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The IPA transcription in this article seems off, as I've never heard it pronounced like [jiː], only [jeː]. Can anyone confirm this pronunciation?

Orcaguy (talk) 20:13, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As of recently, the text cited Bjarne Berulfsen's Norsk uttaleordbok, which is a well-known and respected resource, albeit a bit old. I agree with you, and have taken the liberty of updating the pronunciation. Unfortunately I don't have any good secondary or tertiary sources besides Store Norske Leksikon. Some primary sources below, which I hope are not geoblocked:

• Svalbard 1974 timestamps 00:03 and 00:12
• Abels tårn fra Huset, Longyearbyen (timestamp 00:24)

arj (talk) 18:29, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen Show map of Arctic Longyearbyen Show map of Earth
Coordinates: 78°13′N 15°38′E / 78.217°N 15.633°E / 78.217; 15.633

The infobox map seems to be glitching and showing Longyearbyen in the wrong place. It also seems to change location based on which map you show/hide. Is that happening for anyone else? Relinus (talk) 21:27, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. It looks like an issue with the SVG. Also, the standard map template in the infobox is dumb because Longyearbyen doesn't even show up until you zoom all the way out to Earth, since it's not within Norway's (or even Europe's) bounding box. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 21:49, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the standard map issue by only including Earth view, as the other two are pointless. There may be another view supported by the template and I'll take a look later. I've also noticed that there are two different coords given in the infobox so that should be resolved as well. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 22:01, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And finally, I found that there is an Arctic view for infobox maps, so I added that as default and left Earth as an option, which is I believe as good as that will get unless the the template supports a better bounding box, which I have not been able to find. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 22:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks for figuring that out! Relinus (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence below in the Culture section has the citation link in the text, and it seems some words are replaced. "...regularly meet in the Svalbar? ?? on match days..."

Twenty residents of the town are members of the Liverbirds Svalbard and regularly meet in the Svalbar Archived 28 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine on match days during the winter months. 66.41.47.112 (talk) 18:19, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tbhotch: You added the "GAR request" template to this article in March with this edit. Do you still think this article needs a GAR? If so, would you like to open it? Z1720 (talk) 20:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I add the tag as a notification that the page does not, in my view, meet the GA criteria, and the main authors (or anyone) should work on it. The visible issues from then (update, cn, unsourced paragraphs) are still there. I rarely open GARs. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 20:27, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tbhotch: I'll open a GAR then for additional exposure. Z1720 (talk) 21:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]