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== British English == |
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I removed two things that I don't understand the need for. |
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: '''1)''' ] lies just across the ] to the east. |
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: '''2)''' Main article: ] |
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Both British and American spelling are commonly used in Belize, but American spelling is actually more common these days, even from official sources like the government. I think it's fine to retain the British spelling convention for this article for now, but I think at some point it will make more sense to switch it, like maybe when Belize leaves the Commonwealth (which will probably happen within the next few years). If anyone has opinions on this, feel free to share, although I realize it's a pedantic topic! ] (]) 02:11, 16 August 2023 (UTC) |
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In the first case, I don't know why the phrasing has been modified to imply that Hounduras and Belize are very close in the description of what borders Belize. Belize and Honduras no more border each other than do the Netherlands and Denmark; in both cases there is an other nation and some sea in between. As far as "Districts of Belize", again I see no need for a separate article; it seems already covered. -- ] 17:31 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC) |
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:I've gotta disagree with this, as a fellow Bzean, and am puzzled to learn that we'll prolly leave the Commonwealth soon (?). I've only seen AmE in business circles (esp. in tourism sector, which mostly caters to Americans). In schools, govt, etc. I still see BrE or CarE, sometimes with Oxford spelling, just as is common in Jamaica, Barbados, etc. I say we ''not'' switch this article's spelling. – ] (]) 13:58, 17 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:The mention of Honduras is warranted less due to the close proximity (though they are much closer to one another than the Netherlands and Denmark), but rather because of the related former name of Belize, British Honduras, and the shared body of water in between them, the Gulf of Honduras, which may add some confusion. I thought your original objection lay in the text suggesting the two countries bordered on land, so I changed that. At any rate, there is certainly no harm done in mentioning in Honduras hi. |
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::Hello ]! It is a pleasure to meet you! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I expected my suggestion might be a bit controversial. I agree that how much you encounter American vs. British spelling in Belize depends a lot on the context (with the added complication of having Kriol spelling in the mix as well). But I do think the popularity of American spelling has increased significantly, and I would contend that it is at least as common overall as British spelling at this point. For example, if you search all the press releases at the for 'neighbor' vs. 'neighbour', the American spelling is more common. Same for airplane vs. aeroplane, behavior vs. behaviour, program vs. programme, etc. I tried the same searches on the and got the same results. But of course the Belize Defence Force still uses the British spelling! So I admit that British spelling still has an institutional advantage. Regarding leaving the Commonwealth, I'm sure you've seen the stories in the papers or on the radio about Briceno saying Belize is "quite likely" to be the next state to leave the Commonwealth and become a republic. And of course Shyne Barrow hates the monarchy even more than Briceno. It seems to be the only issue the UDP and PUP agree on. Of course I imagine the ICJ decision (and Guatemala's reaction to it) will play heavily into how soon Belize leaves the Commonwealth, but it seems like it's going to happen eventually. ] (]) 00:42, 18 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::Anyway, I'm fine leaving the article with British spelling! I just wanted to float the idea and see what people thought. Cheers! ] (]) 01:18, 18 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:::i dont live in belize, but i was actually going to ask which was more common for most Belizean articles. ] (]) 17:33, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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::::i would also like to learn more about Belize possibly leaving the commonwealth ] (]) 18:39, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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:::::Looks like some sources in fact confirm that that was "quite likely"... but that was as of 2021. I don't know if Belize has become a republic country on it's own yet. ] (]) 18:41, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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::::::And more. ] (]) 18:42, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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:::::::Becoming a republic does not mean leaving the Commonwealth. ] (]) 22:24, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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::::::::Fair. ] (]) 02:36, 15 December 2023 (UTC) |
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== Edits by 179.42.249.27 == |
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:The link to the Districts article is needed for the country template. Though most countries do not have these articles and other are mere lists, this is not what the template had in mind. The District article is supposed to delve deeper into the governmental structure and historical background of the districts. The primary example for this is still ]. ] 17:59 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC) |
