Talk:Luxembourg

Location maps available for infoboxes of European countries

On the WikiProject Countries talk page, the section Location Maps for European countries had shown new maps created by David Liuzzo, that are available for the countries of the European continent, and for countries of the European Union exist in two versions. From November 16, 2006 till January 31, 2007, a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. Please note that since January 1, 2007 all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of February 4, 2007 the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.
As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before February 5, 2007 a survey started that will be closed soon at February 20, 2007 23:59:59. It should establish two things:

• whether the new style maps may be applied as soon as some might become available for countries outside the European continent (or such to depend on future discussions),
• which new version (with of without indicating the entire European Union by a separate shade) should be applied for which countries.

Please read the discussion (also in other sections α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ) and in particular the arguments offered by the forementioned poll, while realizing some comments to have been made prior to updating the maps, and all prior to modifying the licences, before carefully reading the presentation of the currently open survey. You are invited to only then finally make up your mind and vote for only one option.
There mustnot be 'oppose' votes; if none of the options would be appreciated, you could vote for the option you might with some effort find least difficult to live with - rather like elections only allowing to vote for one of several candidates. Obviously, you are most welcome to leave a brief argumentation with your vote. Kind regards. — SomeHuman 19 Feb2007 00:45 (UTC)

Mistake/Typo?

Under Culture, Taxes on alcohol etc...

I believe "This per capital..."

Should be "This per capita..."

I cannot change it as the page is locked.

what kind of vandalism has occurred on this page?

who is in charge of making any necessary edits? Does Wikipedia pay people to work here as moderators who make any necessary revisions?

Thanks.

Error?

In the first paragraph under "politics" should the word "Governor" really be "Grand Duke?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.103.42.150 (talk) 20:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Area

How can water cover 0.0% of Luxembourg's area? There are rivers that flow through the duchy. 98.209.116.7 (talk) 03:33, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

GDP per capita

The IMF data linked to in the first section seems to disagree with the statement about the second highest gdp per capita. It says that Luxembourg has the highest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.45.158 (talk) 06:44, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Most statistics regarding Luxembourg, however, are distorted by a factor of about 2 or ½. For in Luxembourg about half of all employees are cross border workers, so non-residents, which together with the inhabitants generate the gross national product in Luxembourg and pay the same taxes and social security contributions as the residents. Therefore falsified results arise for example for the gross national product per capita or the purchasing power per capita, etc., which consider only one half, namely the population, but not the other half, namely the cross border workers.

--84.166.40.147 (talk) 16:54, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Private Automobiles per 1000 Population

Refernce 31 shows in article pictures of countries that have high automobiles per 1000 population. Article stated that Luxumbourg has 6481 per 1000 pop. what?? 6.4 cars per person? - Check article source, 'Der Spiegel group' lists top ten auto registrations per 1000 pop, and luxumbourg has 640,1 in German text. This means that the decimal point (comma) used in german writing indicates 640.1 cars per 1000 pop. Not 6.4 per person. Just a typo on the placement of the decimal point in the statistic. PS Canada (Kanada), had approx 588.8 cars(PKw-Personnen-Kraftwagen) per 1000 population. New Zealand ~550 ; Gibralter 744.8; Monaco 740.6 .. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard416282 (talk • contribs) 16:39, 24 August 2011 (UTC)