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The article says:
"The Act of Free Choice ... was truly the opinion of the West Papuan people without any external intervention."
This statement has no citation and seems to be in heavy dispute. For instance the British newspaper The Guardian calls the referendum:
"a UN-sanctioned but discredited ballot ... in which barely 1,000 West Papuan representatives selected by Indonesia cast votes under threat of violence."
I understand that a statement isn't removed just because it has no citation, but doesn't this need to be looked at again?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.154.221 ( talk) 19:36, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
The title "Western New Guinea" as oppose to its legal "West New Guinea" English name, "Irian Jaya" common name from 1973 to 2001, or "West Papua" common English name since 2002 is a Wikipedia invention by editors driven by political agenda and edit war instead of objectivity. BOTH the Indonesian and Netherlands governments used "West New Guinea" in their joint international agreement, https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20437/volume-437-I-6311-English.pdf Daeron ( talk) 20:25, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
If the Weber or the Wallace lines are taken as the boundary between the Asian and the Australian continents, Western New Guinea would not be "the only region of Indonesia situated in Oceania" (emphasis added). 112.120.39.24 ( talk) 09:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Before 1950 the Republic of Indonesia was a constituent of the United States of Indonesia, to which the Netherlands handed over Dutch East Indies in 1949. Dutch New Guinea remained Dutch until the early 1960s. The line "Following its proclamation of independence in 1945, the Republic of Indonesia took over all the former territories of the Dutch East Indies, including Western New Guinea." is therefore not entirely accurate. 112.120.39.24 ( talk) 09:32, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
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The article says:
"The Act of Free Choice ... was truly the opinion of the West Papuan people without any external intervention."
This statement has no citation and seems to be in heavy dispute. For instance the British newspaper The Guardian calls the referendum:
"a UN-sanctioned but discredited ballot ... in which barely 1,000 West Papuan representatives selected by Indonesia cast votes under threat of violence."
I understand that a statement isn't removed just because it has no citation, but doesn't this need to be looked at again?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.154.221 ( talk) 19:36, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
The title "Western New Guinea" as oppose to its legal "West New Guinea" English name, "Irian Jaya" common name from 1973 to 2001, or "West Papua" common English name since 2002 is a Wikipedia invention by editors driven by political agenda and edit war instead of objectivity. BOTH the Indonesian and Netherlands governments used "West New Guinea" in their joint international agreement, https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20437/volume-437-I-6311-English.pdf Daeron ( talk) 20:25, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
If the Weber or the Wallace lines are taken as the boundary between the Asian and the Australian continents, Western New Guinea would not be "the only region of Indonesia situated in Oceania" (emphasis added). 112.120.39.24 ( talk) 09:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Before 1950 the Republic of Indonesia was a constituent of the United States of Indonesia, to which the Netherlands handed over Dutch East Indies in 1949. Dutch New Guinea remained Dutch until the early 1960s. The line "Following its proclamation of independence in 1945, the Republic of Indonesia took over all the former territories of the Dutch East Indies, including Western New Guinea." is therefore not entirely accurate. 112.120.39.24 ( talk) 09:32, 2 January 2022 (UTC)