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Contradictory figures?

Someone whose name I don't remember has recently asked for source citations in the figures about religion. While I support his petition, I don't think those figures are, as he stated in the edit summary, contradictory: they just need capitalizing. 40% of people believe in God (that's the Christian God), while 16% of people do not believe in any god (that's any kind of religion). The other 44% of people could believe in Allah (which, by the way, is Arab for "God"), Zeus, Odin or whatever. So the figures are not contradictory. Habbit 17:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

spain and Australia

to what im lead to believe is that the name of Australia actually originated with the spanish. is this what is taught in Europe? I believe that Quiros came with the name of Austrialia del Espiritu Santo for an island he landed on which he thought was the great southern continent (present day Australia) in 1606.

Though it is thought that his chief pilot Luis Vaez de Torres sighted Australia when he travelled through the Torres straight - the torres straight is named after him - also in 1606.

see http://www.namingaustralia.org.au/Docs/Quirostriptico.pdf

also, Although i do not know how to speak latin but i believe that Great southern land in latin is said like "valde inferus terra". So im not sure how the theory that Australia is latin for great southern land, could someone explain that to me, or as the article says Australis means south, though the online translators say otherwise :S

Disambig note at the top.

Can I add an dismabig note at the top? Because I made an article about España Boulevard, and since España redirects here, I think it'll be valid if a disambig note is added. --Howard the Duck 08:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Long

In the last week or so I have reviewed all of the European country articles for Version 0.5, and the history section in this article (12 screens) stands out as being much longer than most. I don't deny Spain has a lot of history, but compare with France (2 screens, a bit short IMHO) and Germany (7 screens, about the limit IMHO). The reader is first directed to a main article on History of Spain, but the "summary" history section that follows runs to 12 screens. Could someone please try making this history overview more concise? Perhaps some of the material might even be usefully integrated into the main history article (which is around 16 screens). Thanks! Walkerma 03:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

just when i was going to suggest more information to add :P well i do think that the history section of spain is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very verry very very very very long.... perhaps some on muslim spain should be taken out as it rambles on as if it is the main article.