Talk:Malta

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political bias

I am new to Wikipedia rules but the text in the government section, specifically the one about corruption rising after a return to power seems politically motivated. Beldro Mercier (talk) 03:21, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

I have removed it because the source was an opinion piece, which is not a suitable source for the claim. Thank you. Traumnovelle (talk) 05:12, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Peer review

Malta

Previous peer review

I've listed this article for peer review because I’m planning to bring it up to GA (and later, maybe FA). Any feedback is fine, be it prose quibbles, citation problems, image requests, whatever. I’d like some help with the citations (no idea how to format pdfs), and if something failed verification, I’ll replace it. Thanks! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:40, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Pinging people who gave advice on this article on a different venue: @Moxy, @Chipmunkdavis _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 15:32, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

CMD recommended a shortening of the history section, all parts there are 2-4 paragraphs and grouped as well as I can in sections. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 00:32, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

Comments from Z1720

@Wikipedian12512: Comments after a quick skim:

• I added some citation needed tags. These would need to be resolved before a GAN.
• For a GA, the formatting and information is probably fine. For a FAC, there are some sections that need more information like "Sport", "Music", "Architecture", and "Banking and finance". This will be difficult because the article is already at over 9,000 words so, as these are expanded, consider where you could summarise more effectively elsewhere in the article. For example, the "Art" section is quite long, and maybe could be spun out into "Art of Malta" or something similar.
• I also think some of the sections in "Culture" can be merged together to avoid MOS:OVERSECTION, like "Art and architecture" and "Literature and media".
• There are lots of short, one or two-sentence paragraphs in the article. For a GAN these are OK but consider merging these together before an FAC.
• Not sure if "Vassallo History", "Geocities.com" and "weather2travel.com" are reliable sources.

Hope this helps. Z1720 (talk) 22:10, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Got it. I’ll work on those when I’m back from vacation. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 07:08, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

@Z1720: I’m having some trouble finding the unreliable sources. Can you replace them with citation needed tags? _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:22, 31 August 2026 (UTC)

• @Wikipedian12512: In this version of the article, the unreliable sources are refs 126, 200, 228, 271, and 296. "Rudolf & Berg 2010" (ref 92) and "Bonnici, Hilbert & Krug 2012." (ref 249) are used as inline citations but need more information (like what book its from). "Cramer, John Anthony", "Bowen-Jones, Howard; et al. (1962)", "Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).", "Francesco Balbi di Correggio ", "Carolyn Bain (2004).", "Williams, Paul (2009). Malta – Island Under Siege.", "United Nations Development Programme (2006)." and "Hardman, William (1909)." are listed as sources but are not used as inline citations: they should either be moved to "Further reading", removed, or used as inline citations. Z1720 (talk) 22:13, 31 August 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks, I’ll work on those. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:31, 31 August 2026 (UTC)

  Okay, done with those. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 23:36, 31 August 2026 (UTC)

Done with the comments. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 16:39, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Comments from Femke

No time for a full review, but happy to look into the climate and energy sections

• The climate text is quite heavy with numbers, which is exaccerbated by the conversions. Unfortunately, the conversions are in line with MOS:CONVERSION, so you likely shouldn't remove the US-specific units. So the second-best option is to reduce the overlap with the table underneath and mention fewer numbers.
• There are some dead links: the Meteo Climat source of the table I cannot access for instance, so find a newer link, or if that proves impossible, set it to the archived link (the existing archive link doesn't show the data for me)
• The source for the 'latest snow' is from 2014, so logically cannot give any information about whether they're been snow since
• The section misses all information about climate change. In the mediterannean more broadly, that includes quite a strong drying effect, as well as an increase in heatwaves. Does Malta have low-lying areas vulnerable to sea level rise?
• The information about the climate classification is from 2007. Probably still correct, but may have changed due to climate change.
• Citation 232 contains three citations, all very long. Can you specify which citation supports which information, and what pages you looked at?
• 9.2% of Malta's electricity in 2024 was from domestic renewable generation, almost all of which is photovoltaic panels -> Don't start a sentence with a number, and fix the grammatical issue with the second bit of the sentence. I haven't been able to find the percentage after 3 minutes of examining the source. Can you be specific where you found this number? I assume it's a WP:CALC from table 1? I get 10.92% for 2023, which would round to 11%.
• You're posing this as a contrast, implying that Malta is not doing its bit to reach 25% by 2030. With a small country like that, weather fluctuations, or even planned outages, can explain small variations in year-to-year production. If the source does not make this contrast explicit, I would not include it in the article. Instead, mention the most recent number, and leave it be
• Offshore platforms is jargon, make this (floating) offshore wind and link
• Link to solar PV, and find a link for waste-to-energy plant.
• Overall, I would recommend you try to be more precise with sources, check if they are still working, and add table, figure and page numbers where possible to make verification simpler. In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 06:57, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I’ll work on these when I have time. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:10, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

