Talk:Malta

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

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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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)

@Generalissima: I think I’ve responded to your comments. I have a few questions about some of them. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:31, 11 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.

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:36, 11 October 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)

For a better comparison, it spends the same amount of time on those 100 years as on a tentative German plan to dam the Mediterranean. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:21, 11 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’ve done the Comino part, though Gozo and Malta are “close enough” where it isn’t worth the flow disruption of adding what would be needed, I think. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:03, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

(That said, you’re cleverer than me, so make any changes my stupid brain can’t think of :)). Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:56, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

• I'm unsure if the phytogeographic region is important enough to include here.

Moved it to fauna. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:03, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

(Sorry, flora) Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:33, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

• 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.

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:03, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

• 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

Good point, I’ll work on it now. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:32, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Okay, after doing a bit of research, it appears that the fauna of Malta kinda blows. I’ll see what I can do about a paragraph. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:35, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Government and politics

• Pretty good all around. You have too many small one or two sentence paragraphs, many ought to be combined.-G

Thanks, I’ll do so! Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 00:59, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• Maltese politics is a two-party system How long has this been the case?

1966, the first election. I’ve added. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:15, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• Nothing on legal system or policing?

I’ve added a bit on the legal system, but I haven’t found the police force being as important in sources. That said, if you can find a good reason, give a source or two and I’ll go ahead. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:21, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• Maltese legislation recognises both civil and canonical (ecclesiastical) marriages Why is this important enough to include under human rights on the main Malta article?

Good point, removed. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 00:59, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• 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.

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:50, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

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.

Fixed. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 11:36, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• Nothing about fishing? I would assume it would be at least as important as agriculture.

Somehow, now. According to https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/fish-consumption-among-maltese-among-the-lowest-in-the-eu/, they have among the lowest seafood diets in the EU. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:58, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

• What kind of agriculture is practiced, if fresh water is limited? What sort of crops are grown?

Mainly small-scale farms by people with other jobs, which I've added. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 13:35, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• 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)

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:55, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

• I would merge the science and technology subsection with education further down.

@Generalissima:: Which name should I keep? Where should I place it? Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 22:55, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

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.

Done to the best of my extent. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 00:43, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

• Although historically a land of emigration this is a very confusing way to put this

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:06, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

• 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.

Fixed. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 13:30, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

• How many universities and colleges are there in Malta?

Just the university of Malta. I've added a paragraph from the GA Education in Malta. Cheers, _{In solidarity}User:Wikipedian12512(alt) (Talking is fine | contribs) 14:21, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

• Health subsection is tiny. Are there any major hospitals? It's a small enough country it seems you could list the main ones.

Mainly Mater Dei, which I’ve added a bit about. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 21:00, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

Culture

• No top-level discussion of culture beyond the subsections?

Not really sure what I’d put there. Any suggestions? Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:28, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

• tales, fables, and legends is repetitive and overlinking.

Done. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 21:14, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

• Festivals and traditions has a number of Maltese terms mentioned but without any explanation.

Fixed. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 00:42, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

• Surely there can be more than two sentences about music if we have paragraphs about art...

Added some. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:23, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

• Cuisine can surely have a few more sentences added. What contrasts it from other Mediterranean cuisines?

Added a bit, though I couldn’t find anything about contrast easily. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:51, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

• Sports is also excessively short. Are there any professional sports teams on the islands that are notable?

Added some on football. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:39, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

Literature and media (from an interloper)

Hi! I'm new and not sure I'm doing things correctly, so please excuse me and correct me if I'm commenting at the wrong place. It seems to me that a mention of would be appropriate in literature and media, and has political implications as well. Her murder was rather seismic for political leadership and also for media. Underoke (talk) 02:24, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Feel free to do that yourself! Or, if you give me a source, I can, but I can’t find a good one about her life as well as death. Cheers, _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:29, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

Sources

Sorry for the delay -very busy week. Getting back to this now. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:31, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

I'm sorry for not seeing this to begin the review with, but a large percentage of the sources here do not seem to meet criteria for RSes. I would implore you to look at what sort of sources existing GAs and FAs countries use. Obviously, smaller countries don't always have the mass array of sources that larger ones do, but you should be using reliable, academic publishers or major news outlets whenever possible. Compare the sources used by Falkland Islands or Timor-Leste for example. These in particular don't strike me as reliable.

