Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greenland

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Greenland WikiProject
Greenland is awesome. its so green!! :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pikkiy (talk • contribs) 00:02, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced living people articles bot
Okip  00:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject North America
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76.66.193.224 (talk) 04:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)


 * NOTE: WP:WikiProject North America has started up. 76.66.196.13 (talk) 07:12, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

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 * Unless anyone objects, I am going to suggest the addition of Greenlandic self-government referendum, 2008 to what otherwise seems a good list. hamiltonstone (talk) 02:04, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Greenlandic cuisine
I just idly started adding information to this article since it seemed so short. If it can been expanded up to 7100 bytes, it could be eligible for DYK nomination (brewing beer from glacial water seems like an interesting hook). Anyone more knowledgeable than me on the subject care to contribute? Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 22:42, 30 October 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi

WikiProject cleanup listing
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Do we have barnstars?
Just saying... ;) — LlywelynII  03:26, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Greenland (island)


The article Greenland (island) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Duplicate article of Greenland, no sources to establish the notability, created by a suspected sockpuppet of Tobias Conradi who has been banned for abusing multiple accounts

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Either Arsuk or Ivigtut
appear to have formerly been called Forsoget, but I can't tell which. Any ideas? — LlywelynII  15:59, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Never heard of any town in that area called that. In danish Forsoget means "the experiment".Kuba.greenland (talk) 16:19, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Sources for article expansion

 * This book doesn't seem like an English source but turns out to have English articles in it. The one on "Change and Continuity in Denmark's Greenland Policy" could probably be used to expand several articles.
 * This guide to starting a business in Greenland from the local government has tons of (2007-era) data and images. Are Greenland Home Rule Gov't products under copyright?
 * A database of Greenlandic images from KNI at the Sisimiut Museum. —  LlywelynII  01:58, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * More photos from the Danish maritime museum . Too old for copyright? — LlywelynII  15:31, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Canadian dollar
According to Iceland, Greenland could move to use the Canadian dollar? Is that accurate, or just Icelandic wishes? 70.24.251.208 (talk) 12:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It only says that Greenland could; something I never heard before in any Greenlandic or other source.Kuba.greenland (talk) 14:17, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Greenlandic Inuit
It seemed absurd to have this as a disambiguation page, so I began fleshing out Greenlandic Inuit into a proper article. Please feel free to add or make corrections. -Uyvsdi (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)Uyvsdi

Hello
Just like to say I joined this WikiProject.Kuba.greenland (talk) 14:44, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

New Page:Hans Egede House
Hi everybody. I just created a new page, Hans Egede House. The page needs some work on it ,so if you can please contribute to this stub. Thanks.Kuba.greenland (talk) 15:09, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

West Nordic Council
has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 01:33, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

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User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa (timestamp may not be accurate) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Another Believer (talk • contribs) 15:13, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Inngik and many, many similar
Unsourced since 2010, no hight, no coordinates. Xx236 (talk) 07:31, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)

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Move discussion involving Greenland
Dear members of WikiProject Greenland,

A move discussion is taking place and a pivotal part of the discussion is Greenland's role in North America. Please feel free to contribute at Talk:Norse colonization of North America.

Many thanks,

 SITH   (talk)   15:43, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

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Comments requested
Please come and make your voice heard at Talk:Eskimo. Trying to discuss what, if anything, direction the article should take. I have notified all projects listed at the top of Talk:Eskimo. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 22:42, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Category:Greenland articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion
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WikiProject reactivated
As I have recently noticed a number of significant articles on Greenland, I have reactivated the project. It may be necessary to include WP Greenland on some of the talk pages where only WP Denmark was included.--Ipigott (talk) 09:35, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
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Women in Red focus
Hello all, WikiProject Women in Red has a focus on Greenland in June - be lovely to see editors new to the project join us. Lajmmoore (talk) 10:07, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Inuit or the Inuit
Looking for opinions and comments at Talk:Inuit. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 06:28, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Greenland:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 14:12, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Naming
The name of the page should be Kalaallit Nunaat. Greenland is the translation of the Danish name, which isn't an official language of the country. There is no justification for calling it Greenland except that its what has been done before. I am part of an Inuit org, and they strongly object to continued English use of Greenland as the default name, when it isn't in its constitution or official language. It would be like if we called Germany "Muteland or Land of the Non-Speakers" because thats how you translate Niemczy in Polish for German. Kalaallit Nunaat should be the page title. 72.142.124.98 (talk) 17:32, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * See WP:COMMONNAME, that policy applies here. Kalaallit Nunaat is not used by the wider public or in sources, if this would change in the future it would be a different matter. Shellwood (talk) 18:41, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The fact that Germany is called Germany in English, rather than Deutschland, should give you a hint as to why Greenland is still called Greenland. Apart from WP:COMMONNAME, also see WP:OFFICIAL - it doesn't matter to Wikipedia that Danish isn't an official language of Greenland. Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI ( talk to me!/my edits ) 07:44, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Developing Countries WikiContest
Starting this July, we will see a new contest on the scene - the Developing Countries WikiContest (WP:DCWC)! Think of it as a WikiCup but only for articles and media on developing countries.

Competitors may submit GAs, GTs, FAs, FTs, FLs, FPs, and DYK and ITN entries from/on developing countries to gain points and proceed to further rounds. Points are also awarded to those who review GAs, FAs and FLs.

Greenland is listed as a developing country for the purposes of this contest, so articles related to it are eligible to be submitted for points. I encourage everyone here to sign up and compete with editors from around the world to create high-quality content!

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Best wishes, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI ( talk to me!/my edits ) 17:37, 21 May 2024 (UTC)