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Less known German name

I don't know, how to handle the knowledge, or better, where the right place to right is, but I don't think, it's unimportant. A more or less uncommon German name is "Blanker Hans" (means: "bare/naked Hans"). It's only known in north Germany, if it's known. Also it's used in the poem "Trutz Blanker Hans" (resist Blanker Hans), an poem about the town "Rungholdt", which was destroyed by a North Sea's storm.79.194.208.144 (talk) 15:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a real name, or just a nickname? If the latter, I don't think it should be mentioned. If it's a proper name, then we would need a reliable source before it can be included, and even then I'm not convinced that it's relevant for an English-language encyclopedia. Let's see the source first though. Bazonka (talk) 18:11, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure I would call it a nickname or a real name. To me, it's more of a mythological name which personifies the terror of the raging North Sea ("Hans" = "John"). Sorry, don't have any sources. --217.239.14.124 (talk) 13:22, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Blanker Hans" isn't a name for the North-Sea itself, but for the storm surges of the North-Sea, so there is no reason to feature that name in this article. 193.159.188.202 (talk) 09:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Basin Country

Four countries are in the North see drainage basin by Rhine river: Switzerland and Italy. Almost all Switzerland and Lago di Lei in Italy. I wrote this contribution but it was reversed. I hope you can check this. Liechtenstein and Austria are countries in the Rhine bassin as well. So I suggest to modify. What do you think? talk — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreAMICO (talk • contribs) 13:31, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I modified Basin countries because af definition of basin. Please check my changes comment added by AndreAMICO (talk — Preceding undated comment added 10:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Oops, typo. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 19:49, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

France on the North Sea

TylerBurden, regarding the inclusion of France as a country by which the North Sea is bounded: Your edit summary, when you reverted someone's addition of France, was "That's the English channel." As explained at English Channel, The International Hygrographic Organization considers the North Sea to extend to the lighthouse of Walde just east of Calais. So all of the French coastline east of that—a stretch that includes Dunkirk—is on the North Sea. That's about 28 miles/45 kilometers of French North Sea coast. Largoplazo (talk) 23:52, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Largoplazo Thanks for informing me, I checked out the source and you're right, so I'll undo my revert. TylerBurden (talk) 00:12, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lying between

Hi Tyler, you wrote in your edit summary that "Scandinavia includes Sweden, which does not connect its water borders to the North Sea". This is true, but it is also true for some of the other regions listed, e.g. Great Britain and Wales (Irish Sea), Norway and Finnmark (Barents Sea), Germany and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Baltic Sea), France and Corsica (Mediterranean Sea) etc. Stara Marusya (talk) 21:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well I still don't think the solution to that is making the lead more vague by using ″Scandinavia″ (which in some English definitions can even include Finland). TylerBurden (talk) 02:10, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Epeiric

The second sentence of the article says that the North Sea is an epeiric sea. The word "epeiric" is linked to an article that says that's a synonym for being an inland sea. The North Sea really obviously isn't an inland sea. I know the wiki game - we've all been there, someone's going to find some reference using the word epeiric in relation to the North Sea, and observe that a wikipedia article saying that means inland sea isn't reliable so we shouldn't change this article and meanwhile someone will find some other source that says or could be intepreted as meaning that epeiric is inland so the other article shouldn't change either but if there is anyone out there that is even marginally sane then at bare minimum this aricle shouldn't say it's epeiric while linking the term to an article that says that means it's an inland sea when it really clearly isn't. 46.31.205.228 (talk) 14:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"What constitutes an "inland sea" is complex and somewhat necessarily vague. The United States Hydrographic Office defined it as "a body of water nearly or completely surrounded by land, especially if very large or composed of salt water"." It doesn't seem crazy if you go by that definition. Oxford also specifically mentions the North Sea in its definition. So with that in mind, I think you should provide some better arguments than "it really clearly isn't". TylerBurden (talk) 10:13, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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-:About 45km of France's coast is on the North Sea, and Deal and Margate are definitely not on the English Channel. Who says that they are? [[User:Bazonka|Bazonka]] ([[User talk:Bazonka|talk]]) 17:50, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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 ::Not sure I would call it a nickname ''or'' a real name. To me, it's more of a mythological name which personifies the terror of the raging North Sea ("Hans" = "John"). Sorry, don't have any sources. --[[Special:Contributions/217.239.14.124|217.239.14.124]] ([[User talk:217.239.14.124|talk]]) 13:22, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
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-== North Sea didn't protect Britain from invasion until the Romans ==
-The article now states that "The British Isles had been protected from invasion by the North Sea waters until the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 CE". That's nonsense of course. There have been numerous invasions into Britain before those time, the latest before the Romans were by some [[Belgae|Belgic]] tribes just 1 or 2 centuries earlier. Another major invasion that we now know of, is the one by the [[Beaker culture|Beaker]] people. [[User:JRB-Europe|JRB-Europe]] ([[User talk:JRB-Europe|talk]])  <!--Template:Undated--><small class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 05:59, 24 October 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-== Discrepancy ==
-The size of the sea differs significantly between the opening paragraph and the Geography section. I'm virtually sure the former is wrong, as the island of Britain alone is 80,000 square miles. [[User:Stismail|Samer]] ([[User talk:Stismail|talk]]) 17:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
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 :@[[User:Largoplazo|Largoplazo]] Thanks for informing me, I checked out the source and you're right, so I'll undo my revert. [[User:TylerBurden|TylerBurden]] ([[User talk:TylerBurden|talk]]) 00:12, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
+== Lying between ==
+Hi Tyler, you wrote in your edit summary that "Scandinavia includes Sweden, which does not connect its water borders to the North Sea". This is true, but it is also true for some of the other regions listed, e.g. Great Britain and Wales (Irish Sea), Norway and Finnmark (Barents Sea), Germany and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Baltic Sea), France and Corsica (Mediterranean Sea) etc. [[User:Stara Marusya|Stara Marusya]] ([[User talk:Stara Marusya|talk]]) 21:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
+:Well I still don't think the solution to that is making the lead more vague by using ″[[Scandinavia]]″ (which in some English definitions can even include Finland). [[User:TylerBurden|TylerBurden]] ([[User talk:TylerBurden|talk]]) 02:10, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
+== Epeiric  ==
+The second sentence of the article says that the North Sea is an epeiric sea. The word "epeiric" is linked to an article that says that's a synonym for being an inland sea. The North Sea really obviously isn't an inland sea. I ''know'' the wiki game - we've all been there, someone's going to find some reference using the word epeiric in relation to the North Sea, and observe that a wikipedia article saying that means inland sea isn't reliable so we shouldn't change this article and meanwhile someone will find some other source that says or could be intepreted as meaning that epeiric is inland so the other article shouldn't change either but if there is anyone out there that is even marginally sane then at bare minimum this aricle shouldn't say it's epeiric while linking the term to an article that says that means it's an inland sea when it really clearly isn't. [[Special:Contributions/46.31.205.228|46.31.205.228]] ([[User talk:46.31.205.228|talk]]) 14:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
+:"What constitutes an "inland sea" is complex and somewhat necessarily vague. The United States Hydrographic Office defined it as "a body of water nearly or completely surrounded by land, especially if very large or composed of salt water"." It doesn't seem crazy if you go by that definition. [https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095754221;jsessionid=A8B3B5B75F1D0662CB9CF53080880596 Oxford] also specifically mentions the North Sea in its definition. So with that in mind, I think you should provide some better arguments than "it really clearly isn't". [[User:TylerBurden|TylerBurden]] ([[User talk:TylerBurden|talk]]) 10:13, 11 May 2023 (UTC)