Talk:Isthmus

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How are isthmus' formed? the article didn't say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.178.136 (talk • contribs) 08:39, 8 May 2005

• Due to complications of misinterpretation by a young editor in the Tsushima Islands article, the below paragraph was generated by myself back in June to add some interesting length to the article. A more detailed discussion of this error is available in Talk:Tsushima Island (Archieve 4, iirc) under the heading "Circular Arguement".
• Alas, the unquoted source material when examined in toto, taken properly in it's full context was attempting a subtle irony, so when taken literally, was mistaken in fact. In actual fact, the misunderstood reference was referring to a 40 meter wide canal, not a 2 km channel assumed in the below:

The Japanese created a negative isthmus, of sorts, on the Tsushima Islands (Archipelago), by permanently dividing two islands joined by an isthmus by a 2 [km] wide channel. Between 1895 and 1904, the Japanese navy blasted a ship channel (between one or two kilometers wide), through an isthmus of the single island between Aso Bay from the west, and Tsushima Strait on the east, permanently dividing the island into two islands. These have since been named Kamino-shima and Shimono-shima.

• FrankB 22:54, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Red Sea is erroneously listed as being in Europe; it is actually between Asia and Africa and several hundred miles from the nearest point in Europe. Tommymic999 (talk) 03:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the line "the most famous isthmus" should be changed. Most famous to whom? It should be changed to 'one of the most famous' or it should be removed completely. Van der Hoorn 18:58, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is the source of the plural of 'isthmus' being 'isthmi'? The -us --> -i plural is a Latin plural formation, not Greek. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.103.92.36 (talk) 07:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

a narrow strip of land that bordered on two sides by water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.237.88 (talk) 23:15, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed it because I don't consider it a real isthmus. If you want to re-include it, please add a reference.--Stm76 (talk) 12:19, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is that information necessary? If there is an article about it, only link is needed, otherwise it is really unnecessary to include it here as an example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.54.148.202 (talk) 01:20, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is a list. If it is likely to remain so, it should be moved to List of isthmuses. RockMagnetist (talk) 01:12, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd favour splitting off the list element to its own new article, and keeping the definition here (to be expanded with info on how isthmuses form etc.) Otherwise the descriptive/definitional info is lost. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:26, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean the prose in the lead section, that is a standard part of a good list (see also Featured list criteria). As it stands, this article is a list, and judging by recent edits likely to remain so. It would make more sense to rename it; then, if someone actually wants to develop a regular article, they can start fresh. RockMagnetist (talk) 20:42, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think a possibility is that any new 'Isthmus' article, if created sometime in the future, might also end up being a list and therefore a repetition, whereas if 2 separate articles are created now, the 'Isthmus' article can have a 'see also' (or some kind of hatnote) to 'List of isthmuses' straightaway, thereby reducing the chance of a repeated list occurring? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:07, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly. However, an article that is too stubby might get speedily removed. So the big question is, does anyone actually want to write the article? RockMagnetist (talk) 21:13, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I had a sneaking suspicion it might come to that! I personally don't have any real knowledge on the subect, so I've just googled 'isthmus' and, interestingly, this page came up - seems it doesn't have just a geographical definition, so maybe a dab page would be required also... ? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:22, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It might be worth mentioning that I became aware of this page because it is in Wikipedia's expanded list of vital articles. Whether it should be is another matter - I don't know what there is to say about isthmuses. As for dab pages, my philosophy is to wait until I am searching for something and get the wrong answer! RockMagnetist (talk) 21:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved the page: it's currently a good example of what a list article might become, so it makes sense to be titled as such. If a general article is needed one can be written later. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 11:25, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is Central America an isthmus, linking North and South America; and if not, why not – and who says so? — O'Dea (talk) 14:29, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

are isthmuses lines or zones? have isthmuses some thickness? by what methods it could be determined? what if central-western europe were considered an eurasian peninsula (like india) and the odessa-kaliningrad line an isthmus? localizing an isthmus is based only on common sense, intuition, habits, conformism, optical illusions, wishful thinking, or does it need some scientific method? shall the longest lines between the extreme points of each own continent be an axis (or a segmented line on dryland only) to draw the connections to 3rd and nth extreme points? which should be the rate "lands max length" : "lands min thickness" in which crossing point? --82.49.6.37 (talk) 00:12, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hope whoever made this was fired for this blunder.

Two of the three photos are of the same place - isn't that a bit much ? -- Beardo (talk) 22:50, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Affan 103.158.181.13 (talk) 18:33, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious as to how the gateway of the world, and the most populated isthmus in the world, Istanbul, Turkey, is not in the “World’s major isthmuses” category. Also Madison, Wisconsin is pretty cool. 88.246.195.164 (talk) 05:45, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]