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[edit] Government Section Addition?

I found in Places and Peoples of the World: Bahamas by Patricia E. MacCulla, that the House of Assembly has 43 members and yet in the CIA World Fact book, it indicates there is only 40 seats in the House of Assembly. Is there any explanation for the discrepancy? Ruishi 05:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Language in History

The language in the history section is in need of improvement. I have made some alterations to the first paragraph but am hesitant to make any further changes without citations that back up the factual basis of the material (i.e., I don't know if whats there is accurate, and I don't want to make it sound better if it's not). Could a subject matter expert weigh in with some citations? Robbins 02:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] more vandalism

some one has vandilised this page, 'islands of humping for fun?' islamic conference links? or did someone confuse us with bahrain?

[edit] What's with the edit war?

What's with the edit war around the Commonwealth links. The Bahamas is part of the Commonwealth, right? -- mjlodge 03:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Names

This article and some that it links to need to be updated to incorporate the correct forms of the country's names. 'The Commonwealth of The Bahamas' and 'The Bahamas / Bahamas, The', not 'the Bahamas' or 'Bahamas'. Also Tristian M. Williams married singer and song writter Trey Songz On one of our many beautiful beaches. Mr Wynn was the preacher.

That's not the way English is typically written. Can you provide a link showing that the official name uses the capitalization you recommend? -- Cyan 16:31, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb/home.nsf and the Queen's title explicity calls it the 'Commonwealth of The Bahamas' -- Chrism 16:32, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC) (The person above wasn't me btw)

[edit] Infobox

Why isn't template:bahamas infobox used?--Jerryseinfeld 20:42, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Is there an added value of using template:bahamas infobox? Just asking. Alister 03:03, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Why were 84.66.195.243's edits deleted with no explanation? mjlodge 03:46, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[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 03:40 (UTC)

[edit] Territorial Waters

At United States, we say that the Territorial waters of the United States border the Bahamas and Russia. Since territorial waters extend 12 miles from a nations coast, and since the bodies of water seperating the US from each of those countries seem to be bigger than 24 miles, I am uncertain of this claims veracity. However, it is possible there is some little bitty island that does not appear on my maps, which would push out the limit. Can anyone find worthwhile sources? Johntex 21:27, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect?

Does anyone know why BAH redirects here? There is no discussion on that page, and there are no instances of the acronym BAH here. — THOR =/\= 19:27, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

The only reason why someone would of done this is because at the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and other major international sporting events, The Bahamas compete under the code of BAH. Cheers -- Ianblair23 (talk) 22:30, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Vandalism

Hello. I noticed that someone has vandalised this page, writing: "The Cuban Government along with Homer Jay Simpson" which is obviously vandalism. I tried look into what we should do in that case, but being new to wikipedia I couldn't find a good explanation. If anyone knows what to do please do it. Thanks.(Toritaiyo 14:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC))

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[edit] History of the names: Bahamas versus Burma

Does anybody know that Bahamas was named after "Burma (Bermah, now Myanmar)"?

I have read an article somewhere a few years ago, that during Columbus time, India was hot in Europe for its spices, gold, and precious stones. That's the main reason that gave a push to Colubus and his collegues finding India. At that time in history, location and direction to go to India was kept secret to the best merchants of Europe, with the intension to monopoly its commerce.

Burma was well known to Portugese and Burma already was its major European trader partner at that time. Many Europeans have heard that Burma is located next to India. It is a well known accepted fact that those who discovered America thought it was India, so they named the natives "Indian", whom were later called "American Indians".

It could be a fact, or at least a theory that when Portugese passed by Bahamas Island, they recorded that it must be Bermah, existing next to the land of Indians. After all these years, Bermah (or Burma) was spelt differently from what we know Burma and now known as 'The Bahamas'.

There are so many problems with this "theory" that I'm not sure to where to begin. The Portuguese never passed by the Bahamas. The Portuguese sailed east around Africa, and were forbidden to do otherwise by the treaty of tordesillas. Also Portuguese contact with India began in 1498, thats 6 years after Colombus' firt voyage. So the Portuguese angle is wrong. Could there be a Marco Polo angle? since it was from him that most of the information about india came from? The land was refered to as Bramadesh in sanscrit, And Marco Polo did in fact visit what is today Burma (Myanmar) but there needs to be more than this speculation to make a theory. If Columbus had thought this was Burma he would have cited it in his journal as proof of reaching the East. but he doesn't. So I would leave this in speculation not encyclopedic material, unless you can site an academic dispute in journals or other material over the matter.Mad05963 06:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed WikiProject

There is now a proposed WikiProject for the Caribbean area, including The Bahamas, 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 16:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] school

the schools are nice with a lot of butt on them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.61.224.198 (talk) 19:10, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] where?

Are the Bahamas considered to be in the Caribbean Sea? Are the Bahamas considere3d to be part of the West Indies? Or what? Hmains 23:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

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