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Back in early May, the IP editor ] made about 80 edits to the article, substantially rewriting significant portions of it and changing most of the demographic statistics. Many of these edits were reverted and deleted due to copyright violation, but a large amount of the changes remain in the current article. Unfortunately, it looks like these changes have some serious problems. The biggest problem is that it looks like a lot of the new demographic statistics are not accurate and do not match the statistics given in the cited sources, even when those citations were added by the editor in question. As just one example, they changed the sentence "According to the 2022 census, Belize's population is 397,483." to "According to the 2022 census, Belize's population is 410,990." which is just false and not supported by the cited source or any other source. There are unfortunately a lot of other examples of this. Either all of these changes need to be reverted or someone needs to review them in detail, as this article has been full of misinformation since May. ] (]) 06:30, 23 August 2024 (UTC) |
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:: Just a hunch, but the portion about Honduras- and the Gulf of Honduras might have been added since Belize was formerly known as "British Honduras." ] 21:50, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) |
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==Wiki Education assignment: LACS1220 Intro to Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies== |
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:::I question the true relevance of Honduras being mentioned in the opening paragraph. It holds no relevance to the rest of the paragraph and does not modify it at all. I suggest deletion of the sentence. --] 00:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC) |
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{{dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment | course = Misplaced Pages:Wiki_Ed/Northeastern_University/LACS1220_Intro_to_Latin_American,_Latinx,_and_Caribbean_Studies_(Fall_2024) | assignments = ], ], ] | reviewers = ] | start_date = 2024-09-04 | end_date = 2024-12-14 }} |
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<span class="wikied-assignment" style="font-size:85%;">— Assignment last updated by ] (]) 04:28, 10 December 2024 (UTC)</span> |
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:: Belize and Honduras are inextricably linked by geography, language, culture, ethnicity, and history. Our Garifuna brethren arrived in Belize from Honduras proper. Thousands of Belizeans - African - Mestizo and Ladinos - trace their ancestors to Honduras. Several thousand Hondurans live and work in Belize and fuel our economy in the banana, sugar, citrus and construction sectors. Hundreds of Belizean families live in the Bay Islands of Hondurans where they have spead our language of Belizean Creole. Honduras, just like Guatemala and Mexico is indeed required in any discussion of Belize. |
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== Nonsense in opening paragraph == |
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==coats of arms== |
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Does ] and ] really have the same coat of arms? ] 21:40, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC) |
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The first sentence of the article says "Belize (/bɪˈliːz, bɛ-/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a Ginormous Exoverse outside of the comprehendible infinity rapidly expanding universe." I don't know how to check when this edit happened nor how to fix it, but I wanted to give a heads up to anyone who does. ] (]) 06:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
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: The coat of arms is correct for Belize and wrong for Costa Rica. I'll remove it from there. Thanks for spotting that! -- ] 21:48, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC) |
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:Very recent vandalism, now fixed. ] (]) 17:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
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==flora and fauna== |
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: Hey what about a section on the flora and Fauna of Belize? I have the alot of pics problem is I can't Identify all of em. ] 22:09, 2004 Feb 5 (UTC) |
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== Kiche not spoken in belize == |
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It’s Q’eqchi’, not k’iche’ that’s spoken in Belize. So… not much reason to give the Kiche name of Belize. ] (]) 23:54, 3 January 2025 (UTC) |
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A controversy has erupted over the choice of map for this article. The two candidates are shown here, along with any others that other Wikipedians may choose to enter. Feel free to make any comments. The lower map may also appear in the corresponding Geography article for this country. ] 02:30, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC) |
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I prefer the lower kelisi map, --] 03:06, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC) |
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== commonwealth boxes == |
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I hope you two guys are talking to each other about those two commonwealth boxes that keep getting put into and taken out, so you can reach an agreement. Belize is starting to take over my watchlist! (My vote, by the way, is to keep them out: This is a case where too much is worse than not enough) - ] 20:31, 3 May 2005 (UTC) |
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== ] == |
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I would like to announce the establishment of the ]. Anyone with an interest in the Caribbean is welcome to join in. ] 1 July 2005 03:53 (UTC) |
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== Language? == |
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This article says that about half of the population of Belize speaks Spanish as their mother tongue, while the ] article says that it's around 35%. Which is it? People need to ]. Can anyone with any knowledge of this please address this situation and correct whichever one is wrong? ] 20:45, 31 October 2005 (UTC) |
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== Ok. Sources???? == |
