Talk:Riau Islands (province)

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[edit] split article proposal: Riau Islands province vs Riau Islands/Archipelago

This article was created to refer to the Riau Islands as the Riau archipelago south of Singapore.

The problem is, the recently created Riau Islands province covers more than the Riau archipelago, and includes the Natunas and Anambas archipelagos, which have nothing to do with Riau archipelago in terms of history, geography, political situation (with Singapore), social and cultural situation (current mix of population due to industrialization, orang lauts, Tanjung Pinang, language...), etc.

Therefore I propose the article should be split between the Riau Islands Province as opposed to Riau Islands (as Riau Archipelago), the latter being the current article!Tlanson 01:25, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

  • support Tobias Conradi (Talk) 17:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Why can't Riau archipelago history be put in the Riau Islands province page? — Indon (reply) — 10:54, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] move of Riau Islands (province) to Riau Islands

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move to Riau Islands. Joelito (talk) 16:57, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

  • support - Riau Islands Province is the primary meaning of the term. Other meanings can be found by the user on the disambiguation page. (MichaelJLowe 11:17, 26 September 2006 (UTC))
  • Support - no need to add province. — Indon (reply) — 10:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Support --Yath 13:39, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. *drew 14:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. Asteriontalk 14:12, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.