@Femke: The reason that the 2014 one is outdated is that there hasn’t been snow since. There’s been some hail in 2026, but all I can find in the times of Malta is that it hasn’t snowed in a very long time. It only snowed for ~2 minutes in some parts of the country. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:52, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Do you understand there is a bit of an WP:original research element to this statement? You have yourself searched for news about snow, and because there weren't any news articles on the topic, you concluded that 2014 was the last time. Can you find a source that says that it only snowed on X occasions between two dates (e.g. between 1960 and 2010). In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 19:56, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

@Femke: I do, but I can’t find any sources that are all of recent, reliable, and say exactly what is needed. I can find sources that are a combination of any two of those, (https://hellomaltatours.com/snow-in-malta/, the ones in the text supporting the 2014 snowfall, and https://timesofmalta.com/article/heavy-hail-blankets-parts-malta.1122638). In order to check to see if I’ve missed something in nine pages of google results, I asked both ChatGPT and Gemini (not ideal, but, if there was something, it might have given me the right keywords to independently verify). I’ve tried many different combinations of keywords to try to find something that fits all three categories, to no avail. I feel that the fact that at least three newspapers from the times of Malta alone about 2 minutes of snow in a very small area, and the many more articles about the January 2026 hail should give a solid guess that they would publish about another snow. I’ve been spending an absurd amount of time trying to prove a negative. If need be, I’ll turn the claim into a different one (i.e., “Snow in Malta is very rare, but it has happened[whatever ref here]”). _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 21:22, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

(Sorry if the tone comes off wrong, I just am annoyed at all the reference rules cutting off most of the social media things (plenty from the Times of Malta, but not sure on the reliability of such claims, and I’ve still found nothing, at least that I can see.) _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 21:27, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

It's a common problem, and that's why these types of claims are rare. The statement snow is very rare is probably a good one to include. You don't even have to say when it happened last? The sources you have contradict each other (2014 or earlier). In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 07:50, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the input! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 14:28, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the thorough review! It really helped me improve the climate and energy sections! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 17:17, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Normally, when people provide you a review, the best way to respond is to reply bullet point by bullet point. That way, it's easier to engage in dialogue. For instance, you've decided to cover different topics for the climate change subsection. I don't know if a subsection is necessary but:

• The section is still too number-heavy

Replaced ranges with the arithmetic mean of the two endpoints and added “around”, I think that makes it a bit better. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:10, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

• The drying trend is likely important when talking about climate change impacts. The mediterannean is a drying hotspot and it's very possible Malta is also experiencing this trend

I’ve added a sentence. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:10, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

The sentence you added is about weather (dry summers in recent years), so it doesn't fit in the climate change section and is too much recentism. Can you find a source about the trend instead? In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 08:20, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 17:44, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Given the access-date of your new source, did you copy this from another article? Copying content within Wikipedia requires attribution in an edit summary (see WP:CWW). The paper seems to give a suspiciously precise number for the reduction in rainfall. Furthermore, it's published in mdpi, a journal club many people do not trust as reliable. In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 18:09, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

@Femke: Huh. I didn’t copy it from another article, it just seems to have gotten the date wrong. Fine if I change it to use this: https://energywateragency.gov.mt/water-scarcity-and-drought-conditions-in-the-maltese-islands/ instead? Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 18:40, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Looks like a good source! In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 18:46, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help! In the future, do you mind if you ping me? I’m watching the peer review, but not getting notifications. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 18:52, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

• I would not add quotes, they get outdated fast. The quote you added is taken out of context; you make the prime minister sound like a climate denier, by implying he thinks climate change is an opportunity. The article instead talks about how the energy transition is an opportunity for Malta

Fixed. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:10, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

• The number of 0.71C is incorrect (not sure where they got it from). Like the rest of Europe Malta has experienced over 1C (https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/111488/maltas_climate_got_14c_hotter_over_last_century). Please use a template for displaying the temperature rise, so that it adds the appropriate non-breaking space and the degree sign. In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 18:15, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Replaced with yours and worked with a newfound parameter in convert _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:10, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:17, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

@Femke: How do you suggest making the section less number-y? _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:38, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

You can compare it to the text at Indonesia#Climate and China#Geography. Both of them have a much more narrative style of what the climate is actually like in a day-to-day sense. In solidarity, —Femke (talk) 🐦 19:51, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

on "History - Prehistory" section

Mr. Wkipedian12512, Thank you for reviewing.