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I'm seeing a lot of numbers right this moment getting switched around and overwritten by two 'annon' posters. Do you both- or either one of you have a source. or more than one source availble to cover what's being posted? |
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Not that I'm up-tight about it right this moment, but you may be challenged about this later on. ] 18:29, 13 November 2005 (UTC) |
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== Ok. I am the Source!!!! == |
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I'm a born Belizean and I can tell you more about Belize off the top of my head than any wikipedia article could tell you. So nuh talk bout weh you nuh know, Aight homebwy! Anonymous Beliceño 18:03, 15 November 2005 (UTC) |
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: Such a charming and sophisticated attitude certainly lends credence to your edits. - ] 00:48, 16 November 2005 (UTC) |
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== Mr. Credence == |
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Credence is an acredited trait which one only acquires by a combination of common knowledge and legitmate research. My sources are as legit as a |
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Catholic marriage. I di bring dis infamation from P.G.(Punta Gorda, Belize) and back, my bwy. |
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So nuh talk bout weh you nuh know, Aight homebwy! |
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If you dont understand that, check out ] for even more on Belizean Culture. |
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Anonymous Belizean 19:21, 16 November 2005 (UTC) |
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Check these out |
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http://www.kriol.org.bz.htm/ |
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http://www.belizeanjourneys.com/ |
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http://www.bjmjr.com/afromestizo/belize.htm |
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I think its a terrific idea to include Belize and the information of this fledgling nation in Misplaced Pages. I am a Belizean living and studying in the U.S. I am just ashame of some of the comments made here with such a poor behavior and attitude from Belizeans. My Belizean compatriot, everything is a work in progress and a project of this magnitude deserves patience, knowledge and bright contribution. If you are suffering from cultural or emotional instability please do not comment here. If you can think clearly, Corozal, Orange Walk, and Cayo are spanish speaking districts. We have 6 districts, and even Stann Creek and Toledo have spanish who immigrated from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemal over the past 2 decades, so 50 percent with spanish as their mother tongue is closer to being correct than your 35%. |
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(L. R. Waight/journalist/January 4th 2006) |
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== The Old Days and happy Britain and Belize == |
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Am going to Belize in July for 6month do many belize remeber the good old days? when Britain and Belize were one nation :) |
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--] 15:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)— |
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:Hint hint. I wouldn't travel on that personal platform. They never were "one". Profits from the colonies were often packaged bundled up and shipped out faster then you could say Belize. Britain would get paid first and then the other nation could be second. Also a citizen in the colonies weren't just allowed to pick-up and move to Britain. ] 04:20, 2 May 2006 (UTC) |
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Doesn't it suck bad that France gets to keep the larger French Guinea but British Hondurous is now "independent"? British decolonization went far too far, especially when compared to other countries with empires. It seems these last few colonies to become independent were done so for the sake of it and for PC reasons rather than any real need for such a thing. Still, I would consider Belize to be a protectorate of the United Kingdom, what with the British garrison still in place to protect it, something that also suggests that "independence" was way too premature. The UK and British Hondurous should reunify! ] 21:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC) |
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Actually, the British have no official presence here although they do train here. French Guiana I think is completely different from Belize; we wanted the chance to figure out our own destiny. Are Guadeloupe and Martinique better off independent, or departments of France? The Netherlands Antilles are breaking up, what would we do as a colony again after 25 years on our own? That's like moving back into your parent's house at 40 years old.--] 20:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC) |
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Belize. Not a return to colonial status, but an equal nation with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. That is your answer my friend. Hopefully one day we can also do without the Northern bit in the title when the rest of Ireland rejoins. In the meantime, we will just have to rejoice in sharing the same Monarch. :) |
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] 22:41, 23 June 2007 (UTC) |
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::lol. "The empire" is long--- gone and it is not coming back!!!! The U.K. largely isn't a superpower anymore so this is all very wishful thinking at best... Britain also doesn't have any economic ties to their former colonies much anymore to push this. Even the current colonies of Britain use either their own currency or else the US$ for trade... It as been (like what?) over 50 +/- or so years since Britain let their colonies use the pound... Belize likewise is getting a lot of their economic support either from Taiwan or China these days- so it is much more likely to see a China-Belize political union. lol |
