Talk:Franz Josef Land

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I don't agree that "non-English pictures don't belong here any more than non-English text". There is a fundamental difference between a map and a piece of text: you can understand a map without understanding the language. Both maps are perfectly comprehensible for an English speaker, particularly in the context of the article (one has almost exclusively Russian names in it, although written in Latin script, the other is mostly in German but leaves not the slightest doubt what it is about). Geographical articles need maps. If we don't have better ones, we should keep these until we do. There is no policy that I know of that prohibits use of foreign-language maps. (And by the way, while reverting is occasionally acceptable, re-reverting without discussion is no good style. A note to revert-war-happy contributors: with the exception of obvious vandalism I refuse on principle to enter revert wars, so any attempt to entice me into one is hopeless.) Happy editing, Kosebamse 19:49, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)