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[edit] sumatra questions

What is the capital of Sumatra? What sort of political system does it have? Who is the current president? I'm just curious because I want to use Sumatra in a story, but anyways, more info is needed. Citizen Premier 02:16, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Sumatra is not a country; it is one island in Indonesia. I'd check that article for answers to your questions. There are several provinces of Indonesia located on Sumatra. CDC (talk) 20:44, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction in entry

Is Sumatra the sixth or eighth largest island in the world? Both "facts" are listed in this entry. Need to confirm and correct.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.134.2 (talk • contribs)

If you read more carefully, it is said that Sumatra is the sixth largest and the eight highest (altitude above see level) island in the world, so there is no contradiction.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Masagus aa (talk • contribs)
Please sign your posts. Thanks. --Merbabu 08:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Distinguish

"DAB links are not intended for this purpose" - Caniago

Please show exact quoting of the policy or consensuses from discussion. --Voidvector 07:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
That's just silly. (although it probably makes sense the other way around). What's next? 'Did you mean Austria" after one types in Australia? --Merbabu 08:10, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Yes it's silly. Should we also make "distinguish" because of typo between Asia, Atia, Aria, Avia, Alia, Apia, Adia, Agia? — Indon (reply) — 08:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
They are called disambiguation links so that people can choose between alternate meanings of a term. They are not intended to correct spelling mistakes. Please use Google search which provides spelling correction if you have trouble typing in the right name. (Caniago 09:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC))
Most of the uses of Template:Distinguish and Template:Distinguish2 are in fact for spelling differences, many of which are of totally different topic. This is in fact similar topic: both Sumatra and Samatra are geographical locations in Asia. If you people are unfamiliar with its use, you can examine them here and here2. The examples Merbabu and Indon raised are not valid for this discussion because an English speaker is not likely to mistaken them or misspell them.
This is in fact a disambiguation. It is a disambiguation of spelling rather than meaning. --Voidvector 19:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
There is a huge difference in the meanings of Sumatra and Samatra - one is a small village in India, the other a massive island in Indonesia with 45 million people. Its therefore virtually impossible to confuse the two, just as per the examples provided by Indon and Merbabu. Take a look at other encyclopedias, I expect they don't make any attempt to correct spelling mistakes for these examples. Putting a link to an insignificant article like Samatra is really a waste of space on an important article like Sumatra. (Caniago 19:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC))
Shrug, your article. Just trying to improve navigation. --Voidvector 00:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok. Note however I agree with Merbabu that the dab link you added to Samatra is fine, which would have helped you find Sumatra in the first place. (Caniago 01:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC))