Talk:Geneva

Why was Geneva picked for so many international organizations? Sfisher 16:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but one reason might be because it is in neutral Switzerland. NauticaShades 17:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Probably a lot of truth in that, but the Red Cross is there because that's where its founder, Henry Dunant, came from. Ireneshusband 10:54, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Besides tradition, critical mass of already present international organizations, political stability and swiss neutrality, there is also the quality of life and good international tranport links. Some of these reason (neutrality, stability, approximative geographic centre of Europe) were even more important during the first half of the 20th century, when League of Nations and other international organizations were created in Geneva, but also UPU in Bern, IOC in Lausanne, and BIS in Basel. --Neumeier 01:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It all started with the Red Cross for the reasons above, then the League of Nations. The League very nearly went to Brussels, but Wilson and others pushed for Geneva because of religious reasons (Wilson's staunch protestantism) and not wanting the seat of the League to be in the center of the conflict the organization was supposed to prevent from ever occurring again.^[1] Hennings.iheid (talk) 17:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Is there really an International Committee of Committees?78.147.136.72 (talk) 19:45, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Passing mention should be made of the agreement with France over provisioning from Haute Savoy and Gex.

One of my history lecturers said it was a minor fancy of his that John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola met on the road outside Geneva in passing - one going in the other leaving.

62.6.121.44 21:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

The article says that some of the public transit routes cross into France. Does this mean that the border is not policed in any way? How long has it been like this? Ireneshusband 10:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

All main border crossing points have a customs post on them. A few are manned more or less permanently (such as the crossing to Ferney where the F bus goes). Others for limited hours. Others only very occasionally. Even where there are permanently manned crossings, they do not stop everyone. The system relies on people finding a customs officer to declare anything necessary and not crossing without appropriate documentation. There are also mobile patrols which can stop people anywhere within a fairly large distance from the border, which probably provide more of a deterrent to abuse than the fixed checks.

The buses will usually pass straight through the post with just a nod from the border guard, but I have certainly been on buses a few times where it has been stopped and everyone on board required to show a passport/ID card.

Trains vary. The TGV trains to Paris require you to pass through a passport control point in the station, which is usually manned, before you get on the train or after you get off. I can't remember what the system is for the trains to Annemasse - I would guess at it being the same, but less frequently manned. Some trains crossing borders into or out of other parts of Switzerland have occasional checks by border guards who get on the train at the relevant points from time to time (if I recall correctly, peforming the checks on the train as it moves between the stations either side of the border, presumably on the basis of a bilateral agreement giving authority to act on the train within either territory).

Passport checks between Switzerland and France will (as such) soon be eliminated when Switzerland's entry to the Schengen system is implemented, but the customs checks will remain, which will presumably allow them the right to demand documentation if there is a customs-related need for it. Bradype 11:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

When taking regional trains into Annemasse from Geneva Cornavin, you do have to go through a manned customs booth before having access to the train. Lostvalley 09:33, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Picture of UN building states is the the UN Headquarters. While I wish the UN was not HQ'ed in NY, Geneva does not have the UN headquarters.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.246.143.130 (talk • contribs)

But geneva has the ECMA HQ. Shouldn't this be stated in the article?

In the education section of the article the "public school" system is described and one particular school is singled out as one of the oldest public schools. Can someone clarify in the article whether this is talking about public schools in the American sense of state schools or the English sense of independent/private schools? alihaig 08:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

wordtothedude Collège Calvin is a public school in the American/European sense: a state school. —Preceding undated comment added 11:14, 17 March 2009 (UTC).

This section is very poorly worded and hard to understand. I'd rewrite it but I'm not even sure what they writer was trying to say. Definitely needs cleaned up.

Hipsterdoofus 20:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

It's also completely incorrect. Geneva is nowhere near an ocean. It has a continental climate with scorching hot summmers (around 40ºC)and somewhat cold winters (around 5ºC). 2A04:EE41:83:595F:1068:4F76:2F4B:CAE4 (talk) 15:46, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I totally agree with this comment, I couldn't understand any of it and I'm not at all sure what to do about it. I'm not even sure if words were left out or sentences completely re-structured. Help wiki!

