Talk:South Moluccas
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[edit] Merger
I've merged Republik Maluku Selatan into South Moluccas because the two articles were about the same subject. I could have merged them into the Republik Maluku Selatan instead, but chose not to because we don't (or shouldn't) have articles for "Republik Indonesia", "Bundesrepublik Deutschland", "Republique Francaise", etc. I was around in the 1970s when the South Moluccans were blowing up trains in the Netherlands, and I recall that they were called "South Moluccans". I don't think that Republik Maluku Selatan was in common use in English-language media. Kevintoronto 19:25, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- ... which is really the explanation I was looking for. I seen that you've gone and bypassed the redirects, too, so I guess we're set. siafu 19:29, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I should have posted that explanation at the same time I merged, although not much time has elapsed. If you or someone else has a good reason for moving the merged article to Republik Maluku Selatan, it won't be difficult switching eveything over. There aren't that many links to the article. Kevintoronto 19:35, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- One more comment on the name. Around 1969, I came across some stamps printed with the name "Republik Maluku Selatan" and was unable to find a reference to them in any published stamp books (Scott's catalogs) or encyclopedias of the time. The stamps were not official (and could be fakes), so that might explain it, but all English sources did refer to the Moluccas, which I concluded was the same as Maluku. Of course, today that connection is trivial to make. I still have the stamps. The images are probably not copyrighted, so maybe I'll upload them. -- Slowmover 17:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- I should have posted that explanation at the same time I merged, although not much time has elapsed. If you or someone else has a good reason for moving the merged article to Republik Maluku Selatan, it won't be difficult switching eveything over. There aren't that many links to the article. Kevintoronto 19:35, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Also, the Wikipedia Style Guide recommends using English versions of place names where they are available. While an argument could be made that the RMS was an organization, and not a country, I don't agree. While I am not an expert in the RMS, I think that it would be more accurate to describe the RMS as a would-be country, and the organization fighting for its independence as the "RMS government-in-exile". Kevintoronto 20:07, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I am a Moluccan, and I can tell you that it was an organization. Not all people of Moluccas supported them then, and most of people here reject the provocation. South Moluccas incident was a trial of rebellion, and not a country forming. Moluccas is clearly a part of Indonesia now and then. 19 Apr 2006 -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.120.116.249 (talk • contribs).
