Talk:Mongolia

Conflicting data in religion section

The religion section appears to contradict itself by giving at least two different and conflicting (sometimes radically) sets of data. For example: "5% of Mongolia are Muslim" is contradicted by a chart below showing the Muslim population at 3.0%. Similarly the text states "[m]ore than 4% of the population practices Christianity" while the chart says 2.1%. The section also begins with a statement that I found confusing: "[m]ore than 90% of Mongolian citizens subscribed to some form of Buddhism, mostly Tibetan Buddhism with traditional shamanism." Does this mean now (which would badly contradict the other data given) or does the past tense of 'subscribed' indicate that this was true at some time in the past (if so, when?) In short, I think this section would benefit from being rewritten to present a more clear and consistent picture of the data. OlenWhitaker • ^{talk to me} or _don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 19:47, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit Request: Air Pollution Information

In the air pollution section, it would be useful to include a link to this site which aggregates the latest information on Ulaanbaatar air pollution: http://ubairpollution.org/ 182.160.21.156 (talk) 00:57, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

• why is air pollution listed under foreign relations and military? --Fallind (talk) 20:32, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit Request

Religion and 2 other categories are under Transportation. Please fix. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.65.12.86 (talk) 00:16, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Damdin Sükhbaatar

Damdin Sükhbaatar is depicted, but he is not mentioned in the text. He is important enough in the national consciousness to have the major square in the capital named after him, so there should be some mention of him in the text. 02:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 21 February 2012 - A section translated from Wikipedia Russian Version is suggested to be inserted under Administrative divisions here

Address System in Mongolia

Due to a significant number of temporary settlements in the country ( yurts ), changing the spatial position over time, the traditional address systems (city, street, house) is not very suitable for Mongolia.

February 2, 2008 The Government of Mongolia decided to adapt to the needs of the country's technology Universal Address System, that is, using the Natural Area Code (NAC) for addressing objects in the field.

This system can address in the locality within the Earth as a whole regions and cities, individual houses and even small objects up to a meter. The more accurate the address, the longer the code.

For example, the address of the city of Ulan Bator as a whole - RV-W QZ , a monument in the center of the square Sukhbaatar in Ulan Bator - RW8SK QZKSL .

The essence of targeting NAC code is very simple and similar to the nomenclature system of naming the individual map sheets or with a number of large-scale spatial indexing system, Oracle Spatial .

Universal address system is global in nature and is well suited for use in digital cartography, GIS and navigation systems.

Xshen (talk) 22:39, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 03:50, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The reliable sources are 1. Wikipedia in Russian 2. Government Resolution for Using Natural Area Codes as National Addresses 3. http://www.my-mir.info/strana/m/mongolia.html Xshen (talk) 29 Feb. 2012 —Preceding undated comment added 16:49, 29 February 2012 (UTC).

• • Over 3 years later are any reliable sources supporting Universal Address System using in real life? Or that was just a declaration? Bogomolov.PL (talk) 19:56, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Foreign languages

I question that Russian is the most common foreign language spoken in Mongolia. There is no ref. given here, and the ones given at Wik/Russian language are 1] not supportive and 2] too old, respectively. Schools have switched over to teaching English as the most common foreign language.Kdammers (talk) 14:01, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Schools may have switched over to English, but it will be a few years before those kids become a majority of the population. But as you pointed out, if we're going to change the article, we need a reliable source that supports your assertion. Boneyard90 (talk) 16:41, 25 February 2012 (UTC)