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Change From: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first known European visitor to Fiji, sighting the northern island of Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni archipelago in 1643 while looking for the Great Southern Continent.[citation needed]
To: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first known European visitor to Fiji, sighting the northern island of Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni archipelago in 1643 while looking for the Great Southern Continent. [1] CitationCreator2023 ( talk) 04:45, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
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In society, under Demographics, in the sentence where it mentions Indo Fijians, please redirect descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands to Indian indenture system (i.e. Indian contract labourers brought to the islands). 107.120.35.41 ( talk) 05:16, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
i do some have clue on this, they are closely related 103.224.95.4 ( talk) 13:09, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Claiming that the official language of Fiji is Fijian Hindi when the constitution of Fiji states that it is Hindi constitutes "original research".
The actual constitution of Fiji states that the language is Hindi. All documents put out by the government of Fiji are in standard Hindi.
Note 4 in the article says, "in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, it is simply called "Hindi", still implying Fiji Hindi, rather than the standard Hindi of India."
Can someone please provide some evidence about why this implies Fiji Hindi?
I recognize that there are variations of Hindi spoken around the world, but all the documents made by the government of Fiji (the Constitution, information about public health, literary awards) are published in standard Hindi in the Devanagari alphabet. Surely this reality should be acknowledged in Wikipedia? I have in the past linked to Fijian government documents and videos to show that they are in standard Hindi but they seem to have been removed.
Can someone please explain why Wikipedia insists on Fiji's government recognizing Fiji Hindi, when the government and its constitution use standard Hindi and explicitly use the word "Hindi"?
Ahassan05 ( talk)ahassan05 Ahassan05 ( talk) 16:50, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
This subsection of the article claims:
"Thousands of European planters flocked to Fiji to establish plantations, but found the natives unwilling to adapt to their plans."
They were "unwilling to adapt"? Seriously? Shouldn't this say something like "unwilling to be slaves, but too numerous, too well established, and too well armed to be taken by force"?
Planters could easily themselves have "adapted", by advertising that they were hiring a large number of workers and waiting for the crowds of eager applicants. There is a reason they did not do that. TooManyFingers ( talk) 15:21, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
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Change From: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first known European visitor to Fiji, sighting the northern island of Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni archipelago in 1643 while looking for the Great Southern Continent.[citation needed]
To: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first known European visitor to Fiji, sighting the northern island of Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni archipelago in 1643 while looking for the Great Southern Continent. [1] CitationCreator2023 ( talk) 04:45, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
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In society, under Demographics, in the sentence where it mentions Indo Fijians, please redirect descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands to Indian indenture system (i.e. Indian contract labourers brought to the islands). 107.120.35.41 ( talk) 05:16, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
i do some have clue on this, they are closely related 103.224.95.4 ( talk) 13:09, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Claiming that the official language of Fiji is Fijian Hindi when the constitution of Fiji states that it is Hindi constitutes "original research".
The actual constitution of Fiji states that the language is Hindi. All documents put out by the government of Fiji are in standard Hindi.
Note 4 in the article says, "in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, it is simply called "Hindi", still implying Fiji Hindi, rather than the standard Hindi of India."
Can someone please provide some evidence about why this implies Fiji Hindi?
I recognize that there are variations of Hindi spoken around the world, but all the documents made by the government of Fiji (the Constitution, information about public health, literary awards) are published in standard Hindi in the Devanagari alphabet. Surely this reality should be acknowledged in Wikipedia? I have in the past linked to Fijian government documents and videos to show that they are in standard Hindi but they seem to have been removed.
Can someone please explain why Wikipedia insists on Fiji's government recognizing Fiji Hindi, when the government and its constitution use standard Hindi and explicitly use the word "Hindi"?
Ahassan05 ( talk)ahassan05 Ahassan05 ( talk) 16:50, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
This subsection of the article claims:
"Thousands of European planters flocked to Fiji to establish plantations, but found the natives unwilling to adapt to their plans."
They were "unwilling to adapt"? Seriously? Shouldn't this say something like "unwilling to be slaves, but too numerous, too well established, and too well armed to be taken by force"?
Planters could easily themselves have "adapted", by advertising that they were hiring a large number of workers and waiting for the crowds of eager applicants. There is a reason they did not do that. TooManyFingers ( talk) 15:21, 26 May 2024 (UTC)