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Contents 1 Wikipedia:Caribbean Wikipedians' notice board 2 History 3 Natalee Holloway 4 Spoken version 5 Papiemento 6 Motto 7 no disputes... 8 External links restructured 9 Proposed WikiProject

[edit] Wikipedia:Caribbean Wikipedians' notice board

I would like to announce the establishment of the Wikipedia:Caribbean Wikipedians' notice board. Anyone with an interest in the Caribbean is welcome to join in. Guettarda 1 July 2005 13:37 (UTC)

[edit] History

There is something wrong with the following sentence, at least grammatically: Movement toward full independence by 1996 was halted at Aruba's request in 1990. The Gnome 03:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Why? It means "the [movement to achieve independency by 1996] was halted [at Aruba's request in 1990]". Where's the problem? —Nightstallion (?) 13:01, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Natalee Holloway

I removed the Natalee Holloway reference from the short summary of Aruba's history in the main page. Not only is this totally US-centric (it hasn't been "in the news" at all outside of the US) but I hardly think the incident is even close to having enough significance that a island with an entire millennium of history should have an entire third of a summary of said history devoted to it. --Jamieli 18:25, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

FWIW: I agree. A sad event but insignificant in a broad view. See Missing white woman syndrome. MH 18:59, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

I removed the Holloway part from Miscellaneous, there are over 200000 unsolved murder cases in the USA, how 'bout we put the names of those missing/murdered people on the main pages of the USA or their states? Dont think so...... Superdude99 17:33, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

I heard someone go missing in New York last month. Quick everyone, everyone lets all boycott New York City!

The idea of a boycott on Aruba- is just as effective as- if the EU threatened to boycott a part of the USA like Puerto Rico. The circumstance for this one missing person was- tragic but really-- get a grip! Why did this school not have a buddy--system implemented for their students before they turned them all loose to get drunk in a bar and go driving all over without any clue of taking care of their student's well being???? Would the school have turned a class full of students loose in any major US city without any supervision? CaribDigita 08:57, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spoken version

I didn't have much to do, so I created a spoken word version of this artical, it's my first attempt at a spoken word artical. It took longer to make then I thought it would. I hope people find it useful. --dirtyliberal 05:36, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Papiemento

My error, sorry.

[edit] Motto

According to everything I've found on the web, the motto "One Happy Island" isn't actually a national motto, it only appears on taxi license plates. I've removed the motto; feel free to revert if I'm wrong. Pruneau^T 20:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

it should not be called a motto, I think, but there is an official message communicated through the Aruba Touorism Authority. Since Aruba's tourism is an important economic factor, this message is used in all kinds of communication, not just on taxi's. In fact there is recently a new 'slogan' (which I would prefer to call it) developed. This slogan is, however, not official yet, so I will not mention it until it's announced. Blonkm 15:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] no disputes...

how come nobody ever disputed this occupation of south american /central american territory ? no minister said anything political about it ever ? Amoruso 01:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't see why. It's just been sooo long ago now. And the 'rumors' about Venezuela being interested to occupy Aruba are just that: rumors. Blonkm 14:05, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links restructured

I have put some new links in the section and organized it as well. There may be too many links in there, but I think at least it's nicely organized. Some links may fit into a more specific article text on the subject. Like e.g. Central Bank had a lot of critics in the government, and Setar was recently made semi-private, getting an important competitor in the form of Digicel. I also removed some obvious personal links ('one couples guide to aruba') and replaced them with more established local tourism guides. Blonkm 14:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed WikiProject

There is now a proposed WikiProject for the Caribbean area, including Aruba, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Caribbean. Interested parties should add their names there so we can determine if there is enough interest to start such a project in earnest. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)