The points I was concerned about are "these animals" and "no such animals" in the second sentence("However, this seems...").

>Malta has been inhabited since at least 6500 BC, with the arrival >of Mesolithic era hunter-gatherers, which likely came from Sicily.[25] >However, this seems unlikely as recent work suggests these animals >went extinct many thousands of years before the arrival of the first people,[26] >and no such animals were found in association with the earliest known >Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.[27] The claim for an earlier occupation of >the island by Neanderthals is widely rejected.[27]

It seems that there is no description corresponding "these" and "such". So I imported a sentence including descriptions for "these" / "such" animals (that had been extinct) from the article "History of Malta".

muransky (talk) 13:22, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Malta Prehistory

Missing Text

This section seems to have lost some text. As of 8:15PM EDT on August 11, it begins as follows:

"Malta has been inhabited since at least 6500 BC, with the arrival of Mesolithic era hunter-gatherers, which likely came from Sicily.[25] However, this seems unlikely as recent work suggests these animals went extinct many thousands of years before the arrival of the first people,[26] and no such animals were found in association with the earliest known Mesolithic hunter-gatherers."

The second sentence's reference to "these animals" lacks an antecedent. There is no prior reference to animals hunted by the first human inhabitants. A description of them needs to be restored.

P.S. - couldn't log in because system did not send me verification code. ~2026-44044-68 (talk) 00:20, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Sorry. I meant to remove all of that (I removed the first bit) for weight reasons. I must have missed it. Thanks! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 03:51, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Plague

Missing is any mention of the 1813-1814 plague: 1813–1814 Malta plague epidemic. Kdammers (talk) 01:35, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

This is a broad topic, so all information is basic. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 17:38, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Malta/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Wikipedian12512 (talk · contribs) 22:01, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 00:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Ooh, another country article! I'll try to give this one a look over the coming days. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I’m glad for a familiar face. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:24, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

@Generalissima: Just making sure you remember, fine if you need more time. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 16:21, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• It consists of an archipelago which is 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya The distances clutter up the lede a bit, and I don't think they're needed right here. Restating that it is an archipelago is a bit unnecessary when we already say its an island country. Perhaps the first sentence could be something like "Malta [...] is an island country located in the central Mediterranean Sea between Italy, Tunis, and Libya."? And instead of "it consists of an archipelago", we could say "It consists of two main islands, Malta and Gozo."?

• Good point. I’ll go with that. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:24, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• "which is the smallest capital city in the European Union by both area and population this would be a good line in the article on Valletta, but I don't think this information is due weight in the lead for the country itself.

• Another good point; plus isn’t mentioned anywhere else. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:24, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• and the 166th most populated Not needed for the lede.

• I disagree. The paragraph is talking about Malta’s place in the world, which does need some overall indicator of relative population. I could also change it to [some number]th/rd/nd least populated. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:24, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Various sources consider the country to consist of a single urban region, for which it is often described as a city-state. Why does this need to be attributed? We can just say "It is often described as a city-state", much simpler.

• Good point; I’ve made it work without “various sources consider”, though I prefer the reasoning as to why it is considered a city state. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:24, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Paragraph on history is good.
  • Wikilink Allies. Also, I don't think you need to specify it was a base "for North Africa and the Mediterranean"; its location makes that somewhat obvious.

• Yeah, good point. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:41, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• You can wikilink Music of Malta, Maltese cuisine, and Architecture of Malta.

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:41, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• freedom of conscience and religious worship can simplify to "freedom of religion".

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:41, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Nowadays unneeded

• Done, though a “now” needs to be somewhere. I’ve added it elsewhere. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:41, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Wikilink Tourism in Malta

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:41, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Etymology

• Unsure if the mini-paragraph about the use of "Malta" in English is needed.

