Talk:Chagos Archipelago

NPOV!!

Yeah, so some of this first section is seriously inflammatory and clearly NPOV. I don't know a darn thing about the situation, so I'm not gonna clean it up myself, but I will flag it, note it, and hope someone else can take over.

Corrected ...Gaimhreadhan

^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 14:07, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

most isolated islands in world?

I'm sure this isn't right - isn't St Helena or another British south Atlantic island more isolated? Saccerzd 16:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected ...Gaimhreadhan

^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 14:06, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clearer Map? (copied from Gaimhreadhan's user talk page)

The map of the Chagos you restored is not clearer and not more detailed. Did you bother to check with geographical Sites? In a nation like the Chagos made up of Submerged reefs, superficial reefs and dry land (very little of the latter), it is of the utmost importance to illuustrate the difference between the three. A map with only black outlines (most of them geographically inaccurate) like the one you restored, can never be clear enough. With my map I have tried to illustrate the particular geographical condition of the Chagos archipelago. Please check the image in high resolution. Besides the map you restored doesn't even have the Owen Bank and has a question mark instead. You could have checked well before removing my highly accurate map. We are supposed to improve the quality, not bring it down. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mohonu (talk • contribs) 04:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I did closely examine both maps before I reverted your change. I agree that `your' map would be the better one to have if you were the master of a Super Tanker with a draught exceeding 60 feet. Unfortunately, because of the detail, when presented as a thumbnail as you edited it, none of the captions or names were visible at all. For the lede I think the map with clear captions and without a dark blue background is better. However the article's talk page is really the place to be discussing this - not here.

I have now added 'your' map to the right of the long history section, changed the caption and enlarged it to the minimum size necessary to read anything.

Thanks also for providing the Maldivian mariner reference - I have now also corrected the syntax so it displays better in the footnotes...

One wee quibble: you tend to mark you edits as minor; if you feel strongly enough about them to come here to my talk page rather than discussing them on the article's talk page, I suggest you do not mark them as minor.

Thanks for your useful contributions in improving our article!

PS: You do realise that, because Owen Bank is dropping to the sea floor and sea levels are rising, many cartographic charts no longer show Owen as a bank at all because of it's extreme depth - hence the question mark? ...Gaimhreadhan^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 10:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Owen- Submerged Bank or Atoll?

As stated above, Owen Bank is dropping steadily. However, since it was in the past an atoll structure, shouldn't it be listed in the table as a submerged atoll instead of a submerged bank? --Maurice45 (talk) 11:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A map showing the continents?

I cant guess where the archipellago lies, near Africa? in the Atlantic Ocean? in the nort pole?