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not meaning to be sound thick but why does it say the bahama's is part of north amercia it's not a state it's a country maybe that needs to be reworded cause it sounds like it's part of amercia.Veggiegirl (talk) 20:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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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)

FACT: Each election may bring a different number of MPs to the Bahamas Parliament. The number of MPs is determined by the number of constituencies, which can change prior to an election due to the jerrymandering of the ruling party. In the 2007 election there were 41 constituencies, thus, there are currently 41 MPs. BTW - Three of the constituency results are being contested by the PLP party in election court. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.75.121.18 (talk) 19:43, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

I recently commented on the UBP and FACT (that all Bahamians know) that the UBP party was racist and against pro-Bahamian Blacks. I further commented on what many Bahamians believe to be a fact, that the UBP puts money (just as corporations and the rich put money behind parties they think will support their financial agendas). However, my posting was removed from Wikipedia.

Now, when we allow FREEDOM of SPEECH and TRUTH to shine let me know!

[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?


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

nickBold text 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)

I believe Caribbean nations now regard in 12 miles as territorial, however like the USA, they consider up to 200 miles as that country's EEZ. In most cases the EEZ's in the caribbean overlap and in that case they usually just go by a mid-point/equidistance. CaribDigita 13:36, 9 August 2007 (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))


[edit] More vandalism

Hi people, I have just noticed that this page is still a victim of vandalism by some lunatics. In the first line of History, writing :The Bahamas is an Isand duh. Why are you even on here it is not a realyible sorce. You ARE A DUMB ASS!!!!! "..I am really suprised that why did anybody even bother to clean it up for so long? I hope wikipedis folks would do a better job of keeping an eye on these anti wikipedia folks!!!! Thanks ([User: Puruhsotham |purush_79]) 7:31, 10 May 2007 (IST)) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Purush 79 (talk • contribs) 02:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC).


[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)

"Baja mar" doesn't mean "shallow sea", but "low tide". Berto C 22:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

"Grand Bahama is the most northerly island in The Bahamas. Ignored during early times because of its shallow waters and the treacherous Little Bahama Bank, Grand Bahama is now the second most populous island in The Bahamas, and its major city, Freeport, is regarded as the nation’s second city. Grand Bahama is believed to have been originally settled by the Siboney Arawaks followed by the Lucayan Arawaks, who called the island Bahama. Later it became known as Grand Bahamas."
See also

CaribDigita 04:32, 9 August 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)

[edit] Talk:Great Harbour Cay

Just directing some attention to the above page. Bennelliott • Talk • Contributions 18:13, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Economy Sectoion

Why does the economy section stop around 1986? Was somebody copying from an old encyclopedia? Do we have anything interesting to say about Bahamanian economics in the last 20 years?

[edit] Link deletion

I've deleted the link because it does not meet the eligibility requirements for external links. It is the homepage of a school located in the Bahamas. The site is not actually about the Bahamas; external links are meant to give users more in-depth info about the article subject. This link does not do this, so I have deleted it. Placing the link in this article qualifies it as linkspam: you are trying to promote your school on a WP page that is marginally related to it. Carl.bunderson 22:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair point. I'll exercise a little more care in future. Catherineskii 15:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for comment on "royal" residence of the Governor-General

Editors of this article may wish to comment on the edits being made at Official residence, advancing the unusual view that the official residence of the Governor-General of the Bahamas, and those of his equivalents in other jurisdictions, are "royal" residences (i.e. official residences of the monarch), and that this aspect (assuming for the moment that it exists) deserves mention in a list of official residences, alongside "vice-regal", the somewhat opaque term being substituted for "Governor-General" and the like. -- Lonewolf BC 19:48, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Note: User:Lonewolf BC is here omitting the point that the edits at Official residence are part of a broader cleanup of the article to create a uniform standard; "royal" and "vice-regal" in place of the specific Bahamian Monarch and Governor-General of The Bahamas brings the Bahamas section into line with others which use (by other editors' contributions) "royal," "vice-regal," "presidential," "prime ministerial" and the like.
Comments are certainly welcome at Talk:Official residence to improve the article as a whole. --G2bambino 19:50, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

In regard to G's comment, I trust that you folks will forgive me for focussing on the issue. For your information, though, the "general cleanup" only began after the "royal" issue had arisen, though the two spread to the "Bahamas" entry at the same time. Please judge for yourselves which actions have brought about which. (The "cleanup" is also making the article worse in some other ways, in my opinion. You may wish to look at that, also, but those are separate, or at most indirectly related issues.) -- Lonewolf BC 20:17, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion vote

Please see the deletion vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bahamian Americans. Badagnani 03:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Map

The map shown above the Capital etc in the right listing of the screen marks the island Inagua as not being part of the Bahamas, while the map in the Geography section of this page marks it as being part of the Bahamas. I'm pretty sure it's a Bahamian island, it would be good if someone could correct this. 81.233.251.27 13:10, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] removed

"...and the highest in the Caribbean, excluding the dependent territory of the Cayman Islands..." as it is not in the Caribbean per the intro paragraph and other articles on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Joseph (talk • contribs) 05:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

who is the author? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.244.19 (talk) 04:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hey

hey pplz ma name is michelle francois.....i am fom st.lucia  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.58.196.124 (talk) 21:18, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] the poor people

we love you becauese does not matter whow you asre frome out side waht matters is waht is on the in side —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.160.188.80 (talk) 21:48, 20 May 2008 (UTC)