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discovery of Africa who and when discovered some parts of Africa

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Please fix - Africa is the third largest continent not the second

Please note that I'm getting my facts from other Misplaced Pages pages.

"Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi)"

" The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area)", 42,549,000 km²

"Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area)" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.226.2.85 (talk) 01:23, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

You will notice that the material you quoted refers to "Americas" (plural), as in counting North and South America as two continents. This is the most common usage in English, in other languages (notably Spanish) the two are considered one continent. As this is the English Misplaced Pages, the default assumption is that N & S America are two continents and the statement that Africa is the second largest continent is correct. --Khajidha (talk) 19:27, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

what year was africa made a country?

i am a 5th grade kid, and i need to knmow now!! so tell me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.159.239.154 (talk) 00:00, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Africa has never yet been made into a "country" as we know it. It is the name of a continent that includes over 50 different countries. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 00:41, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Christianity reached East Africa far before the 6th Century

"Christianity spread across these areas from Palestine via Egypt, also passing south, beyond the borders of the Roman world into Nubia and by at least the 6th century into Ethiopia." - What is this rubbish? East Africa, in particular modern-day Eritrea and Ethiopia, were fully Christian by the end of the 3rd Century A.D. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.123.6.6 (talk) 22:57, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Good point. The apparent ignorance some people have about this never ceases to amaze me. Nobody denies that it became the state religion of Aksum by 340 AD at the latest, and tradition also holds that the doctrine of Christianity first entered the region with the official baptised by Philip according to the book of Acts. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 23:34, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

So, has this been fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.123.235.211 (talk) 00:26, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

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"forreign" should be corrected to "foreign"

174.52.2.127 (talk) 17:15, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done, thank you for pointing it out--Jac16888 19:55, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

NOW YOU CAN ADD STUFF TO WIKIPEDIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.167.61.40 (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Cyprus

Geographically,Cyprus is in Africa,isn't it??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.12.121.13 (talk) 13:55, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Dependences

Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary islands are not dependences. They are territories of the Spanish State. It must be withdrawn of the list of dependences of the infobox.2.140.210.44 (talk) 22:31, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Carthage

Under Roman rule, Carthage became the capital of Africa Province, but during times of peace, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם is the capital of Africa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.128.87 (talk) 22:21, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

We can't exactly write that in the wp article now though, can we...? Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 00:51, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Due weight

Til Eulenspiegel complained about due weight. But WP:DUE states that content should be published by reliable sources. I have rprovided reliable sources so i dont see what the issue is. Furthermore, i cut the sentence about LGBT by around two thirds, so if any "undue" problem existed initially, it no longer does. Pass a Method talk 16:36, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Please demonstrate why the status of homosexuals in Africa is significant enough for mention in the Lead section. There are many times more Rastafarians living in Africa than homosexuals, yet we do not mention them in the lead. This is not of monumental significance to the topic of Africa, hence it is undue for the lead. Also you might want to familiarize yourself with WP:BRD before leaving messages on my personal talkpage threatening me with a block for reverting your recent unilateral addition to the lead. In addition, you reinstated the contested material you added with the fraudulent edit summary "per compromise" when the truth is, so far there has been no "compromise" whatsoever that I am aware of. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 16:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Per WP:LEAD, we should give an overview of the article content in the lede. I only added one sentence. If i added three or four sentences i would be able to see your point about undue, but i did not. Also, same-sex marriage is not only performed by homosexuals; it can also be done by bisexuals, transgenders, questioning and bi-curious people. The definition of compromise is "making a concession". I tried to make a concession to your opinion by significantly cutting the lede. Hence a compromise Pass a Method talk 17:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

How interesting, but I disagree that it rises to the level of importance or significance for inclusion in the lead. There are many other facts about many far larger minorities in Africa mentioned in the body of the article, but we don't give them special treatment by summarizing them in the lead. The lead should only be for facts that are of major significance to the article topic. As for compromise, if you look up the English definition, the word implies that an agreement has been reached. You have acted without consensus based perhaps on your personal point of view. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 17:15, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

• This article is about a continent. Individual pieces of legislation of any particular country in that continent is probably irreelevant for the article as a whole and definitely irrelevant for the Lead.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 17:31, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Trivia

The Europe article also discusses the largest country by size and population. Why dont you delete that too? Pass a Method talk 23:28, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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