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[edit] Dutch East Indies
Why does Dutch East Indies ends at 1945? Japanese defeated the dutch in 1942. Peace. --Nielswik(talk) 04:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- My guess would be that 1945 represents the official end upon proclamation of Indonesian independence. The Japanese occupation was considered illegal (hence the term occupation). Although the legality of the Dutch East Indies could also be questioned, it is a lot more accepted as official (even if not legitimate) than say the Japanese occupation. When did the Japanese relinquishe control of "Indonesia" and who did they relinquish it to? Dutch or Indonesia? Was it on August 15? But, it probably isn't that important. --Merbabu 05:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
and where is entry about Portuguese occupation? (it should bebefore dutch). Peace. --Nielswik(talk) 08:18, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] About Kingdoms of Sunda
User:Merbabu wrote in his change history: "Kingdoms of Sunda are actually pretty minor anyway and probably should be removed)". I'm asking what is meant with 'minor' here? As per history books taught in elementary schools in Indonesia, these kingdoms have quite important influence to the history of Indonesia. They produced early texts (in statues and leaves) about early situations. They also involved in the conflicts between Western countries (Portuguese and Netherland) and the new emerging Sultanates (Banten/Demak/Cirebon). They had up- and down relations with eastern Javanese kingdoms like Majapahit. Even the founder of Majapahit, Raden Wijaya, is also a grandchild of a Kingdoms in Sunda. So I don't see why it is not important. DiN (talk) 12:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- It seems to me the "Kingdoms of Sunda" article is too much of a synthesis. The term doesn't seem to be used in the Indonesian literature : search books.google.com to see. I can't find it used in the Indonesian history books I have. The other links on this infobox are for specific kingdoms, not some collection of kingdoms grouped together. We don't have "Kingsdoms of Sumatra" or "Javanese Kingdoms", why should this be different? Furthermore because its a grouping of "kingdoms" over a very long time period it doesn't belong in the pre-Islam history section. (Caniago (talk) 16:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC))
- At first time I saw the term "Kingdoms of Sunda" eases us to enter into articles about kingdoms in this Sundanese/West Javanese area. However, if you want to remove it as a group, in this template we shall mention Tarumanagara (358-723 AD) which provided us with early historical texts. We shall mention also Kingdom of Sunda like it was written by Tome Pires or Thomas Raffles (which available at books.google.com). This kingdom alone has time span 669-1579 AD, from the first till last king, enough to cover Hindu and Islam era. At the end of its existence, it had about 300 years long conflict with the Islamic sultanate of Banten (if we consider the start of Banten). It had controlled important port "Sunda Kalapa" (now Jakarta) although later lost it. It also had allied with Portugese during the conflict. etc.
- I'll talk to author of Kingdoms of Sunda to align or split the article. From the time span POV, Kingdom of Sunda lived longer than, e.g. Kingdom of Mataram (Hindu) (752-1045 AD) - DiN (talk) 17:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Heading: "Colonial Indonesia" => "European colonialism"
I changed "Colonial Indonesia" to "European colonialism" the other day for a few specific reasons. It got changed back, in good faith, but I strongly believe we should use European colonialism. It's a question of accuracy.
- Firstly, colonialism means different things; by putting the word "European" we are being very specific and thus more accurate and helpful. (No need to write "Indonesia", we know it's Indonesia). There are people who would suggest that Europeans weren't the first colonialists (ie, there was Majapahit, Srivijaya)) and that Europeans weren't the last - many say that Java are colonising the rest of Indonesia, or at least that Indonesian is colonising Western New Guinea, or that the United States and the west are bringing a kind of neo-colonialism. But, even without these controversial POV issues, I still think "European colonialism" is better as it is more specific and helpful. Those pages are specifically talking about Europeans.
- Secondly, Colonial Indonesia implies that Indonesia, and all of Indonesia, was a stable and secure colony during this whole time - that's not the case. Portuguese influence was limited to very specific and small areas of Indonesia. Dutch control inf the 16th and 17th was limited to a minority of the territory. Even in the early 19th century, only half (or less) a minority of Indonesia was under Dutch rule, and much of this was tenuously held. It was only in the early twentieth century that all the territory that is now Indonesia came under Dutch rule.
It's a question of the subtlety of the English language, and we need to be very careful that we leave the correct impression and be specific such that we don't imply something that isn't quite correct. Kind regards --Merbabu (talk) 03:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- No, Colonial Indonesia is much more common, because some other national historical periods also use this heading, example Colonial Chad, Colonial Cambodia, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Cambodia is a good example, because although France made the country a protectorate in 1863, but not until 1887 or the early 20th century that the whole country was completely under French control, yet this entire period (1863-1953) still described as colonial. 96.229.179.106 (talk) 04:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- That other country articles do it is no reason to do it here - particularly when it is a poorer result. It might work for another country (and it might be wrong for another country), but that is irrelevant. Wikipedia does not have to uniform, particularly if it decreases accuracy and information. Please address my other points instead. thanks. --Merbabu (talk) 04:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- How about Colonial Era or Colonial Period? 96.229.179.106 (talk) 06:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- Well then European Colonization. 96.229.179.106 (talk) 03:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
- That's an improvement, but "colonisation" is subtly different to "colonialism". The first is very specific and implies a fix, official state over the whole period (which was not the case), while the second is a bit more vague and thus fits all the different types, stages, and extents of European colonialism. Again, it boils down to the subtlties of English. I hope you understand. Thanks for your interest. On another issue, I've added to the {{History of East Timor}} template you created. SOme new articles were created including Indonesian occupation of East Timor - although I created it, 99% of it was written by another editor and it is excellent. Thanks for the template. --Merbabu (talk) 03:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