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::IMHO. Britain changed ever since it turned over Hong Kong back to China.. Needless to say, Britain (at the time of independence in the region) was very happy to turn their American colonies over to the United States' sphere of influence so that Britain herself could focus solely on rebuilding itself after W.W II without having to take care of the "impoverished" colonies. ] 01:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC) |
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:::If not w/ Britain, Canada might be a nice idea! Lots of Canadians travel to Mexico (and with just another hour or so) by plane they could land in Belize. Belize did actually try to join the Canadian Federation during the 1950-1960's. |
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:::Belize would appeal to Western Canadians since Belize is in the same timezone as western parts of Canada. While the English-speaking Caribbean might more appeal to Eastern parts of Canada. ] ] 22:57, 23 June 2007 (UTC) |
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== English vs. Spanish in Belize == |
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In the first paragraph it says that Belize is the only English-speaking country in Central America. While I know that the official language of Belize is English, i don't know if I would call it an English-speaking country. (Notice I said "i don't know.") i really don't know though, because when i was there, most of the people i met met spoke spanish as their first language, and in many cases did not speak english at all. i was mostly in rural areas though, and i know that stuff like this varies from place to place within a country, so i'm not going to change anything based off of my knowledge, but if there is some one who knows better, i still think that phrase should be changed. |
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] 19:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC) |
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: No, I disagree. Not only is English the official language, it is the first language of the majority of the people, and the common language of the vast majority. You encounter lots of folks that only speak Spanish, but you do that in most U.S. cities in the Southwest, too. - ] 21:35, 16 June 2006 (UTC) |
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:: There's quite a few Guatemalans that are squatting in rural parts of Belize trying to take the country back. That could- have been what you encountered? ] 17:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC) |
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:::I don't know about "squatting," but certainly in the west - near San Ignacio, for example - the number of people who were born in Guatemala and who speak more Spanish than English is greater than it is on the coast. It's still fair and reasonable, however, to describe Belize as CA's only English-speaking country, I think. - ] 17:52, 6 August 2006 (UTC) |
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::::CIA World Factbook -- "Guatemalan squatters continue to settle in the largely uninhabited rain forests of Belize's border region..." See bottom. ] 22:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC) |
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:::::The official language of Belize is English. If you go to court, the proceedings are conducted in English and all other official business is conducted in English. Being surrounded by Spanish speaking republics, the Spanish language is very prevelant and as you pointed out, it is often the first language of many immigrants in the rural areas. However, it is accurate and fair to describe Belize as the only English speaking country in Central America. If you doubt that, look at the traffic signs in Belize and compare them to the traffic signs in Mexico, Guatemala, et. al. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Demographics == |
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I notice that the percentage of people under 65 is 50%. I suspect that, since the percentage under 15 is listed as 40%, either the percentage or the age is incorrect! ] 19:04, 11 August 2006 (UTC) |
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==Source? It sounds like an advert== |
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"Belizeans are by nature a tolerant, friendly, fun-loving people. It has long been regarded as both a curse and blessing on the nation, with some critics saying that Belizeans are not willing to sometimes fight for what they want and end up having foreigners walk all over them. |
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Courtesy is important to most Belizeans. It is not uncommon for Belizeans to greet each other on the street even if they have never seen each other before, or for acquaintances to spend minutes at a time chatting, oblivious to what is happening around them. Belize has retained an old world charm long lost in other countries." |
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Please, cite a source, mabye more. It sounds too much like advertising. I think it could be right (see, for example some articles on http://www.joebageant.com). |
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] 07:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC) |
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== Who is removing Belizenews.net link? == |
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I am tired of the person removing the belizenews.net link from the link section. |
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That link is not spam and has every right to be there. I see they're not removing belizenews.com. I hope it's not that site trying to monopolize the board. |
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== Editors calling Belizeans.com site spam! == |
