Talk:Campbell Island, New Zealand

Staffing
Is the station staffed. I though that it had been made an "automatic" station some years back.
 * That was my feeling too. I may be able to get some images of the island as my dad was one of the met staff that lived there for a year. Should also mention about the guy who got his leg bitten off by the shark. Evil Monkey &rarr; Talk 19:32, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

Uninhabited
Thanks for finally allowing the first paragraph of this article to state, importantly, that the island is uninhabited. Several years ago, the guy who controls edits to this page didn't feel that fact warranted inclusion in the opening paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.209.24.211 (talk) 09:41, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

World's most isolated tree
It is written in the 2006 Guiness World Records book that Campbell Island has the world's most isolated tree, which is a Norway Spruce (Picea abies). Is it true? 24.202.204.189 21:02, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

"Ship Girl"
A Google search fails to elucidate the meaning of "ship girl". Perhaps someone wiser than myself might care to define this term (it is found in the Lady of the Heather paragraph) for our gentle readers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.192.127.47 (talk) 04:45, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe you should search on Yahoo! instead? The meaning is quite clear there. --Funandtrvl (talk) 04:51, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Just ran a Yahoo! search for "ship girl" and '"ship girl" definition' but the meaning of "ship girl" eludes me still. Maybe it's a regional term used in Oceania or Commonwealth nations.

As for whether the Campbell Island page lists the population as zero or, as you prefer, makes no mention whatsoever of the island having no permanent human inhabitants, I'm sure you have your reasons for not wanting to inform readers that the island is uninhabited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.192.127.47 (talk) 05:11, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The population reference is in both the caption and the last paragraph of the History section. Doesn't that suffice? --Funandtrvl (talk) 05:19, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I hadn't noticed that the lack of permanent inhabitants was mentioned in the last paragraph of the History section. As for the caption, it states that the meteorological station is unmanned, but that left me wondering if there were inhabitants elsewhere on the island other than at the weather station. Should you decide, in your discretion, to someday prominently note that the island is uninhabited, I'd be appreciative. Thanks. 75.192.127.47 (talk) 05:35, 23 November 2010 (UTC)S. Johnson, MD/JD, Washington DC.

Dates
"mid-teens of the 19th century. The second was a brief revival in the 1820s." should that be 1920s? -- PBS (talk) 20:55, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Article content and arrangement
I have not been able to find a standard template for the headings/ layout of articles about islands. The arrangement of content varies greatly between various "island" articles I have examined. I will develop proposals for re-arrangement and expansion and set them out here for comment, before proceeding. Here are some of my initial comments:
 * I think the article would benefit from some description early on in the article - covering geography and geology, before moving on to history.
 * The article currently does not mention Dracophyllum, yet this is abundant on the island, or the peat layers that are up to 5m thick in parts of the island.
 * Some expansion of content about the status of legal protection would be useful. As one example, the island is currently designated as a Nature reserve under Section 20 of the Reserves Act 1977, meaning that entry is by permit only. This is worth including.
 * The article should probably be linked to WikiProject_Protected_areas
 * There is currently no mention of the marine reserve or any link to the separate article Moutere Ihupuku / Campbell Island Marine Reserve
 * The content about The Legend of the Lady of the Heather should be relocated towards the bottom of the article.

Marshelec (talk) 01:33, 30 December 2023 (UTC)