~Larkyn —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.75.24.252 (talk) 08:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Where is the neutrality dispute that the current version mentions about Calvin? If no dispute is in progress those should be removed. JLMarais (talk) 23:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

The tags were there to protest some inappropriately critical statements about John Calvin. I have boldly rewritten that section and removed the tags. Calvin's tenure in Geneva was certainly controversial, and it is appropriate to discuss that controversy. But Wikipedia should not make controversial statements as if they were fact. Controversial statements should be attributed to a source and should be balanced. --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 16:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I have removed three entire sections of the article: "Monuments and landmarks", "Museums and Galleries", and "Parks", as they were all copied from various subpages of http://www.geneva.info/. There are non-infringing versions in the history, if someone wants to take the time to re-insert them. howcheng {chat} 18:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

For whatever reason the infobox is not converting the desnity correctly into square miles. With the area and population of the city, the density is comfortably 30,000 persons per square mile, but I can't figure out how to fix it. --Criticalthinker (talk) 05:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Much of the article reads like a travel guide. See Wikipedia:NOT#TRAVEL. To be encyclopedic, a section like the one on cinemas (which I've removed, along with some others], should give the number of cinemas, their specialities, their histories and what makes them distinctive from other world cities — of course with the sources cited. Information like this can be obtained for the article from many good travel books.

Let's band together to make this the best article on any European city, but not a travel guide. Amitiés, GeorgeLouis (talk) 06:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

• http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wirtschaft/aktuell/die_luft_wird_duenner_1.677154.html
• http://booking.qatarairways.com/qribe-web/public/showIBE.do?L=en —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.40.193.11 (talk) 14:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Why is this article only a B-class article? I think it needs reassessing. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk | _Sign 21:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

It appears that the History section of this article was heavily dependent on an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia published in 1910. We should try to reduce this trend, particularly given that (a) Geneva is famous as a major center for Protestantism, and focusing heavily on the Catholic perspective detracts from having a neutral point of view in this article, and (b) there is nothing in the History section that discusses the last 100 years of the city's history. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm willing to help translate the history section from the French Wikipedia; even better if I can get some assistance. The page is at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneve#Histoire . What do you say? Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 06:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I brought in the 20th Century history section from the French Wiki, leaving out some of the tendentious material and that without a Source. The other sections, I suppose, can be left for later or for more skillful editing. Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

And what about the Spanish 'Ginebra'? Spanish-speaking people tends to think that Geneva ('Ginebra' in Spanish) is Genoa ('Génova' in Spanish). It's a common mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.142.175.22 (talk) 09:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

This has to be a national capital to be on the "top" list. Not even Los Angeles or Istanbul are there! Here is the list: National Capitals Wallie (talk) 14:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

There's still a reference to an older, 2007 Mercer study on Quality of Life. The 2009 study has been out for several weeks now: http://realestate.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=19711427#3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexus forever (talk • contribs) 04:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/28/switzerland.wto.violence/index.html?section=cnn_latest

violent protest 28 Nov 2009 against WTO in which cars were set fire to and windows were smashed