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Misplaced Pages, which is "The Free Encylopedia" to the world is being controlled by a few overzeolous editors who think a site about the people of Belize www.belizeans.com is a spam site. Belizeans.com is a site that deals with "Belizeans", people of "Belize", and it's culture. The site is not spam. It contains important information that helps Misplaced Pages users to learn more about the country of Belize, it's people, it's mores, culture, history and events. The site contains a few ads that most site contains, but yet these editors are ruining the Misplaced Pages experiance and guidelines by continously removing the link and by threatening to block my IP because I stand up for the Belizean peoples. I will cease to post the link until this matter is mediated as per the Misplaced Pages dispute rules. It seem the indegenous people of Belize voice is being censored. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:03:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)| 03:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> |
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== Official language == |
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Not willing to start an edit war over this but Spanish is not an official language of Belize. More than enough people speak it (I took classes from Grade 7/Standard Five through Junior College) but not enough to qualify it as a national language on the order of English. I will fix this to say that significant numbers of people speak Spanish; if we're going to include that then ] should be added too for the same reason.--] 22:37, 4 December 2006 (UTC) |
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== Proposed WikiProject == |
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In my ongoing efforts to try to include every country on the planet included in the scope of a WikiProject, I have proposed a new project on Central America at ] whose scope would include Belize. Any interested parties are more than welcome to add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest to start such a project. Thank you for your attention. ] 17:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC) |
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== Culture and correction == |
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Added some stuff on the culture of Belize. Going to work on the sources. And to whoever says Belmopan is the capital of Belize District, kindly check your geography; it's in Cayo. Belize country, yes, district, no.--] 21:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC) |
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== Clarification on Religion? == |
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I noticed that the religion section states that about half of the population is Catholic and 1/4 Protestant, with the other 25% comprised of several other religions, but the ] page states that 80% of the population is Catholic. Just wondering which is true? |
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Corrected. The numbers match now.--] 18:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC) |
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==Racial Tolerance and Religion== |
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~When writing, individuals cannot be impartial with information in an encyclopedia~ |
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"Racial tension is very uncommon because of the predominance of the Christian faith, and the constant admixture of the different ethnic groups. Many people simply identify as "Belizean", since Christians do not differentiate on the basis of race." |
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This is quite a broad statement..... |
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"Many people simply identify as "Belizean", since Christians do not differentiate on the basis of race." |
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Black people came to the Americas because upstanding "Christian" men in Europe, thought that Africans were no less than animals. This continued until the mid sixties in the U.S and later in South Africa because Southern U.S. "Christian" men still thought that they were better than Blacks, who were also Christians. |
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Yes the "Christian" faith binds different groups in many parts of the world, But could it be that the different groups are binded because of recent (last 200 years) common history and culture? |
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==Merge with Culture of Belize article== |
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I suggested merging the Culture of Belize article into this one. It looks like the standalone Culture article contains mostly: 1. information that is already in the Culture section of this article, like ethnic demographics, and 2. definitions of these ethnic groups, which mostly duplicates the information in those articles. ] 01:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC) |
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:Please note that all country articles have a ''Culture of'' subarticle as a matter of convention. Feel free to trim it down/expand it (or merge certain portions) as you see fit. But it should remain as a separate entry. Hope that makes sense. ] 01:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC) |
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==Belize's size== |
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Belize is not actually the smallest country on the American mainland. El Salvador is. Use of the term "smallest" should be restricted to descriptions of size. I suggest using "least populated" if that is the intention. -] 20:09, 21 March 2007 (UTC) |
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: I'll be darned - you're right. I thought Belize was smaller in area. - ] 21:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC) |
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==Belize.Net== |
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The text in that link says Belize.Net but the link goes to belize.com. Can i fix this? |
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] 15:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC) |
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==Guatemala's reference for Belize== |
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"""Throughout Belize's history, Guatemala has claimed ownership of all or part of the territory. This claim is occasionally reflected in maps showing Belize as Guatemala's most eastern province.""" |
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The above could be changed to say |
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"""Throughout Belize's history, Guatemala has claimed ownership of all or part of the territory. This claim is occasionally reflected in maps showing Belize as Guatemala's twenty third province.""" |
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This is exactly what they refer to Belize as. I'll try to provide some citations |
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CITATION SOURCE: http://www.ciaonet.org/atlas/countries/bz_data_loc.html (i'm not sure what qualifies as a citation. If this does not qualify, please let me know) |
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At the center of Guatemala's claim was the 1859 treaty between Britain and Guatemala. From Britain's viewpoint, this treaty merely settled the boundaries of an area already under British dominion. But Guatemala later developed the view that this agreement was a treaty of cession through which Guatemala would give up its territorial claims only under certain conditions, including the construction of a road from Guatemala to the Caribbean coast. Guatemala said it would repudiate the treaty in 1884 but never followed up on the threat. The dispute appeared to have been forgotten until the 1930s, when the government of General Jorge Ubico claimed that the treaty was invalid because the road had not been constructed. Britain argued that because neither the short- lived Central American Federation (1821-39) nor Guatemala had ever exercised any authority in the area or even protested the British presence in the nineteenth century, British Honduras was clearly under British sovereignty. In its constitution of 1945, however, Guatemala stated that British Honduras was the twenty-third department of Guatemala. Since 1954 a succession of military and right-wing governments in Guatemala frequently whipped up nationalist sentiment, generally to divert attention from domestic problems. Guatemala has also periodically massed troops on the border with the country in a threatening posture. |
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] 16:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC) |
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*'''Here's what Guatemala claims''' - ] 23:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC) |
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== border vs adjacency zone == |
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what i believe is important when writing any serious article about Belize is the fact that at this very point in Belize's history, it no longer has a border. the OAS negotiations has replaced the border with an adjacency zone. i'm not 100% certain of the sequence of events and timelines that led to this and will do the required research so this can be considered for inclusion. |
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--] 16:44, 4 June 2007 (UTC) |
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== how are external links determined? == |
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seems to me that some of the external links attached to this page are not really relevant? |
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--] 18:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC) |
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I went over the guidelines about adding external links; it seems that external links that doesnt contribute to the article are not suppose to posted. |
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--] 14:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC) |
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==border countries== |
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the bordering countries and geographical entities is not mentioned in the intro or in the geography section. ] |
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== Request for comment on "royal" residence of the Governor-General == |
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Editors of this article may wish to comment on the edits being made at ], advancing the unusual view that the official residence of the Governor-General of Belize, 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.<br><small>(For your further information, the "royal" issue began in the "Canada" entry. Afterward, the same editor spread it to the entries on "Belize" and a number of other countries. He did so in conjunction with his "general cleanup" of the article. The "cleanup" is also making the article worse in some other ways, in my opinion. You might wish to look at that, too, but those are separate, or at most indirectly related issues. I would not bother mentioning these tangentials, here, but in the cases where I have left them out, the royalising editor has placed a follow-up note saying that I've "...omitt the point that the edits ... are part of a broader cleanup...", obliging me to place another follow-up, alike to this parenthetical, to dispell the implication that I've been less than fully truthful about the situation. Sorry for this digression; I'd much rather have stayed focussed on the main issue.)</small><br>-- ] 21:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC) |
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:'''Note''': ] is here conveniently editing my words placed elsewhere. In full, I have stated: the edits at ] are part of a broader cleanup of the article to create a uniform standard; "royal" and "vice-regal" in place of the specific Barbadian Monarch and ] brings the ] into line with others which use (by other editors' contributions) "royal," "vice-regal," "presidential," "prime ministerial" and the like. |
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:Comments are certainly welcome at ] to improve the article as a whole. --] 21:26, 15 August 2007 (UTC) |
