Talk:Greenland

97% Christian???

Having traveled some in Greenland and having met several Greenlanders, I find that statistic rather improbable. No source is cited presently in the article. Is there are any contemporary data on Greenlandic religious belief? I would guess that the non-religious are significantly more numerous, probably comparable with most Western European countries. {66.62.230.2 (talk) 03:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)}

That seems like a very unrealistic stat to me, ill see if i can find any census info in a few days.P0PP4B34R732 (talk) 03:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

All statistics must be cited. You find a citation, it can be put in, but the citation must be in the article. Otherwise, the old statistic stays. – Plarem ^{(User talk contribs)} 19:47, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

The cited source is something called the Joshua Project, which writes on its front page that "Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups with the least followers of Jesus Christ". It is a missionary project, so I doubt very much that is a reliable source for this. --Saddhiyama (talk) 19:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

• Here is a more rerliable source in Danish[1]. This is the Bishop of Greenland saying that there is no official statistics for church membership, but she estimates 85% to be members of the Danish popular Church. Of the remaining 15% there is of course also other Christians, Bahai, Muslims and Atheists.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 20:15, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

It would be a good idea to replace the current figures and all the text added in this edit with the figures from your source, because further research of the linked page on the Joshua Project reveals a very faulty source being completely misrepresented in the article (the Joshua Project actually says ">5%" Christians in all ethnic categories, except for a mysterious people named "Deaf" which has 96,5% Christians even though their population is unknown, etc etc). --Saddhiyama (talk) 20:20, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

National Geographic resource

• January 2012 in-print issue, page 82 to 95 The Cold Patrol by Michael Finkel. 97.87.29.188 (talk) 01:35, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Danish language - regional?

I notice that Danish has been moved to the recognised regional language parameter of the infobox... which specific region of Greenland is Danish "recognised" in? I realise that Danish hasn't been an "official" language since 2009, but if we're going to demote Danish then we should call it a minority language rather than a regional language.

Okay, I've gone ahead and changed this. If anybody objects then please revert. Peter (Talk page) 17:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

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Kangerlussuaq settlement

Klaus Kleist is right that in Greenland there is a distinction between Towns (by) and settelments (bygd) (srry I don't remeber the corresponding Greenlandic terms).But we still need a good reference to show that Kangerlussuaq is the largest settlement. Also the article ought to explain the settlement/ton difference. WHat are the criteria and historical reasons some places are setllements and not towns - I assume it has to do with the colonial history.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 13:39, 14 February 2012 (UTC)