Stevv (talk) 22:23, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Added on Nov 13, the sentence " In the heart of the International Geneva is located the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies an institution of advanced research and teaching which proposed MA and PhD programmes and prepare international actors to respond to the challenges of tomorrow's world." sounds a lot like the institute's recrutement flyer: http://graduateinstitute.ch/webdav/site/iheid/users/admin/public/central_dep/flyer_recrutement.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.194.8.73 (talk) 09:51, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Geneva is a Celtic name??? Verification? The French page says Geneva is originally Ligurian, which would make a lot more sense considering location and history!? 90.184.243.14 (talk) 22:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Etymology is not clear. This was the territory of the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe. But look at the etymology of Genoa, with which commentators say it is cognate. But I don't think the Celtic empire extended to Liguria. The Latin etymology (from "knee") is not convincing to me. Basically, no one seems to know. Perhaps you could enlarge on this in the article. Nick Michael (talk) 13:05, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought the origin was Saint Juniper - in Italian Ginepro. /p/ to /v/ is a common slip and then you have the male/female forms Ginevro/Ginevra. Ginevra is the Italian name for the city. But maybe the St. Juniper/Ginepro connection is only true for the Italian form? I suppose the English form Genava could very well have Celtic roots in a way independent of the Italian/Ligurian form? 90.184.243.14 (talk) 03:21, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Juniper d. 1258 so it can hardly be connected! These place-names very often go back to prehistory. Nick Michael (talk) 15:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

(moved from my talk) Materialscientist (talk) 23:12, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

You today reinstated a statistic deleted by 84.227.201.125: , calling it "unexplained removal of referenced content." Although it was not me who deleted this statistic, I must call it into question:
1. The reference is dead.
2. The "greater Geneva Bern area" does not exist. It is like referring to "the greater New York Washington DC area" - meaningless. I have been through the federal statistics, e.g: cited by the editor who originally posted it (don't know when, but it's immaterial) and I can find no reference to such an "area".
3. The federal statistics refer, logically, to the political area of Genève canton-ville (Geneva is the name of a canton, whose "capital" is the city of Geneva), with a combined population of 457'628 inhabitants (31.12.2009). The city of Geneva alone has 189'313 inhabitants (31.12.2009). These figures are taken from the official web page of Geneva: .

I therefore propose deleting the following:

While the municipality itself (city center) has a population (as of 31 December 2009) of 185,958[1], the Geneva metropolitan area has 1,240,000 residents, according to a 2007 census. The Greater Geneva Bern area has 2,800,000 residents.

and replacing it with:

While the municipality itself (ville de Genève) has a population (as of 31 December 2009) of 189,313, the canton of Geneva (which includes the city) has 457,628 residents (as of 31 December 2009).

As you have taken the trouble to try to maintain the integrity of the article, I would just like your approbation before effecting this edit. Many thanks. Nick Michael (talk) 23:00, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Personal assessment declined. Brought here for public attention. Materialscientist (talk) 23:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

There are several "notable people" in this section who are not natives of Geneva: Henriette d'Angeville, Stanislav Smirnov, Nedd Willard. Are there any Wikipedia criteria for being a "notable person"? Obviously a native should be included; but should people who moved there also be included? Or who lived there - and for how long? Or should it be restricted to people who were/are officially Genevese citizens? Every Swiss person has their official commune of origin (which is noted in their passport and other state documents) - but people who are officially Genevese were not necessarily born in Geneva, since a Swiss citizen takes his/her father's commune of origin, and many generations may be born and live in a completely different part of the country to their commune of origin: indeed, someone of Genevese origins may never have even visited Geneva. The whole thing is a very grey area... Nick Michael (talk) 21:54, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

No one has responded to my question above. No one has suggested criteria for deciding what makes a "notable person". I propose re-titling the section "Notable natives" and including only those persons born in Geneva (canton of). Without a comment within a few days, I'll make the changes. I bet that'll make someone react! Nick Michael (talk) 15:54, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Still no opinions..? Do you think that Terry Southern, who lived for less than three years in Geneva, should be included in Notable people? Nick Michael (talk)

Geneva (...) is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland (after Zurich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking part of Switzerland).

I'm not claiming to have any expertise in Swiss anthropology, but i noted some indifferences when browsing through related articles.

After comparing another article about Switzerland Cantons^[1] to this article about Geneva, i found that Bern, Vaud, Aargau, and St. Gallen, are more superior to Geneva when it comes to population. Furthermore i found more discrepancies in the last set of bolded words, Geneva is not the most populated french speaking city, Vaud claims that title.

