Talk:Australia (continent)

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Centralized discussion on oceania as a continent

Let's use Talk:Oceania (continent), please. fgnievinski (talk) 03:28, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Drastic rewrite"

This recent edit with a summary of Drastic rewrite to encapsulate both definitions of the Australian continent that have been discussed at length at Talk:Australia (continent)#Definition of the continent. This rewrite introduces the first sources to the article that actually state the continent includes New Guinea removed 85k of article content, taking out seven large sections about the human history, ecology of the region and leaving it as just the definition of the physical continent.

Was this removal intentional, or was User:Cavalryman only meaning to replace the "Definition" section? --Lord Belbury (talk) 09:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lord Belbury, yes the removal was deliberate.

First, none of the sources cited in those sections described any of those aspects of the continent in a "whole of continent" way, they were all sources about Australia or separate sources about New Guinea. And so most of the content was just a series of statements about Australia followed by a series of statements about New Guinea, usually in separate sentences.

And second, any attempt to reintroduce that content would need to completely rewrite it to account for the two different definitions of what the continent is, giving appropriate weight to both. To be honest I think refocusing that effort into ensuring the content of New Guinea is as good as it can be would be far more productive.

But, I would not oppose any attempt to rewrite and reintroduce such content, provided appropriate weight was given by section to both definitions. Cavalryman (talk) 09:35, 1 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2022

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There's no protection template, and I have VERY MASSIVE headaches. Whislife (talk) 23:22, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done – F Adesdae 378 23:33, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Australia is not a continental this wiki is wrong and is confusing people

This is very bad 31.124.237.92 (talk) 16:11, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think this talk page needs an FAQ for this statement. Georgia guy (talk) 16:48, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately you are incorrect, Australia is one of the seven continents of the world, you're wrong. Aeyeu (talk) 18:33, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]