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Could experts please add current info re: Iberian Peninsula as an origin for ancient Irish, etc.?

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Should some mention be made here about research and DNA connections currently being made/discovered about the ancient people of Ireland (and elsewhere) as migrating from/connected to the Iberian Peninsula? For example: Which areas of the peninsula have been involved in these connective "finds"? Which areas elsewhere have been shown to have a genetic connection (on the outflow side). Maybe a separate "Iberian Peninsula Genetic Connections/Migration" page could be provided - supplemental to the current Wikipedia "inflow" page: "Genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula." Thanks! NorseAndCelt (talk) 22:10, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Iberian Peninsula true extent?

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The Wikipedia map on this article showing the extent of the Iberian Peninsula seems to contradict google maps. Which is right?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iberian+Peninsula/@40.5727046,-7.4587962,5z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0xd69d53cee2b5e97:0xbffbfb7ed27eca70!8m2!3d40.4830106!4d-4.0875573!16zL20vMDN2OXc?hl=en&entry=ttu Thomas Norren (talk) 03:48, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Google maps area includes a good chunk of southern France for reasons that escape me. It must be a software glitch. --Jotamar (talk) 18:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's no french portion in Iberian Peninsula! The frontier is the Pyrenees!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.139.153.57 (talkcontribs)

There are several portions of France (mainly, but not only, the French Cerdagne) in the southern watershed of the Pyrenees.--Asqueladd (talk) 11:22, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is English Included among the native names?

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The fact that Gibraltar is an imperial remnant of the British on the peninsula does not mean that English is one of the peninsula's native languages. It should be removed. French too. 189.62.151.21 (talk) 16:01, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably because it is spoken by the population of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. So why should it be removed? And why French too?--Asqueladd (talk) 16:29, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

why are there two etymology sections?

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what's up with that Chiffonn (talk) 04:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, I think. --Jotamar (talk) 15:21, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

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It is crystal clear that @Dash9Z: considers that the relation of this territory with the Eurasian landmass should not be mentioned in this article under any circunstance, (seemingly) because of different reasons. They may explain here (and making a case to persuade others) instead of imposing this editorial stance by way of brute force. It has to be said that the source already used in the introduction in order to underpin specific geographic details actually introduces that relation in page 25.--Asqueladd (talk) 20:04, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asqueladd: I don't know what you mean by "(seemingly) because of different reasons". Just state what you think that is instead of beating around the bush even though I already told you my reasons twice and this is going to be my third time explaining. Definitions describe a topic and gets to the point of the definition without adding unnecessary information. The Iberian Peninsula, simply put, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe. When people and sources describe the Iberian Peninsula, the focus is on its location in Europe, not Eurasia. We don't say "The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in West Asia, defining the western middle portion of Eurasia" because the Eurasia portion is unnecessary since its location in Asia is already described, and people will understand what that means. You had added the Eurasia portion on 15 June 2020 even though the article had spent many years (25 February 2002, 28 September 2010, 11 August 2015) without it. You point to the book The Birds of the Iberian Peninsula (2015) which uses Eurasia on page 25. I don't know what the authors' intentions were by wording it that way but if I had to guess it would be emphasizing its far west location in relation to the large landmass but most sources don't describe it that way. The book The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula (2017) states on page 4 that "Iberia is a prominent large sized peninsula in the southwestern end of Europe, reaching the westernmost and southernmost points of Europe" without mention Eurasia. The sources I provided (Britannica, Merriam-Webster, Collins Dictionary, Dictionary) all define the Iberian Peninsula as a peninsula of Europe. Dash9Z (talk) 22:21, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have to agree with Dash9Z - his reasoning is sound and to the point. That Europe is part of Eurasian landmass is not the focus of this article and not necessary to mention in the lead. In geography section, fine. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 13:56, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are more sources pointing that out, although that source have proven extremely useful to provide nuances other sources could not, so I would not dismiss it. I cannot figure what's the basis for objecting the addition of the mention the extreme placing of the Iberian Peninsula in terms of its belonging to the largest continental landmass on planet Earth. It basically underpins its location on the planet. The location of Iberia (and an analogous thing could be said for the Maghreb) in the Far West of Eurasia (and Afroeurasia /the Old World) is indeed important, because of being on the far west of a large landmass is important vis-à-vis climate issues and certainly because of human history too. I don't know about Arabia, maybe the place to question about that article is Talk:Arabian Peninsula. Perhaps the centre is less fancy from a physical geographical standpoint than the extreme? I don't know. that Europe is part of Eurasian landmass is not the focus of this article No it's not, but the location of the Iberian Peninsula on the planet Earth is (or should be).--Asqueladd (talk) 14:14, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]