Vaud is a canton, not a city (despite urban sprawl), have a look at List of cities in Switzerland for more information. mgeo talk 21:37, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Geneva is both a city and a canton, this article is about the city. Vaud and Aargau are both cantons, Bern and St. Gallen are both cities and cantons. Tobyc75 (talk) 18:57, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

It's important to distinguish between cities and cantons: the city of Geneva (ville de Genève) is a separate political entity to the canton of Geneva (république et canton de Genève). The confusion arises where a canton is named after its capital city (Geneva, Bern etc.). The capital city of Vaud is Lausanne, which eliminates the confusion in this case.

The city of Geneva is the second most populous city of Switzerland, and the most populous city of Romandie. The canton of Geneva however is very small, both geographically and demographically. Nick Michael (talk) 12:10, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Since when a canton is a republic?!?!?!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.181.5.114 (talk) 03:51, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

See the article Canton of Geneva. The Genevese are very proud of being a republic. And why not! Nick Michael (talk) 21:39, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Is extremely long; I'm proposing shifting most of it into its own article. LibStar (talk) 13:33, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Seconded. The History section is long, and Geneva was an independent state right through to 1815 (albeit with periods of French domination, I think). Is there any active discussion towards doing this at present? AWhiteC (talk) 21:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough, is any one going to make the split? Op47 (talk) 14:08, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, me! Done! Hard work! Anybody want to check what I've done? Look out for the thing I forgot – there's always at least one. AWhiteC (talk) 23:28, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou, it looks fine to me. Op47 (talk) 13:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

The "Heritage sites of national significance" section seems messy to me and out of place for an average article about a city. Looking forward to some better solution rather than deleting them all recklessly.Lerox-Donut (talk) 15:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

I suggest adding this image to the article's section "Cityscape." Thoughts? Griberg 23:20, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

View of Geneva from Mont Salève.

There's one already there, taken from an almost identical point. Don't know which is better, but the current one gives a better view of the city relative to its surroundings, whilst your candidate shows the Jura better. Nick Michael (talk) 21:41, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Agree with Nick Michael. That would be a bit redundant with the picture in the Geography section. The current panorama in the cityscape section is not perfect but it is a more interesting view point because from there you can see how the buildings look like in Geneva. mgeo talk 12:46, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey i don't really know how to use Wikipedia, but can anyone help me with the subject mentioned above? I need it to complete my Geography project. Please and Thank You :)Debslf (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

What sort of help are you looking for? Are you supposed to create an article on the subject of urbanization or write a report? What sort of information are you looking for? Tobyc75 (talk) 11:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm supposed to do a research paper about Geneva's urbanisation, like about the urbanisation over the years, causes of urbanisation, consequences of urbanisation and to suggest solutions to manage urbanisation in the city concerned, which in my case is Geneva, Switzerland. Debslf (talk) 01:57, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

just to let you guys know that as a native speaker from Lorraine (NE) I'd pronounce Genève with a schwa between the 'g' and the 'n' (so, more like French « je nève » if it existed). I gather it would be true of most people in Lorraine and, I would tend to think, of most French speakers in France. I don't know about Swiss speakers though. At least I guess it would deserve some room in the introduction but I'm not sure what the guidelines say.

Cheers, Denhetreil (talk) 21:28, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

The article on Geneva shouldn't lack a mention of J L Borges. I propose his inclusion in the list of notable people, thus:

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, who lived as a youth, died and was buried in Geneva, and considered it one of his "Homelands"^[1]

In case this type of mention is considered inappropriate, please let me know before I do include it in the article's text. (Of course I totally oppose the notion that "notable people" list should only include natives of a specific city, as was earlier proposed). Desiderius82 (talk) 14:45, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 12:35, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a source to itself, ok. However, I fail to see how a citation would be required for an enumeration of businesses located in a city. 69.165.196.103 (talk) 04:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

An uncommented bare enumeration with internal wikipedia links doesn't need a citation (but would probably need a comment!). And as soon as the enumeration is completed with appreciative or depreciative comments ("long tradition", "major international producer"), and with additional information ("have their headquarters and main production facilities in Geneva"), a citation is needed. Sapphorain (talk) 07:57, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Moved citation tag to more appropriate location 69.165.196.103 (talk) 01:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

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Hello,

Just wanting to inquire about the fortifications shown on the maps of 1850s? I have found a map of 1860 showing no fortifications (I cannot conceive of them only taking 10 years to dismantle) - there does not seem to be any traces of them I can see in the cityscape itself? Are they just a popular myth?