• Weak disagree, but done. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 12:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

History

• 6500-8000 BC - should be 8000-6500 BC, no?

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 14:19, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• The claim for an occupation of the island by Neanderthals is widely rejected If it's widely-rejected, it probably shouldn't be mentioned here.

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 18:55, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Give rough dates for the Neolithic

• Can you clarify? The farmers, the period itself, or the Neolithic culture that was exhibited? Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 18:55, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• A common occupation of megalithic temple-building came later This sentence reads a little weird to me, like that people's jobs were to build megalithic temples.

• Done. Also realized that my book (A Brief History of Malta, by J. S. Abela) worked for everything save the pyramid part, which I got from the Cultures of the World series at my library, so I’ve gone lighter on citations for that paragraph. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:12, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Also, either arising from or supplanting the previous culture is a bit meaningless, because it’s not like there are other options beyond these two.

• Done. (There are other options, like coexisting with, but the readers are unlikely to think that given the wording.) Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:12, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• These temples are the oldest standing stone structures in the world This can't be right; see Barnenez, the Knap of Howar, the Tumulus of Bougon, Çatalhöyük, Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, etc.

• Oops. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:12, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Actually, wait. I’m going to self revert; we should figure this out. There are a bunch of important words here. It must be standing, so this rules out things that have collapsed, are underwater, etc.. It must be free-standing, so anything that relies on non-stone for support on anything other than a relatively flat ground doesn’t count. It also must be a structure, so it has to consist of multiple stones reliant on each other. Çatalhöyük doesn’t count, it is mudbrick. The last two you said are debatable in these criteria; one could give an argument that they aren’t free standing because some of the pillars are slotted into the ground.

In the timeline part of megalith, I can’t see anything satisfying all of those before Malta. Am I missing something? Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:20, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, when adding to Wikipedia, in order to avoid copyright troubles, I changed the words there a bit, adding partial ambiguity. I’ve changed the wording to something more clear. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:30, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

To be more clear, the requirements are that it is megalithic, standing, free-standing, and a structure. Sorry that my entire reasoning is a mess. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 15:43, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

• The link to Carthage should probably go to Ancient Carthage

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:03, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• the island fell back into the hands of Carthage This reads too flowery. "returned to Carthaginian control" maybe?

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• the Roman consul named Tiberius Sempronius Longus I know you wanna avoid sea of blue, but you can instead say "Tiberius Sempronius Longus, a Roman consul".

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:03, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• During the Migration Period as the Western Roman Empire declined I think "As the Western Roman Empire declined during the Migration Period," would read better

• Good point, done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Briefly introduce the Vandals and Ostrogoths as Germanic tribes

• Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Introduce Belisarius

• Done, good point. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• Malta's religious allegiance oscillated between the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople this predates the East–West Schism, no? Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be a relatively minor issue of church hierarchy rather than proper religious affiliation prior to the schism

• Sorry, I don’t quite understand. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:52, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

• Malta became involved in the Arab–Byzantine wars, and the conquest of Malta is linked with the Muslim conquest of Sicily that began in 827 after Admiral Euphemius' betrayal of his fellow Byzantines, requesting that the Aghlabids invade the island Weirdly passive tone here, while "betrayal of his fellow Byzantines" is very opinionated and non-neutral. Rewrite this section.

• Reworded the betrayal bit and removed misleading bit (it was a different island). Is the passive tone in the “linked with”? Sicily has historically been linked with Malta and this is no exception. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:52, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

• Specify the Banu Matkud were Berber

• Done, though it flows poorly. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:32, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

• Christian captives also not neutral language

• Disagree, they were in captivity as an alternative to conversion, but I’ll change to “the Christians”. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:32, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

• but its trade destroyed this is gramatically incorrect; it's also unclear what it means, give context on it.

• Fixed; though I don’t understand what’s unclear. It was a shell of its former self after the Arabs and the freeing from them, and so, although it was a country, it did not have the people or materials to give it any economic sway, and thus remained a glorified fortress. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:32, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay! Lets get back to this.

• was welcomed by the Christians, who were glad to re-convert to Christianity if they had to re-convert, they weren't Christians then, were they? "Openly practice"? Also "glad" seems a bit informal phrasing here.

Some converted back, some just came out of hiding, I’ll change to be more clear. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Hohenstaufen German dynasty German Hohenstaufen dynasty.

