When so called Latin America doesn’t include Quebec.
littlegipply on
Seems there should be some division with SEA and Oceania
SoSmartKappa on
TIL wikimedia absolutely suck at creating regions
Late_Faithlessness24 on
The should be devided in Biogeographical regions only. It’s only way you can be right for a long period of time
Alone-Yak-1888 on
oh yes Australia and China definitely together
democracy_lover66 on
Yeah like pretty much every single other kind of map like this, it’s stupid and way too over generalized.
HereButNeverPresent on
MENA just casually including Djibouti is funny
At the very least should have Sudan and Somalia just to link the Arab World together.
gratiaetfides on
Finally, someone who classifies European countries just by a Western/Eastern criterion and does not rely on that artificially created category of “Southern Europe” which associates Portugal with Turkey or Cyprus as if they did have anything in common…
GSilky on
I prefer having our Mexican friends in North America. The Caribbean folks too.
ZookeepergameFit967 on
Iran originally was with the Indian subcontinent but they objected to be labelled with them
Certain-Anxiety-6786 on
It looks like these regions are used internally to organize volunteers, manage the site and fundraising. This is not meant to be a prescriptive map about what world regions are
I would divide Green in eastern Asia and Oceania
But sure, why TF not.
Let’s put more than 2 billion people with completely different cultures, languages, religions, comercial interactions, geographical characteristics , historis and spheres of influence in the same general „I have no Idea what is going on here“ part of the pacifi
S-trawHat on
Turks:
Asdas26 on
Ah yes, the famous Central Europe + Central Asia region. Since both are central they have a lot in common, right?
MrCreeper10K on
Who’s gonna tell them that the USSR is gone?
wildingflow on
French Guyana being in Western Europe is funny
Like, technically it is, but practically it’s a vestige of French colonialism in the Amazon rainforest lol
Mean-Manufacturer-37 on
What is the rationale behind why it is grouped as such
Bpax94 on
That settles it I’m going to Europe and driving to Brazil
Micah7979 on
Czechia with Tajikistan but not Germany. Uh, what ?
GroundbreakingBag164 on
Accurate eastern europe border
Bartellomio on
Mexico is clearly North America
Sim1334 on
Surinam: bro, please, I am not a Latino
Adron_the_Survivor_2 on
Kamchatka is Central Asia
delta1982ro on
yes cause eastern european countries have more in common with kazakhstan and suberia than they do with austria, germany or italy.. definetley
Relevant-Storm4222 on
In 1979 maybe?
human_alias on
Funny to me one of the major delineations is just oh there’s more slavs out here
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When so called Latin America doesn’t include Quebec.
Seems there should be some division with SEA and Oceania
TIL wikimedia absolutely suck at creating regions
The should be devided in Biogeographical regions only. It’s only way you can be right for a long period of time
oh yes Australia and China definitely together
Yeah like pretty much every single other kind of map like this, it’s stupid and way too over generalized.
MENA just casually including Djibouti is funny
At the very least should have Sudan and Somalia just to link the Arab World together.
Finally, someone who classifies European countries just by a Western/Eastern criterion and does not rely on that artificially created category of “Southern Europe” which associates Portugal with Turkey or Cyprus as if they did have anything in common…
I prefer having our Mexican friends in North America. The Caribbean folks too.
Iran originally was with the Indian subcontinent but they objected to be labelled with them
It looks like these regions are used internally to organize volunteers, manage the site and fundraising. This is not meant to be a prescriptive map about what world regions are
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_regions
I would divide Green in eastern Asia and Oceania
But sure, why TF not.
Let’s put more than 2 billion people with completely different cultures, languages, religions, comercial interactions, geographical characteristics , historis and spheres of influence in the same general „I have no Idea what is going on here“ part of the pacifi
Turks:
Ah yes, the famous Central Europe + Central Asia region. Since both are central they have a lot in common, right?
Who’s gonna tell them that the USSR is gone?
French Guyana being in Western Europe is funny
Like, technically it is, but practically it’s a vestige of French colonialism in the Amazon rainforest lol
What is the rationale behind why it is grouped as such
That settles it I’m going to Europe and driving to Brazil
Czechia with Tajikistan but not Germany. Uh, what ?
Accurate eastern europe border
Mexico is clearly North America
Surinam: bro, please, I am not a Latino
Kamchatka is Central Asia
yes cause eastern european countries have more in common with kazakhstan and suberia than they do with austria, germany or italy.. definetley
In 1979 maybe?
Funny to me one of the major delineations is just oh there’s more slavs out here