There is also literature saying that the city did consider walls at one point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughbadou (talk • contribs) 18:14, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

No myth. There are a few walls still standing. If you google-image "Genève fortifications" you'll get a good idea of what they were really like, and one or two showing their (unfortunate) demolition. Nick Michael (talk) 21:01, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

....Still not sure what to think - sorry to doubt you....I can see pictures of what looks like buried tunnels-it just doesn't seem to be at the scale shown on the maps. I have been trying to find an explanation for the form of ile Rouseau also.

Not sure why I’m trying to convince you. This is starting to feel like the Roswell UFO incident! As a last attempt perhaps you’d look at the chronological maps of Geneva here:

http://www.amiel.org/vie/cartographie/grandsformats.htm

As for the Ile Rousseau, it’s not a true island but an artificial one, part of the fortifications built between 1585-1588 in order to secure the entrance to the lake of Geneva. Nick Michael (talk) 21:13, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Ah ok thanks for the map link .... I see a map (apres 1850-55) that has an area labelled tranchees (clearings? if I am correct?) However then there is a nice map of 1865 that shows the fortifications only in half-tone. Weird. I still don't know. From my locale it seems like prospective fortifications...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.68.110 (talk) 16:37, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

yours, Sean Yearwood, the black and white Jew and Targeted Individual — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.162.35 (talk) 03:23, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

I removed the collage in the box because one of the its images may actually be in France. CERN is divided between the two countries. In addition, very few people can actually see this equipment, so we should use an image which is more emblematic of the city. The other mentions of CERN in the article are a bit overemphasized also. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:59, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Greetings fellow editors. I am here from GOCE to copy edit this rather fine looking article. If I do anything you don't like, or don't understand, feel free to flag it up here.

Up where? And don't forget to sign your posts. I'm sure it was just an oversight. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Good evening Sapphorain

I note that in the article on Geneva#Notable_people you have deleted a number of citations to the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica and replaced them with citations to the French version of the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. May I make three points about this, please.

(1) I note that your concern is (to quote one example) "Replaced old and unreliable reference describing him as « Swiss » by a better and more recent one: …..[he] died 251 years too early to become Swiss. This seems to point to your understanding of the word "Swiss" as being political rather than geographic and I have seen from earlier comments on your talk page that this is an issue of concern to you. It is a concern shared by some in somewhat equivalent circumstances over the use of the word "Irish". Might I invite you to read through the link below about what Encyclopædia Britannica says about aspects of Swiss history [] and ask you to see how the words "Swiss" and "Switzerland" are used when referring to aspects of political change that I'm sure you're familiar with. I hope you will see the difference between a political and geographic meaning.

(2) The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is in French, or by choice German or Italian. I've not seen a link to an English version. Encyclopædia Britannica is in English. Replacing the link to one with the other limits what an English speaker with little or poor French can learn from a citation.

(3) May I politely but seriously request that whilst you are welcome to add your links to the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, you do not delete the links to Encyclopædia Britannica. Readers can then chose which to follow ArbieP (talk) 18:14, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

I don’t know what you are driving at when attempting to oppose « political » and «  geographic » Switzerland. Until 1815 the republic of Geneva was, neither politically, nor geographically « Swiss » . When some event that took place in the 18th century is described as having occurred in « Geneva, Switzerland », this is called an anachronism, and it is true neither politically nor geographically. And Genevans from that time did not consider themselves as «  Swiss » (Jean-Jacques Rousseau insisted that he was a citizen of Geneva, and had even some harsh words about the Swiss in general). But of course it is perfectly understandable that the HDS should cover everything linked with the (geographical) territory of the actual (political) Switzerland. And the E. Britannica does exactly that in its article on Switzerland.

