Talk:Robinson Crusoe Island

Odd
It's a bit odd that these two exact sentences appear in numerous other web sources:


 * It was then found by a British sailor, Cornelius Webb, and taken to another area of the island to be reburied.
 * Legend has it the booty, weighing 800 tonnes, includes two papal rings and a storied jewel known as the "Rose of the Winds".

How did this happen? Did these sites rip off Wikipedia, or are these sentences a copyvio on Wikipedia?  r  speer 14:55, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Aguas Buenas
In this [[article it is described that the Island used to be called Aguas Buenas.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029105803.htm

Are they talking about the same island?


 * It is the same island. I believe ScienceDaily, the BBC, and Chile's Santiago Times misunderstood the journal article (Takahashi et al.) that reported the findings, which described the site of the dig as occuring at Aguas Buenas on Robinson Crusoe Island. A Chilean article about the research prior to the expedition referred to "la localidad de Aguas Buenas, isla Robinson Crusoe" (the town of Aguas Buenas, Robinson Crusoe Island"). The National Geographic expedition report referred to Aguas Buenas as a site on the Robinson Crusoe Island. Fox News refers to Aguas Buenas as an area of the island, but in the same article treats Robinson Crusoe as a real person, so I wouldn't consider their opinion reliable. Even though there are three reliable sources that say the name of the island is Aguas Buenas, they all seem to have occurred in response to the Takahashi article, and I think it would be reasonable to consider it an error and remove it. Agyle (talk) 01:35, 6 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Not a "town" but a "location". According to Takahashi et al. (p. 275), "The site at Aguas Buenas (Fig. 4) is adjacent to a good supply of fresh water ... . There was enough level ground to erect one or two huts and the spot was reasonably sheltered." Clearly, not a reference to the whole island, which was variously called Juan Fernández, usually by Englishmen conflating the island with the archipelago, or Más a Tierra prior to 1966. Less well-founded is the use of Takahashi in support of the purported connection between Selkirk and Defoe sourced to an article by Lee who has a particular axe to grind and no real evidence to add to that debate. Using Takahashi over Severin (pp. 17–19), probably the best source on this so far, is therefore ill-advised I think. — Dr.Gulliver (talk) 08:50, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Irrelevance
I found the information on the young girl saving her neighbors irrelevant, and lacking the impact it would need to be included it in Wikipedia. I'm going to remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.52.94.8 (talk) 12:34, 1 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The contributor makes a valid point, although the information is still there. Have revised section to show relevance of tsunami warning in light of failure of officials to do so. — Dr.Gulliver (talk) 10:04, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Map
Our view-from-outer-space locator map doesn't even show where the island is in relation to South America. A conventional flat locator map with an arrow would be much more informative. Sca (talk) 14:52, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

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