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60% smaller is a meaningless statement, it's either 60% of the size or 40% of the size. 78.146.141.153 (talk) 23:46, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done - while '60% smaller' can only possibly mean 40% of the size, I have altered the wording for clarity. Tollens (talk) 01:38, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Since when does any country on the planet define itself in reference to the percentage it is bigger or smaller than another? That sentence comes across as a pointless willy measuring exercise at best. 109.78.145.59 (talk) 19:53, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
These aren't countries, they're islands. It's fairly common to compare sizes of geographical entities. WaggersTALK 10:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, "per cent" is correct. Put it down to WP:ENGVAR if you like - "percent" might be ok too but there's no reason to change it. 50% means 50 items for every 100 items, "100" is simply changed to "cent" so it becomes "50 per cent"; it doesn't suddenly become a single word. WaggersTALK 10:28, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to do research on the history of Great Britain, and I find it very hard to find out information on the late 1800s and early 1900s 216.251.143.50 (talk) 21:37, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You'll probably find the Victorian era article, and perhaps the Edwardian era article useful. If you have any specific questions you're trying to find answers for, I recommend asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities where there's a team of volunteer researchers ready to help you. WaggersTALK 13:41, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Does Great Britain include it's associated islands?[edit]
This article refers to Great Britain as an island.
While researching, I was misled by this Wikipedia article into believing that Great Britain does not include the associated islands. JonBib (talk) 12:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JonBib: You were not misled. The article is clear, but maybe you did not read all of the Great Britain article's lead. The same name is used geographically, and politically.
The first paragraph of the article states that "Great Britain" is, indeed, the name of an island. The third paragraph points out that the term "Great Britain" can also refer to the political territory of England, Scotland and Wales, which includes their offshore islands".
Change the population count to 65,034,142 as that is the new data taken from the England and Wales Census 2021 and Scotland’s 2022 Census. Isitreallyharry (talk) 18:38, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]