Of course the fact that the HDS exists only in four langages is a problem. But it is very recent. And the fact that the E. Britannica edition available online dates back to 1911 (and is in reality only a copy from Wikisource on the accuracy of which we have no control) is a much bigger problem I think. Sapphorain (talk) 20:54, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Regarding the ZIPs covered by the city please check it out here. -- ZH8000 (talk) 19:43, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

This is very messy an unclear. Please provide a clear source using words and sentences. Sapphorain (talk) 20:23, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

(And there is no point in arguing here in the discussion, until a clear source is provided in the page itself).Sapphorain (talk) 20:25, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Well, you can't get it more official since this is a official publication by the Swiss Federation and undisputable. It is even written law. Again, it is your task to prove you are right accordig WP:BRD. So please stop playing the stubborn child, please. -- ZH8000 (talk) 20:55, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Your task is to provide a valid source. A source must be included in the page, not in the discussion about the page. Sapphorain (talk) 21:18, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

The League of Nations seems to have first convened in this 1860s building, but I cannot find a single contemporary mention of it. Was it torn down? Was it included in the Palais des Nations, where there seems to be a conference room or alike by that name? Thanks. Arminden (talk) 16:27, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

The building in which the League of Nations first convened in Geneva (from November 1920) is the Palais Wilson, which is an 1870s building. To my knowledge it has never been called (nor has contained a) "Reformation Hall". But before it convened in Geneva, the League of Nations had a brief activity in London (from January 10, 1920). So maybe the building you are looking for is in London? Sapphorain (talk) 13:34, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

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@ZH8000: Did you just seriously revert me while ignoring the edit summary, gave me the 3RR warning on my talk page and then scolded me for not writing an edit summary on Sion, Switzerland after ignoring the edit summaries here (you shouldn't template the regulars by the way)? Are you serious?

Directly above those messages (now removed from my talk page), there's a thread in which Nardog has explained to me why jin-EE-və is a correct respelling. You ignored that as well. Kbb2 (ex. Mr KEBAB) (talk) 01:08, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@ZH8000:

/æ, ɛ, ɪ, ɒ, ʌ, ʊ/ (a, e(h), i(h), o, u(h), uu) are checked vowels, meaning never occurring at the end of a word or before a vowel. When a checked vowel is followed by a consonant and a stressed vowel, which is rare nonetheless, it is acceptable in some cases to attribute the following consonant to the same syllable as the checked vowel, as in bal-AY, even though in IPA it is usually attributed to the following syllable, as in /bæˈleɪ/. However, when the following consonant is a voiceless plosive (/p, t, k/) […]

This is what the help says. Now, since /n/ is nothing like a voiceless plosive and i and ih are not really intuitive spellings (the first because it has multiple English pronunciations, the latter because it is never found in any English words), we should avoid them as often as possible and in this case syllabify differently. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 07:08, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@IvanScrooge98: I see, both of you are strictly (and mindlessly) following some given rules (I confirm that and I do not challenge these), but you are simply neglecting the reality. The reality is that GE-NE-VA (Geneva is not composed by two parts, 'Gen' and 'Eva', btw) is not spoken that way you imply. And you do not give a source which supports your claims, none (WP:VER is still a major requirement)! Your misunderstanding may result from the fact that 'Geneva' is not (derived) from an English term? - For further fruitful discussion, please provide sources which support your claims regarding the accentuation of 'Geneva'. Thanks -- ZH8000 (talk) 13:58, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@ZH8000: This means that you don't understand that rule. There's little difference between /dʒɪnˈiːvə/ and /dʒɪˈniːvə/ in English. /dʒɪnˈiːvə/ doesn't imply that a glottal stop can be put in front of /iː/. English isn't German.

