Talk:Strait of Malacca

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[edit] Naming

My atlas says "Strait of Malacca," (there is only one strait) and the town is now officially spelled Melaka. Should this article be renamed? --Adam 00:26, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The "Melaka" part only makes sense if you speak Malay; "strait" instead of "straits" would be fine with me, my atlas is singular also (and uses "Malacca" for the strait, "Melaka" for the town). --Stan 04:51, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Southeastern limit

What is the geographical coordinate of its southeastern limit with the South China Sea, a peripheral sea of the Pacific Ocean? (Please reply at talk:South China Sea. Thanks.) — Instantnood 19:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Formatting

This article needs formatting something fierce- there definitely shouldn't be a gallery on top. And the references section needs pruning and the external links in it moved to the actual external links section. --maru (talk) contribs 20:25, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seperate article on Piracy in the Malacca Strait

Is anybody interested in an article specifically on Piracy in the Strait of Malacca? There is already scattered information in this article and in the Piracy article on the subject matter. It can place an emphasis on the history of piracy in the Malacca Strait. Hong Qi Gong 04:41, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Piracy in the Strait of Malacca sounds good, interesting topic, especially the part related to Parameswara. L joo 17:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Finally someone responds to this idea!  :) If I can find the time sometime in the next few days, I'll take what content is already available in other articles and make a new article called Piracy in the Strait of Malacca. --- Hong Qi Gong 18:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I glanced over the related existing articles, and it looks like they just have some short mention of how piracy is on the rise again in the Malacca Strait. Top results in a quick Google search seem to only cover issues relating to piracy in recent years. It looks like it'll be a bit more work than I had initially imagined if we are to include information about piracy in history. I'll probably start the article in my userspace when I can sit down longer to do more researching. When I do, I'll link it up here. --- Hong Qi Gong 04:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Here it is - User:HongQiGong/scratch. Right now it only has an intro. I'll be adding a section for history later, and then after that, a section for modern piracy. Please feel free to edit. When the article has some content, I'll move it to its own main article space. --- Hong Qi Gong 19:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Good start on Piracy in the Strait of Malacca. Later, I might want to add, the part in history where the sea experts Orang Laut and Parameswara (sultan), they live the piracy lifestyle in that area during the early Sultanate of Malacca days in the late 14th century. btw, need researches first. L joo 20:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I plan on adding those in the history section somehow. By the way, help with credible sources would be much appreciated. I Googled some up, but they don't seem too authoratative. I'm sure plenty have been written about this topic in books on Southeast Asian history or Malacca Strait history though. --- Hong Qi Gong 20:24, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I've created the piracy article in its own article space and I've linked it to this article. --- Hong Qi Gong 01:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)