Talk:List of transcontinental countries

Missing: Indonesia, Cyprus, Greece, etc.

Indonesia - asia/oceania [1] - is missing. Armenia's european relation is mentioned, but Cyprus' isn't. North american islands of South american countries (and vice versa) are mentioned, but Asian islands of European countries are not (Greece). Maybe there are other missing, but this should be corrected. Alinor (talk) 10:04, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

It was. Regards. Gvogas (talk) 22:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

The source you provided copy-n-pasted from the wikipedia article on Indonesia. I know because they are largely my own words. --Merbabu (talk) 00:27, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

First, there are a lot of mistakes in this Wiki entry. For example, Oceania is not a continent, but a region, mostly in Asia, some in Australia (the continent, not the country). Second, Indonesia actually fits the "contiguous transcontinental" category category of this entry because some of it's islands are actually part of the Australian continent. For example, the island of New Guinea (of which approximately the eastern half -- Papua -- is part of Indonesia) is considered part of the Australian continent. Some other, smaller islands are also geologically considered part of the Australian continent (e.g., the Aru Islands in the Malukus). greggiebaba Source: Any damn atlas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greggiebaba (talk • contribs) 22:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Iran

Iran cannot possibly be considered to be in Europe, it's not even bordering Europe. There are not creible sources for this, it should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.228.206 (talk) 00:36, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

indeed. I really don't understand why people are allowed to introduce all sorts of obscure nonsense without citing any sources. WP:RS applies. If you have a good source making some obscure claim, by all means include it, Wikipedia is a good place for obscure information (but respect WP:REDFLAG, exceptional claims need especially solid references). If you have no source, don't bother even clicking the edit button, you aren't helping, you are actually damaging the project.

If you have a dodgy source, at least include it and let others decide whether it qualifies for inclusion. But no source at all isn't even a "contribution", it's just noise deteriorating article quality, putting a burden on editors to remove it on sight. --dab (𒁳) 12:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request

In the "Non-contiguous" section ("Europe, North America, South America & Africa"):

Following Mayotte becoming a departement of France, please change :

France: Metropolitan France is in Europe, while the four Overseas Departments are in other continents. Guadeloupe & Martinique are in North America, French Guiana is in South America, and Réunion is in Africa. These four French Overseas Departments are legally and administratively an integral part of France. France will gain a second African region when Mayotte becomes an overseas department in 2011. There are other island possessions associated with North America, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica that are French overseas collectives or part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, but these are not integral parts of France.

by:

France: Metropolitan France is in Europe, while the five Overseas Departments are in other continents. Guadeloupe & Martinique are in North America, French Guiana is in South America, while Mayotte and Réunion are in Africa. These five French Overseas Departments are legally and administratively an integral part of France. There are other island possessions associated with North America, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica that are French overseas collectives or part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, but these are not integral parts of France.

Y Done Chipmunkdavis (talk) 07:26, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Spain

Ceuta and Melilla are not part of the 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain, they are 2 Autonomous cities (Spain has 17 Autonomous Communities plus 2 Autonomous Cities). Could some correct this? Maybe someone could mention, Spain is the only country that holds territories on mainland Africa (North Africa). Also France is the only country that holds a territory on mainland South America (French Guiana). 178.103.32.138 (talk) 14:03, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit Request

Since this page seems un-editable, can someone please make a change to the "Other Examples" section. The original line is: "The Netherlands has the Caribbean island possessions of Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba."

It should be changed to "Constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands include the Caribbean island possessions of Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba." They aren't considered "possessions".

Thanks

HurricaneJoAnne (talk) 11:37, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Y Done, although worded slightly differently. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 13:24, 24 June 2011 (UTC)