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belize has many african animals <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:51, 19 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== vandalism occured == |
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The Infobox was vandalised and as I didn't know how to roll it back and couldn't see the edits - I have just removed the graffiti and put a the infobox header on this. |
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It needs rolling back to its previous state. |
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] 14:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC) |
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== Request For Comment and Support from Belizeans - Links and attribution being deleted by Notmyrealname == |
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We have listed Belize.com, the oldest Belize website - founded in 1994 by a Belizean and Belizean-Americans as an external link. Now an individual who attempts to conceal her identity by using the handle "Notmyrealname" keeps deleting this link. |
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Dis yah lambiscona has been over a period of time vandalising Wikepedia links to other honest and indigenous Belizean websites including Belizeans.com and Belize News.com to name a few victimised websites. Many of the affected webstes are run by black/indegenous-owned entities. So far noh wan has called out this unprofessional and biased editor who appears to have an agenda as she moans about "tourism" websites but does not dare touch the Belize Tourism Board or Government fluff site listings? |
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The anonymous user has even deleted our attribution to an original picture of a Mayan ruin that we've uploaded to |
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the image gallery. Di lambiscona seh: |
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" have removed some of the links you have placed on the article for Belize because they appear to violate Misplaced Pages's policy against spam. Please review this page to get a clearer idea of what kind of links are appropriate. Please also note the prohibitions against conflict of interest. If you think your links are appropriate, please discuss them on the article talk pages first. Notmyrealname 16:44, 3 October 2007 (UTC) |
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From: webmaster@Belize.com |
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To: whatever is your name - not that there is anything wrong in attempting to conceal your identity ;o) |
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We've reposted the link to Belize.com that you've been deleting - this time in second place if that will make you more comfortable. |
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You suggest we are a spam site and we find this highly offensive. |
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Please take some time to read a little about our background here: |
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:Belize.com |
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Best Regards from sunny Belize. |
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M.A. Romero - my RealName |
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Dis yah huyu egg seh wi da spam. Wi dah the fus and oldesh website pan the country of italbelize. Belizeans unite and rail up agist dis yah biased lady editor noh! Next she will be deleting links to our Garifuna brethren! |
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: Dear M.A. Romero: I have removed your link again. Misplaced Pages's policy against Linkspam is a bit different than people's usual understanding about "spam" as it relates to email. Basically, WP:EL clearly prohibits posting links to promote a commercial website. WP:SPAM Clearly states: "Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam." Additionally, WP:COI clearly states that "COI editing often involves contributing to Misplaced Pages in order to promote yourself or the interests of other individuals, companies, or groups. When an editor disregards the aims of Misplaced Pages to advance outside interests, they stand in a conflict." Inserting links to your site are in clear violation of these policies. If you insert them again, they will be deleted again, and you may face blocks and blacklisting. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, not a site for tourism. If you disagree with my assessment of the validity of your link, please discuss it on the talk page of the article to get the approval of other editors before inserting it again.Notmyrealname 17:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC) |
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P.S. We are thinking of raising funds to run a background check on this lady to determine what her agenda is. |
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Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:BelizeExpert" |
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] 17:25, 6 October 2007 (UTC) |
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Both British and American spelling are commonly used in Belize, but American spelling is actually more common these days, even from official sources like the government. I think it's fine to retain the British spelling convention for this article for now, but I think at some point it will make more sense to switch it, like maybe when Belize leaves the Commonwealth (which will probably happen within the next few years). If anyone has opinions on this, feel free to share, although I realize it's a pedantic topic! Nosferattus (talk) 02:11, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
The first sentence of the article says "Belize (/bɪˈliːz, bɛ-/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a Ginormous Exoverse outside of the comprehendible infinity rapidly expanding universe." I don't know how to check when this edit happened nor how to fix it, but I wanted to give a heads up to anyone who does. 2806:107E:13:588A:28B9:FCDF:7884:8A4B (talk) 06:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
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