflurry2212|Mcflurry2212]] ([[User talk:Mcflurry2212|talk]]) 15:12, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
::::::::"located" is superfluous. -- [[User:Alarics|Alarics]] ([[User talk:Alarics|talk]]) 20:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)