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Aragon aiding.. itself in the battle of Malta?

It was more like Aragon aiding Aragonese Malta, but I’ll rework. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Link Valletta at first mention

Already linked in lead, but done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Why did Napoleon conquer Malta?

Probably because it was the thing people liked conquering. It had a good central position in the Mediterranean, it was rarely heavily fortified, and, from what I know of Napoleon, he just liked conquering things, no matter their actual worth. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Merge some of these smaller paragraphs together.

@Generalissima:: What smaller paragraphs? Also, I have unresponded to questions above. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Explain what the Treaty of Paris ended.

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• Are there truly no notable events in Malta between 1814 and 1915?

ABHOM has exactly one paragraph between those years, with about five pages on WWII, so basically. The only thing possibly worth mention is the Suez Canal. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Geography

• Putting Malta, Gozo, and Comino on the same level feels misleading, since Malta has over ten times as many people as Gozo. Comino has a total population of two. I would introduce the islands in terms of relative proportion and area.
• I'm unsure if the phytogeographic region is important enough to include here.
• According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (an alternate name for the World Wildlife Fund, or WWF), the territory of Malta belongs to the terrestrial 1) you can just say World Wildlife Fund. no need to give an alternate name or say WWF, but 2) why does this need to be couched in a source? You can just say Malta is within the Tyrrhenian–Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests ecoregion. I would also put this into a flora and fauna section later on.
• Excessive sections and subsections IMO; climate, climate change, and flora could be combined into one "environment" subsection (why no mention of fauna?) Geology can be put under the main geography section. Cities and urbanization can be merged into a "cities and urbanization" subsection.-G

Government and politics

• Pretty good all around. You have too many small one or two sentence paragraphs, many ought to be combined.-G
• Maltese politics is a two-party system How long has this been the case?
• Nothing on legal system or policing?
• Maltese legislation recognises both civil and canonical (ecclesiastical) marriages Why is this important enough to include under human rights on the main Malta article?
• Nothing about immigration or refugees?

• It’s in the demographics section, I think. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:04, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• I would look at what international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International have to say about Malta to summarize its human rights record, rather than just list individual rights granted.

Economy

• Its major resources are limestone, a favourable geographic location, and a productive labour force This is a cute phrase, but only the first are really understood as a resource in the sense we would expect here.
• Nothing about fishing? I would assume it would be at least as important as agriculture.
• What kind of agriculture is practiced, if fresh water is limited? What sort of crops are grown?
• Currency and finance section would benefit by being collated into larger paragraphs, and by being made more chronological (right now, it is essentially reverse-chronology)
• I would merge the science and technology subsection with education further down.

Demographics

• Add links to the racial categories. I would also briefly introduce the Maltese people as a concept, and what distinguishes them from other ethnic groups present in the area.
• Although historically a land of emigration this is a very confusing way to put this
• Religion section seems overly detailed. We don't need to know the specifics of every small denomination present here, or so many details about Christianity's early history in the islands.
• How many universities and colleges are there in Malta?
• Health subsection is tiny. Are there any major hospitals? It's a small enough country it seems you could list the main ones.

Culture

• No top-level discussion of culture beyond the subsections?
• tales, fables, and legends is repetitive and overlinking.
• Festivals and traditions has a number of Maltese terms mentioned but without any explanation.
• Surely there can be more than two sentences about music if we have paragraphs about art...
• Cuisine can surely have a few more sentences added. What contrasts it from other Mediterranean cuisines?
• Sports is also excessively short. Are there any professional sports teams on the islands that are notable?

Order of religions in pie chart

The pie chart depicting percentages of religious belief has religions listed out of order. I'm unsure if the chart is going by size of percentage, or grouping certain religions together; either way, it needs to be adjusted. 4Valletta (talk) 02:33, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

How so? It lists religions in order of size, with Christian denominations grouped together to allow easier visualisation of overall christianity. Traumnovelle (talk) 05:40, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Requested copy edit completed

Editors who may have worked on this article and others interested: I've just completed the requested copy edit of the article that was made to the Guild of Copy Editors awhile back. Please be aware that when we work on requested copy edits, it's not expected that we check facts or references … unless we choose to.

I'd like to share a few things that I did in the copy edit, along with some related suggestions, which I will do as soon as possible, hopefully later in the day. Augnablik 19:35, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 16:19, 2 October 2026 (UTC)