Please take this to Help talk:Pronunciation respelling key. You're the one who's challenging the consensus. Kbb2 (ex. Mr KEBAB) (talk) 14:05, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

They speak French in Geneva! – I still expect sources (WP:VER) to your accentuation claim. -- ZH8000 (talk) 14:18, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@ZH8000: Start a thread on Help talk:Pronunciation respelling key. You're clearly misunderstanding the first note in the respelling key. Kbb2 (ex. Mr KEBAB) (talk) 14:20, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@ZH8000: nothing to add, except– what has French got to do with the English exonym Geneva? And how can jin-EE-və be misinterpreted and result in a different pronunciation than intended? イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 14:31, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Kbb2 wrote: "English isn't German.". -- ZH8000 (talk) 14:33, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Because he was saying the only way one would mispronounce the transcription would be applying to it phonological rules from other languages, which is pretty unlikely, don’t you think? イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 14:36, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

But why German??? -- ZH8000 (talk) 14:40, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Standard German syllables never start with a vowel, and therefore -⁠EE- would end up being [-ˈʔiː-]; it was an example. But this is English. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 14:45, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Simply since Help:Pronunciation respelling key#Syllables and stress says: "Syllables are separated by hyphens ("-"). The stress on a syllable is indicated by capital letters." -- ZH8000 (talk) 14:40, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

They are still syllables. We are only moving consonants to better convey pronunciation, as long as it’s predictable, and it is here. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 14:45, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

If you like, so, it should read /jiN-EE-va/?? -- ZH8000 (talk) 15:10, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Nope. What is the point of capitalizing an N alone before a dash? The syllable nucleus is always represented by the vowel (syllabic consonants are always unstressed and not uninaimously considered as phonemic in English). That’s why it is fine to have consonants “belong” in another syllable. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 15:15, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Therefore I would expect it to be written as /ji-NEE-va/. Comparable to " For example, the word "pronunciation" (/prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/) is respelled prə-NUN-see-AY-shən." from Help:Pronunciation respelling key#Syllables and stress. -- ZH8000 (talk) 15:24, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

We have explained already why putting i at the end of that “syllable” is not the best solution. Not going to repeat myself. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 15:27, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

These still are only respelling-inherent logic (rules), but do still not make obvious why it contradicts the IPA-code /dʒɪˈniːvə/.

(TBC, for the moment I have to leave). -- ZH8000 (talk) 15:35, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

If it’s not obvious, all it takes for a reader is clicking on the respelling and reading the help, which is there for a reason. If you don’t agree we should transcribe Geneva (and thus any other similar cases) like this, once again, please try to challenge the consensus at the proper page. Thank you. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 15:45, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@ZH8000: The reality is that GE-NE-VA (Geneva is not composed by two parts, 'Gen' and 'Eva', btw) is not spoken that way you imply – I'd like to know what you mean by this. Can you explain how exactly jin-EE-və and jih-NEE-və differ in terms of the pronunciations they suggest? Nardog (talk) 15:58, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Nardog. The two pronunciations you give are pronounced exactly alike, as much as I can tell. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:09, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Who are you? I was asking ZH8000 specifically. Nardog (talk) 00:42, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

My personal page is at User:BeenAroundAWhile. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:13, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Regarding this edit, the WP:Edit summary of "Well, then," was confusing, so I reverted the change. Best wishes, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:10, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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I doubt that photos of Swisstopo's maps are legal copies.

In https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/home/meta/terms-and-conditions.html under Copyright it says that "Copyright and any other rights relating to texts, illustrations, photos or any other data available on the websites of swisstopo are the exclusive property of Swisstopo or of any other expressly mentioned owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder.".

The referred free use only relates to geological data and their services, not the reproductions of maps/pictures.

