Talk:Iceland

pronunciation of Lýðveldið Ísland

I've noticed that the pronunciation of Lýðveldið Ísland doesn't match the orthography, because d is always a [t] sound, never a [d] sound, because it doesn't exist in Icelandic, so can somebody explain what's happening here?

RJL 17:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Corrected. I also removed the markers under the ð's which are not really needed. Stefán 19:52, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be Íslenska lýðveldið? (The Icelandic republic) I've never heard anybody say 'Lýðveldið Ísland' (The Republic Iceland). --Non-user Boðflenna 194.144.16.171 (talk) 17:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The title of the constitution is "Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands" (The Constitution of the Republic of Iceland) so the correct formal name is 'lýðveldið Ísland' (The Republic of Iceland), with a lower-case 'l' in 'lýðveldi' unless at the beginning of a sentence. --Erlendur 194.144.43.164 (talk) 13:11, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Location maps available for infoboxes of European countries

On the WikiProject Countries talk page, the section Location Maps for European countries had shown new maps created by David Liuzzo, that are available for the countries of the European continent, and for countries of the European Union exist in two versions. From November 16, 2006 till January 31, 2007, a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. Please note that since January 1, 2007 all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of February 4, 2007 the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.
As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before February 5, 2007 a survey started that will be closed soon at February 20, 2007 23:59:59. It should establish two things:

• whether the new style maps may be applied as soon as some might become available for countries outside the European continent (or such to depend on future discussions),
• which new version (with of without indicating the entire European Union by a separate shade) should be applied for which countries.

Please read the discussion (also in other sections α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ) and in particular the arguments offered by the forementioned poll, while realizing some comments to have been made prior to updating the maps, and all prior to modifying the licences, before carefully reading the presentation of the currently open survey. You are invited to only then finally make up your mind and vote for only one option.
There mustnot be 'oppose' votes; if none of the options would be appreciated, you could vote for the option you might with some effort find least difficult to live with - rather like elections only allowing to vote for one of several candidates. Obviously, you are most welcome to leave a brief argumentation with your vote. Kind regards. — SomeHuman 00:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

wording in intro

it has to be changed in light of the last 12 months Today, Iceland has some of the world's highest levels of economic and civil freedoms.[5] In 2007, Iceland was ranked as the most developed country in the world by the United Nations' Human Development Index.[6] It was also the fourth most productive country per capita, and one of the most egalitarian, as rated by the Gini coefficient.[7][8] Icelanders LibStar (talk) 07:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

The last paragraph of the intro also has to be changed, it suggests that a minority government is still in office, which is not true. I'm going to merge the 2 last paragraphs and clean up some factual errors. Please review and improve if needed. 66.117.142.207 (talk) 03:59, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Liberal ideologies

In the intro, isn't this rather awkward? "Modern Icelandic culture, such as the nation's music scene and cinema, is influenced by the nation’s generally liberal ideologies." Apart from the fact that only people, not nations as such, have ideology (or ideologies, for that matter), it's a bit broad to make this connection to Icelandic music and cinema. In any case, what the hell is "liberal music" or "liberal cinema"? -- Palthrow (talk) 00:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

"Celtic"

Included in the Demographics section is: "One such genetics study has indicated that the majority of the male settlers were of Nordic origin while the majority of the women were of Celtic origin"

What does the word "Celtic" mean in this sense? Does it mean Irish/Scottish/Manx/Welsh/Cornish? Does it mean the original Celts of Roman times?

It is my understanding that it is incorrect to call Irish/Scots/Manx/Welsh/Cornish "celtic" as only their language is "celtic". Tribally, they are either Gaels (Irish/Manx/parts of Scotland) or Brythons (Wales/Cornwall/parts of Scotland).