Talk:Sicily

Planned Bridge

I replaced "The bridge" with "The planned bridge" because people skimming this article will think the bridge exists (as I did). Mike Young (talk) 10:38, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Not from "Iberian peninsula" but from Caucasus

In the "Ancient Tribes" section: Thoukydides (Histories, book VII, 6,2,2) says that Sicani came from Iberia. This Iberia of the classical and byzantine authors is approximately the todays Georgia in Caucasus. Do not confuse it with Iberica which is Spain and Portugal. Original Greek text here http://www.scribd.com/doc/30928260/thucydides6 See also Caucasian Iberia.--Skylax30 (talk) 19:07, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Sıkılliye

= Arabic name of Sicily Böri (talk) 11:33, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

About the most important economic sector of Sicilia...

I'm about to delete the introduction sentence that reads "The Sicilian economy is largely based on agriculture (mainly orange and lemon orchards); this same rural countryside has attracted significant tourism in the modern age" and insert "The Sicilian economy is well diversified. The Agriculture sector is relevant with citrus, olives and olive oil, grapes and wine. Tourism became an important sector for the island." My idea is based in the data from the article, that only 3,52% of the PIB comes from Agriculture, farming, fishing ("Dati Istat – Tavole regionali". Istat.it. http://www.istat.it/dati/dataset/20071004_00).

I'm open to suggestions. GustoBLSJP (talk) 22:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I personally like your version, but rather than just citrus, it should specify lemons and oranges, as the Sicilian countryside is dotted with these orchards. How about "The Sicilian economy is well diversified. The agriculture sector is significant with citrus fruits (mainly oranges and lemons), olives and olive oil, grapes and wine. Tourism and real estate are important sectors for the island."--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 08:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Alright Jeanne, thank you for the tip. Your version is better. I'll await a few days to make the update (with your contribution). GustoBLSJP (talk) 00:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Lead section

@Hashem sfarim: Per WP:BRD it is common that you explain the reason when adding material, not that I explain myself when reverting. But since you insist. In particular, formulation "Sicily is an autonomous region, ... it constitutes an autonomous region." in the lead is obviously duplicated, and does not flow well. Being an island and being an administrative region are two different and weakly connected notions, which should be in two different sentences.

Actually, per MOS:LEAD, the whole lead is too short for an article of this size, and does not summarize the contents at all.

Generally, per MOS:IMAGE, images should have unspecified size, unless there is compelling reason to do otherwise. What looks good on your monitor does not look good on other people's monitors, which may include cellphones, PDAs and whatnot, so leaving the default size is the best option for everyone. My edit summary "De-hardcode px" had a pretty strong clue about that, and you could have asked instead of reverting with summary "no valid reason". No such user (talk) 09:29, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Dampening Climate

Hi - I'm slightly puzzled by something expressed in the "Flora and Fauna" section: "....the DAMPENING of the climate lead to a decrease in rainfall and drying of rivers...". Surely a dampening of the climate would have the opposite effect...??? Does it perhaps mean "dampening" in the sense of "subduing" the activity of the climate? 82.3.144.140 (talk) 15:08, 26 February 2012 (UTC)