Talk:Spain

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2023
Raxmet user (talk) 00:44, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Stewpot  ( talk ) 01:02, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

In the Foreign Relations sub-section of the Politics section, the "a" in "Spain claims Gibraltar, a Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom" should be changed to "an".

103.164.74.98 (talk) 01:24, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks, will sort that now. Moons of Io (talk) 01:27, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Comment about the origin of the name Hispania
The article mentions that the Phoenicians referred to the region as Spania (meaning "Land of rabbits"). But comparing to Hebrew sources, they most likely referred to the animal known in the Bible as "Shafan" -- hyrax. The mix up between these animals is common in Biblical translations, probably because both appear in the same verse in Leviticus 11:5-6. Amos083 (talk) 07:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Spanish Armada / fall of empire in the late 16th century
Over the past few days, @Kusilini] has been trying to remove any form of mention of the decline of the Spanish Empire and any mention of the Spanish Armada. These are important times and dates in Spanish history. The peak and golden period of the Spanish Empire is well noted. There should also be a mention on what caused the decline of its empire, as the norm on any European country page which had a colonial empire. [[User:Thewinerking|Thewinerking (talk) 01:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

The Spanish Armada is mentioned and I have added, with numerous sources, when the decline of the Spanish Empire began.
 * Specifically, like the Spanish Golden Age, the decline began after the end of the Franco-Spanish War with the Treaty of the Pyrenees of 1659 in favor of a rising France under Louis XIV. This is supported and I have added numerous reliable sources.
 * What you are trying to add is that the decline occurred due to the failure of the Spanish Armada in 1588 with England and defeats in some battles with the Netherlands, which is rather false and unsourced, these did not change the status quo ante bellum nor did they start the decline of Spain. Kusilini (talk) 09:46, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

To facilitate reading, I am going to briefly explain it with the sources attached:


 * The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), involving the Spanish Armada (1588) and the English Armada (1589), ended in the restoration of the status quo ante bellum (Source/s: ) where Spain continued to be a world power as it was previously to war (Source/s: )


 * The progressive decline of Spain began during the second half of the 17th century, after the end of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) in favor of the rise of France under Louis XIV (Source/s:)


 * In the 18th century, the Spanish Empire reached its maximum extent (Source/s: ) and under the Bourbon dynasty, it carried out numerous reforms and modernized its armed forces to defend (mostly succesfully) its large colonies in the Americas (Source/s: )

Therefore, suggesting that the Spanish Empire fell or began its decline at the end of the 16th century after the Spanish Armada is, with all due respect, historically false, unsourced and more typical of old English nationalist propaganda (See: Spanish Black Legend)

Unless you provide reliable sources for the content you are trying to push, it will be removed for being unsourced, WP:POV-pushing and not realible according the WP:Neutrality. Kusilini (talk) 14:00, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2024
For consistency with other pictures, add "in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" to picture at the end, subtitled as "Canarian carnival". Picture is taken in Las Canteras stroll in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Zogas (talk) 15:14, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ I added this to the caption and linked to the Las Palmas page. Jamedeus (talk) 23:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2024
Change 2 °C (36 °F) of warming to 2 °C (3.6 °F) and 4 °C (39 °F) to 4 °C (7.2 °F) under climate change section. one degree of change Celsius is 1.8 degrees of change F. 2604:2800:0:A998:2486:23D3:E37:51BF (talk) 03:51, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Jamedeus (talk) 04:17, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Changing the name of Spain to Andalusia
Spain is a colonial name of Andalusia of the Islamic Caliphate. Its not exist. Please change the name to Andalusia the not colonial name 188.64.206.0 (talk) 15:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Dear Wikipedia user. Kindly check accurate sources prior to making this kind of comments. While the Spanish constitution does not establish an official name for the state of Spain and some others are commonly used in it. While the origin of the word might be uncertain, the hypothesis of the Phoenician word "Land of rabbits" Spania is commonly accepted. Dual2402 (talk) 08:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello. We, following the guidelines of WP:COMMONNAME, go by what places are most commonly called, not what someone reasons out they should be called. Largoplazo (talk) 12:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)