-- ZH8000 (talk) 16:00, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, Swisstopo maps are under a free license. See National Maps of Switzerland. These are already used in many places. Yann (talk) 10:14, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Hmm, all these examples have been published by Federal Office of Topography themselves. So, no evidence at all. -- ZH8000 (talk) 13:48, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi ZH8000, have you read the terms of use specifically applying to geoservices and geodata? It says: "The free geodata and geoservices of swisstopo may be used, distributed and made accessible. Furthermore, they may be enriched and processed and also used commercially." So, in our case, the file in question is an automatically generated pdf map by the geoportal, it is as free to use as tiff map sheets or simple screen captures. Zach (Talk) 13:01, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

User:IvanScrooge98 has been lately insisting to provide in the lead and in the infobox the name of Geneva and its pronunciation in the arpitan genevan dialect. This is totally disproportionate and gives undue weight to an extinct language. One can indeed read in « Le souvenir du patois dans le Canton de Genève » by J. Broggini, in « Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie » : « La disparition du dialecte en ville de Genève a lieu vers la fin du XVIIIème siècle », and that the dialect has survived some more in a few villages around Geneva, but is now totally extinct. Information on this dialect can be provided in a specific section within the page, but not in the lead. Sapphorain (talk) 14:43, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

It’s just weird to me to put it in a note when all other names within that note are in languages that were never spoken there, unlike Arpitan which was the main native language for a long time. So it makes more sense to put it next to French, whether that means including it in the lead or putting everything inside the note. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 19:22, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

You are obviously not living in Geneva, probably not even in Switzerland, and your obsession on Arpitan is becoming very tiring. Arpitan is not a language, but a vast family of loosely related languages and dialects, most of which are now totally extinct in Switzerland. What you are referring to should not be called Arpitan, but simply the genevan dialect, which has totally disappeared from the city of Geneva for more than 200 years, and from the rest of the canton for almost 100 years. The genevan dialect is extinct, and if mentioned at all should be in an historical section with other extinct languages such as the language spoken by Allobrogians, and Latin, but not in the lead. In some places in Valais dialects are still spoken, but people from different valleys have a hard time to understand each other (except in French of course), and they could definitely not understand the genevan dialect if it still existed (despite the fact that you would undoubtedly call their several various dialects « Arpitan » as well…).

In comparison, German, and especially Italian, besides being official Swiss languages, are commonly spoken in Geneva. In fact, there has been a never ending immigration from Italy to Geneva since at least the fifteenth century, and there has always been since a large Italian speaking community here. --Sapphorain (talk) 23:08, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

What a long way to say that it was historically spoken there, unlike German or Romansh which obviously belong in the note—and which was my main point while you went deep diving into useless details unhelpful to the conversation. Seems like you are the one who’s obsessed. And by the way, there are several different ways to define a language—that’s why the article on the topic literally begins with Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a Gallo-Romance language […] and nobody bats an eye. The point is it is something historically spoken in the area just like French, and for a pretty long time until not so long ago it was the maih language—because it was the natural local development of Latin before cultivated French took over it. So definitely more relevant than Italian or German, who exclusively belong in the note. Harshly cutting off the French name from the Genevois name (or whatever you want to call it because, for reasons already stated, the name of the language/dialect was never a key part of this conversation either) is a no-no to me. Didn’t need to make it so tedious, you forced me to respond with an unnecessarily cumbersome text. Now, can you stay on topic and say anything regarding the point I raised? ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 23:26, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Readers of the article can expect to be informed immediately how "Geneva" is pronounced in English and how the French name of this French-speaking city is pronounced:

Geneva (/dʒɪˈniːvə/ ^ⓘ jin-EE-və; French: Genève [ʒ(ə)nɛv] ^ⓘ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. (...)

Essential information such as this must not be relegated to a footnote.

Arpitan deserves to be mentioned for historical reasons. But as it is not spoken in Geneva today, listing the ancient Arpitan name and its pronunciation in a note, ahead of German and Italian (!), appears to be a fair solution. Putting it alongside the city's French name would give the impression that the two languages are of similar importance to contemporary Geneva, which is far from true. Entopos (talk) 07:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Well that seems like a fair reasoning, thank you. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 09:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)