Talk:Landlocked country/Archives/2015

"Original Research" on Landlocked country

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Hi, I've received notification that you have removed the template I placed and added a source. The reason I placed the template was not about the groupings directly below the template, but the other stuff later on in the section such as "If it were not for the 40 km of coastline...." and "If Transnistria is included then..." It sounds a bit too much like trivia to me. I thought that placing the template under the list of countries was the least obtrusive place for it. But did I use the wrong template? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:09, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

IMO it falls under the spirit of WP:CALC ("Routine calculations do not count as original research"): it is fairly obvious for anyone looking at the map that Congo is near-landlocked and would join the two clusters if it were counted in; similar for Transnistria. It is slightly original research in the sense that no known source connected those particular dots, but I think it's benign enough to be included in an article which deals a lot with simple topographic analyses – it does not derive any far-reaching conclusions from that factoid. For me, it's a bit of trivia interesting enough to be included in such an article, but maybe someone else has a different opinion. P.S. A better tag would be {{OR}} No such user (talk) 08:35, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

No such user, thanks for your explanation. I see your point regarding WP:CALC. One could argue the applicability of WP:TRIVIA also, but I ultimately agree with you about it being interesting enough to be included. Thanks, AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 01:40, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Original research in defining clusters

I think there is an original research in the definition of clusters to group the landlocked countries. MacKellar et al. (2000) in their paper "Economic Development Problems of Landlocked Countries", which is used as a source in the article, do not seem to define clusters in this way and the table in appendix seems to be lacking some landlocked countries and also includes countries with coastline. Also, the paper appears to be obsolete to be cited in the article.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:00, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Aral Sea

• The list says that Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have sea access to the landlocked Aral Sea. But look at this Google Earth view :: where is the Aral Sea now?? Some call it the Aral Sand now (Aral Kum). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:38, 18 September 2015 (UTC)