Talk:Queen Charlotte Islands

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[edit] Move/Rename this page Haida Gwaii

This page should be renamed/moved to Haida Gwaii. The term Haida Gwaii has been in use for thousands of years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iankeir (talk • contribs) 02:50, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Disagree: Uh, no, it hasn't. I think there's even a citation as to the date of its modern-era coinage....as likewise with terms like Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka'wakw and Sto:lo - modern-era political inventions; and there's evidence Tsimshian people lived there not so long ago, and the fact there was no "Haida state", rather a bunch of warring kingdoms, more allies than a nation/place. The thing with you knee-jerk P.C. types is you believe all the baffle that's thrown at you, and yet manage to overlook the evidence taht's presented to you at t he same time if it's inconvenient. Teh issue in Wiki anyway is citability and officiality; the official name remains the QCI - and officially "Haida Gwaii", as I already noted (and you choose to ignore), includes Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, i.e. QCI is NOT synonymous with Haida Gwaii. That's why you were overruled, above adn beyond your high-handed attempt to remake the world in your own political/cultural viewpoint's self-image...that was jujst bad Wikprocedure; it was also arrogant, but p.c.ism is inherently arrogant - "only we're right and no one else has the right to speak", as I heard one p.c.-oid put it....and the logic "evil in return for evil" is all over the resulting coduct/behaviour/attitudes...the QCI are a geographic entity, Haida Gwaii a cultural and political one; they're not the same, so give it up. You can belive whatever you want; just don't expect anyone else to..Skookum1 (talk) 03:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Disagree: the official name should be used as the article title. If the official name changes to Haida Gwaii, then the move should be considered—however this doesn't appear to be likely at this point in time. Also, my source indicates that Haida Gwaii has been in use since the early to mid 1970s, whereas the name "Queen Charlotte Islands" was given in July 1787. The name "Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai" is the oldest name for the region—but no one appears to use it anymore.+mt 03:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)