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Oceania is not a continent, Australia is. Otherwise Australia will also be the largest island and not greenland cause it is no longer a continent
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12:58, 2 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done:. This is already covered by the article in its current state. Also, keep in mind that these requests should mention a specific change you want made. (E.g. "in alinea X, I want Y changed to Z). --
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Why is Europe a continent while India is not? Europe and Asia are parts of the
same tectonic plate. There are no major geographical barriers between Europe amd Asia. On the other hand, India has its
own tectonic plate and is totally separate from the Eurasian mainland by significant geographical barriers.
While I agree with you (except id also add the middle east) wikipedia isn't the right place to reccomend changing how we teach geography.
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00:18, 17 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Yeah but it feels right. i mean, there also arent seperating europe from asia, but the cultural difference is large enough, and the middle east has a significant culture difference
Gaismagorm (
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15:56, 17 May 2024 (UTC)reply
A continent is a physical geographic concept. China, the Middle East, and Europe can all be major cultural geography regions, but to call those "continents" is just blatantly wrong and stupid. --
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15:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)reply
It is not. The word "continent" is a cultural concept. Europe is a cultural region. There are no major geographical barriers between Europe and Asia, why are they considered separate continents? Why is India not consider a continent? Why is Greenland not considered a continent? The point is, if we divide the world into cultural regions, then India, China, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands can all be their own continents.
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00:41, 22 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Possibly so, but Wikipedia is not the forum to argue for such a change, Wikipedia reflects the consensus among external sources.
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01:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Zealandia is a mostly submerged chunk of continental crust, its exposed portion is relatively small. To consider it a continent in the mainstream meaning of that term stretches the concept to, and probably beyond, its limits. However, Zealandia is mentioned in the article in the sections on submerged continents, geological continents, and microcontinents/continental fragments. This seems to be an appropriate level of inclusion of the topic. --
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12:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
COMMENTZealandia is a physical continent. A physical continent is a large piece of unbroken
continental crust, including both its exposed and submerged parts (i.e. the ocean is ignored). A physical continent is a true continent, it should be larger than
Greenland, the world's largest island.
There are only four such true continents on
Earth:
However, these true continents have not been recognized by the mainstream society. The mainstream society prefers to divide the world into seven major parts (regions) based on various and sometimes confusing criteria and named them the "continents".
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08:11, 7 July 2024 (UTC)reply