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The size of Africa compared to the other continents
I removed the GIF seen in the first section of this article because it seemed arbitrary. Why do we need a spinning globe to show Africa's size compared to other continents, instead of showing a static map in itself? (which is already there.) @Generalrelative reverted my edit, saying that this specific GIF was "obviously relevant". I do not think that this GIF is a "great wrong" by any stretch; it only seems arbitrary, random, and unusual for an article about a continent. Zilch-nada (talk) 00:16, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
My impression is that it is encyclopedic and valuable to lay readers curious to learn basic facts about Africa, which is presumably the majority of readers who come to this article. Just telling them how large Africa is may not be as effective as showing them. Generalrelative (talk) 01:17, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. Most map projections don't give a good impression of the size of Africa compared to other continents (the Peters projection sort of does, but it has its own problems with distortion) Watercyclist (talk) 14:34, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am surprised this article uses so many excerpts. I do like excerpts but they should only be used if they transcribe content from high quality articles. E.g. I think the article Water in Africa does not deserve to be transcribed here. See talk page discussion there. In any case, the heading would have to be changed to "water resources", right? Or is it supposed to include the whole theme of WASH in Africa as well? EMsmile (talk) 14:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am currently looking at the section on "infrastructure" and think it should be built up. Then I find a very similar section on infrastructure in the article sub-Saharan Africa which could equally be used here (as it's not specific to just SSA). Should we make use of it by using an excerpt? Or move it to here and then link to it from the other page. There is also overlap between the Africa article and the sub-Saharan Africa in some of the other sections. Does anyone have an interest to investigate this together and to reduce overlap where possible? EMsmile (talk) 11:48, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Why consider Zanzibar a dependency, when it entered union with Tanzania? I mean thats what the "zan" is for in the name. It has a very different history and status than for example the Spanish territories on mainland Africa. Zanzibar has some autonomy within Tanzania, but so do Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli in Comoros. Babakathy (talk) 08:26, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In the ‘Sport’ section, there is a map of all of the countries to have competed in the World Cup and their best placement. However, the map still has Morrocco’s best performance listed as a quarter final. In the 2022 Qatar World Cup, they reached the semi-finals, meaning that this map is inaccurate. Could somebody please fix this? Ebrady19 (talk) 16:28, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@M.Bitton I'd like to discuss the Alkebulan question. I think that it's mainstream enough to include, as it's widely used as a term and even an adopted name in Afrocentric circles, and it gets frequently repeated. I think it's important for Wikipedia to address the subject, or we leave the space open to blogs simply echoing each other without any serious engagement with sources, or lack thereof. Perhaps it would go better on another page. I'm open suggestions. Catjacket (talk) 17:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are people okay if I have a go at rewriting the history section? I've contributed to the Ancient section at History of Africa and I'm currently writing the post-classical and precolonial sections. For now I only want to summarise the Ancient period by merging Emergence of civilisation and Early civilisations and give a cursory view of the whole continent, whilst linking the relevant regional/periodical pages and country pages. If this is okay, obviously anyone is welcome to help and edit or add to anything I put Alexanderkowal (talk) 09:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RickySarzus I was thinking it might be better to choose an image of a sculpture, as that seems more representative of African art. I personally like the leopard one? Idk Alexanderkowal (talk) 13:33, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]