Talk:Corsica

Neutrality

The political part of this article seems non-neutral. The negative trend does not apply to the whole corsican population. And positive events should be also mentioned.

I removed the notice that this article's neutrality is disputed, because I could find no evidence that it is now, or has ever been, disputed. If someone wants to add the notice back and make suggestions for change here at talk, wonderful... it does no good to slap "unneutral" tags all over Wikipedia. Tuf-Kat 05:13, Sep 21, 2003 (UTC)

This article seems biased. It focuses on violence and does not makes mention of positive facts. On my view, a more positive trend is needed.

That's because when you hear Corsica mentioned in the news anywhere, it's about the violence. Feel free to add other details if you know about Corsica.

Seeing Corsica

I was once visiting a Finnish man living in Colomars, southern France. He said he had been told that it was possible to see Corsica from Colomars, and asked me if it was true. I did some calculations, based on the distance between Colomars and Corsica, the highest points in both places, and the radius of the Earth. I do not remember the exact figures but I think the result was that it is indeed possible. I did not try it out, however. — JIP | Talk 04:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

it is possible to see Corsica from mainland of France, even from the coast (level 0). Even if it is rare, I've experienced it myself, I saw Corsica from Cannes (French Riviera). This should physically be impossible, but in some specific climatic conditions it is possible to see Corsican montains due to optical deformations (I would not be able to explain more precicely, but it is true)

Politics section- a comment.

The sub-section entitled 'Politics' in this article seems to relate almost nothing except borderline POV information concerning the indepence movements in Corsica in recent years. That information probably merits its own section instead.

I wrote a PhD Thesis on Corsica which was published under the following title:

Regionalism and Ethnic Nationalism in France: A Case-Study of Corsica, European University Institute: Florence, Italy, 1989.

It is an analysis of regionalist movements in Corsica, but placed in the context of the emergence of similar movements elsewhere in France, from 1945 until 1982.

Finally, it would be useful to add a bibliography of works on Corsica in various languages: French, English, German, Italian (?).

Questionable Photograph

I'm no scientist, but the picture at the bottom seems kind of suspicious, having sailed from Nice to Corsica, and knowning that you certainly can't see Corsica from Nice. This is the equivalent of being able to see Paris from the English Channel -- they're simlpy too far apart. I'm not sure what the thing about refraction is, and so perhaps it is possible, but Corsica is really quite far from Nice -- can anyone give some illumination here? At best, the picture is simply misleading about the size and distance of Corsica from the mainland.

it may be surprising, but yes, despite of its distance from Cote-d'Azur, Corsica may be visible from the coast in special climatic situations. I've myself experienced it.

Clean Up

The article needs some cleaning up. i.e. The bit about the Battle of Méloria: this article gave the year 1282 while the linked article on the war stated 1284 (the correct date). There were a few slip-ups like that that I edited.

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"archadian society"

This should read "arcadian society" without the "h", but I'm afraid to destroy the link by changing it myself, so I hope someone with the right technical knowledge can change it.188.230.248.85 (talk) 19:04, 4 January 2017 (UTC)