Talk:Greenland Island

Redirect to Greenland and not Geography of Greenland
When there are articles about islands in Wikipedia, the article should discuss the island not only as a geophysical entity but also as place that has seen human use. The following Featured Articles about islands demonstrate that to be comprehensive, the article should also talk about the current and historical human activity on the island:


 * Amchitka
 * Caroline Island
 * Isle of Portland
 * Mackinac Island
 * Melville Island (Nova Scotia)
 * North Island (Houtman Abrolhos)

In addition, the current practice in Wikipedia is to have only one article about an island (or group of islands) and its more-or-less coterminous administrative unit (country, province, state, region, municipality, etc.). The following is a non-exhaustive list of example articles about islands and their administrative units:


 * Annobón, also an Equatorial Guinean province
 * Azores (archipelago), also a Portuguese autonomous community
 * Bali, also an Indonesian province
 * Bornholm, also a Danish municipality
 * Canary Islands (archipelago), also a Spanish autonomous community
 * Corsica, also a French collective territory
 * Cozumel, also a Mexican municipality
 * Crete, also a Greek region
 * Easter Island, also a Chilean province
 * Hainan, also a Chinese province
 * Hawaii (island), also a U.S. county
 * Hokkaido, also a Japanese prefecture
 * Jeju, also a South Korean province
 * Phuket, also a Thai province
 * Prince Edward Island, also a Canadian province
 * Sardinia, also an Italian autonomous region
 * Tasmania, also an Australian state

Therefore, the proper destination for a redirect from "Greenland Island" is Greenland and not Geography of Greenland. —seav (talk) 16:44, 5 February 2014 (UTC)