1. Cultures of the World: Malta by Cavendish Square publishers
2. seatemperature.com
3. Free Online Encyclopedia
4. maltaweather.com
5. VisitMalta
6. Raw Honey Guide
7. Maltawildplants.com
8. Travel Malta by MobileReference
9. Jimdiamondmd.com
10. maltaweathersite.com
11. harbourmaps.com
12. AbbyCar
13. bluegreenatlas.com
14. everyalphabet.com
15. theloop.epcr
16. MED Magazine
17. Alloexpat.com
18. guidememalta.com
19. Treatmentabroad
20. naturemalta.com
21. Malta Recent Economic and Political Developments (Lulu.com is a self-publishing firm)
22. The Hope and Optimism Portfolio
23. Malta Country: Strategic Information and Developments. Int'l Business Publications

No idea what the sources in "Sources" and "Attribution" are; these aren't reliable but they also don't seem to be used?

Since this is such a large amount of the sources used in this article, I think I'm going to have to fail this, because I think significant amounts of prose would have to be rewritten. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:31, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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)

Sorry that I couldn't return to share my rationale for making the majority of copy edits that I did, plus my suggestions for further editing, till now; but I was juggling participation in two long-scheduled online events at the same time and my computer seemed to be a hacking target (still unsure as to whether yes or no).

The article was basically well organized and written, overall a pleasure to copy edit. It just needed attention to a number of relatively minor things, but ones that would make a difference in helping you move forward in your hope of getting your article to GA status:

1. Some tightening up of wording

2. Slight rewording for clarity or flow

3. Occasional repositioning of text to a more closely-related location

4. Delinking of wikilinks that had been previously made (Wikipedia asks for single wikilinks with the exception of image captions)

5. Wikilinking of previously unlinked terms or names that seemed important enough to merit linking

6. Breaking of long paragraphs or at points therein where there was a change of thought

7. Checking on basic proofreading issues, in particular to make percent a single word rather than two

8. Reformating of image captions

As for suggestions I might offer:

1. The image in the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans section was confusing, at least to me, because I wasn't sure why some of the territory was white and the rest red, except for the tiny pink sliver, apparently representing the vassals ... but why would they have been in the sea?

2. The second image in that section shows a Roman mosaic from a place called the Domus Romana, but at the time I copy edited the article, I wasn't aware that it is not a mere generic name but a famous location that should be mentioned.

3. Most of the other images: I think you might find other locations than their current ones where they might fit more closely, especially the second imagee under the Crown of Aragon and the Knights of Malta subsection, which—being a map—would seem out of place here.

4. The Geology sub-section of "Geography": this is something else that I wonder about the best placement of, as it struck me as better placed further up in the section. In any event, the space created under the image is visually problematic. Could more information of value be added?

5. In the Transport subsection of "Economy," there's an image of Malta Freeport but no discussion of shipping. And the image of the airplane has ended up down next to the Communications sub-section.

6. In the Migration subsection, there's a table, in which the column heading % total should have an initial T on total.

7. Also in that sub-section is an image of the Child Migrants' Memorial commemorating 310 child migrants to Australia, which begs the question, why is this memorial there and what's the story behind it? Information in image captions should have at least some relationship to the article.

8. In the Health sub-section of "Demographics," there is a long gap of space similar to the Geology sub-section mentioned above (#4), so I ask the same question here as I did there.

If anyone would like to ask any further questions, please feel free to do so here on this page. I wish you all the best in taking the article through the GA goalposts. Augnablik (talk) 16:50, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 October 2026

In the sentence :In 1989, Malta was the venue of a summit between United States and Soviet leaders George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev, which precluded the end of the Cold War.", change precluded to presaged. Mark.prendergast (talk) 14:58, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

Partly done: I used the verb marked as a clearer verb that reflected the source better. The source says, "The Malta summit is regarded by many as the official end of the Cold War..." EvergreenFir (talk) 15:16, 8 October 2026 (UTC)