Talk:The World (archipelago)

Island sizes
According to this article, the largest islands (83 613m²) are bigger than the total development (6 kilometres by 9 kilometres = 54 000m².)


 * 6000m*9000m = 54,000,000m². Thue | talk 15:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Projection
Which projection is going to be used, or are the continent shapes just going to be vaguely inspired by the real continents? Are the relative sizes going to be accurate at all?

RandomP 02:17, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

It also seems true that Singh used the islands for a PR stunt relating to his golf course in Dubai, and has also not bought an island.

The story on Michael Schumacher being given an island is not true either. I think rumors attached to celebrities happen when you have glamorous developments like these.

Tiny World
Is it true, that if you go over to Dubai, on The World, there's going to be a tiny to scale version of The World? --Richy 14:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * ... and on the tiny scale version, there's a tinier scale version, ad infinitum? Petershank 00:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This World Island is pretty ugly, does not look like the world we live, the developer has done a poor job. 2001:8003:9003:1801:CED:F4CA:CD8:53CE (talk) 04:51, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Island layout
It looks like the layout has changed recently, particularly Australia - see. Does anyone know when this happened? -- Chuq 07:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

What is Australia for anyway? Australia wasn't classified in The World website clearly. Will it function as a service hub, commercial hub, resort, large scale residence or private residence. KimGuanHing (talk) 06:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Measurements
Why are the metric measurements given as much more precise than the Merkin ones? Are the metric measurements accurate? If so, then the Merkin measurements should be corrected to the same level of precision. If not, then the metric measurements should be changed to less precise. This almost look like someone once again converted Merkin measurements to metric by rote learned in elementary school, not understanding precision, but the metric measurements are given first so they look like the official ones, and the UAE is, like the entire world outside the USA, a fully metric country. J I P | Talk 07:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Then isn't the logical conclusion that the metric measurements are the accurate ones and the imprecise Merkin ones just rough approximations? And even if the Merkin ones are accurate, there's no basis for making the metric ones less accurate. Bastun 15:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The difference between the given Merkin measurements, and those converted from the given metric ones, is only about a thousandth of a percent. It seems very unlikely that the UAE, being a fully metric country, purposefully designed the islands' measurements to snugly fit into round figures in Merkin. It is much more likely that they are either round figures in metric, or unround figures in both systems, but someone only saw the Merkin measurements, rounded them off, and then converted them back to metric with ridiculously over-specific precision. J I P  | Talk 19:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

A World without Israel
Israel is not included on the map, this is an important aspect of creating a map supposed to include the whole world, and then politically alter it, according to UAE's political order. Why has Chuck deleted my comments regarding the political World map without commenting why?, this is pure vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilingual (talk • contribs) 23:32, 18 March 2007
 * Because it was a political rant made in a situation that wasn't political. Many countries are not included in The World, for many reasons, including size, shape and location.  Israel isn't more important than any of the other countries which "missed out".  -- Chuq (talk) 22:33, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I believe the important issue here is that Israel was specifically not included due to anti-Israeli political agendas. I believe this warrants an inclusion in the article. 81.129.194.186 10:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

OMG and they left off New Jersey. I'm pissed. -Laikalynx 20:06, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you were going to create a more peaceful "world", then I think taking off Israel and surrounding countries would not be such a bad idea methinks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.33.166.150 (talk) 08:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

It's all political. Israeli websites are blocked by UAE. UAE just hates Israel. No wonder Israel wasn't included. In the case of the Philippines however, a lot of Filipinos work in UAE, mostly in Dubai. Philippines a much more insignificant country compared to Israel in the global arena. Still, politics has everything to do with that. Countries like Fiji, Tonga missed out because they are just too small. KimGuanHing (talk) 06:33, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "Phillipines a much more insignificant country compared to Israel in the global arena'???your kidding yourself. If you really feel left out, build your own island development. maybe you could get the Israeli government to give you the machinery they are currently using to bulldoze peoples houses in neighbouring countries.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.120.18.131 (talk) 23:58, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

What about Jasmine Garden?


Jasmine Garden - one of the approved projects on The World representing Thailand. The island will cover 273,775 sq ft of which 97,593sq ft or 36% is built up, 103,070sq ft or 38% is beach area and 72,802sq ft or 27% is landscaped areas. Jasmine Garden will offer tranquil and relaxing and at the same time modern lifestyle.
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Infrastructure
It would be good if there was some more info on the planned infrastructure - electricity, fresh water, etc.Frankie Roberto 19:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Use of quotes
I'm interested to know why Ireland is mentioned in single quotes, but Australia, Greece and New Zealand are now. Is it just the placement of the word next to a similar sounding word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.80.9.149 (talk) 22:11, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

Unconfirmed developments
Not sure if this should be added. But there is news (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iDeOQBaUJlLyhGbCI1JjUWXQ2twQ) that brad smith and angelina jolie have purchased one of these islands (ethiopia) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.61.1 (talk) 10:44, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Climate Change
Is there any concern about the potential for sea level rises swamping this development? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.177.224 (talk) 15:01, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I heard they were to dump sand in each island every year. KimGuanHing (talk) 06:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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Location of Islands
This article, as of May 1, 2009, incorrectly states the the islands are off the coast of South Carolina in the United States. In fact, they are off the coast of Dubai.

Anonymous82 (talk) 15:43, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Vandalism. Fixed. Phizzy  17:54, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Irish Independent article
This article in the Irish Independent says that work has stopped entirely (although it vexingly doesn't day exactly what has been built). It also contradicts the Wikipedia article, and says that John O'Dolan did buy Great Britain (as well as Ireland); it also says that O'Dolan killed himself following the property crash. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 22:10, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

ocean is rising
how much water will be displaced and what island will be flooded as a result of this project? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.154.82 (talk) 06:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * From what i read, they are taking sand out of the ocean for this, so it would actually lower the water level, but with the rocks it might even out. And if you think about it, there are millions of ships on the ocean and they are easily displacing more water than these islands would even if they took all the material off dry land to build them. --Billy Nair (talk) 17:47, 1 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Good God...
 * Even if the whole 6km by 9km area of the project was entirely filled 10m deep, we are only talking about a displaced area of 0.54 cubic kilometers. Apportioning that over the 3.6 billion square kilometers of the ocean surface gives us a total rise of ... 150 millionths of a millimeter.
 * No need to panic I think ;) 188.220.57.182 (talk) 18:35, 14 November 2011 (UTC)


 * It's not the water that is rising, it's the panic in the foreign investors in this daft project that is rising. Fortunately for the owners of UAE the cost of its failure is only pocket money.1812ahill (talk) 17:28, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Google imagery for 2010 shows one island developed
Current Google imagery, dated 2010, shows one small island developed, with a large house, boat dock, helipad, etc. All the other islands are bare sand. No docks, no infrastructure, nothing. --John Nagle (talk) 07:03, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

2011 Island are sinking (Photos)

 * Dubai’s World of Islands is Sinking Into the Sea.87.178.126.145 (talk) 12:06, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Who built this, and why?
Info is sketchy. Failed project of the sheikh, and no one wants to say so? More info needed. 2A00:23C7:E287:1901:D19C:5CFC:9CD3:5DCC (talk) 11:17, 29 August 2022 (UTC)


 * There hasn't been an update to this article for years. What a crock. Haryadoon1 (talk) 05:37, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

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